Building the Marketplace-as-a-Service modelIn January, Ethiopian talent marketplace Gebeya secured an undisclosed Series A to evolve from being a simple two-sided tech talent marketplace into being a provisioner of marketplaces under a “Marketplace-as-a-Service” model. “We are not establishing the marketplaces, but providing support for existing marketplaces to thrive,” Amadou Daffe, co-founder and CEO of Gebeya told Benjamindada.com. By reinvesting the funds into these entrepreneurs, Gebeya believes that it will scale the Ethiopian gig economy and by extension, Africa’s. “While we are only assisting 100 Ethiopian marketplaces to become like Gebeya currently, we intend to help other entrepreneurs across Africa manage their own marketplaces more effectively using our technology. In the next couple of years, we hope to reach 1000 marketplace entrepreneurs,” he added.

Source: Ethiopian News May 05, 2023 14:08 UTC