Created by the Cameroonian Ismaël Nzouetom, I-Dispo is a virtual service company which allows its customers to benefit from a concierge service via the Internet. With an important time saving.
I -Dispo arranges an appointment with an ophthalmologist in Paris in twenty-four hours, finds you a gas station or reserves a table for you in a restaurant. Connecting with advisers and remote assistants is possible. They meet the real needs of your daily mobility and save considerable time. Ismaël Nzouetom is 31, and I-Dispo, the company he created in the niche of new technologies, has 3. Of Cameroonian origin, Ismaël Nzouetom has chosen a niche: the availability of Internet. A creation which earned him the status of one of the 13 most promising founders under the age of 30 in France in 2012. The initial idea was born out of a simple situation. “¢ I had to make a quick appointment with a dentist, says Ismaël Nzouetom. I spent hours calling on offices taking up my work time, without finding satisfaction. So I asked myself how to make it easier for people to find solutions to these problems related to their mobility in the city. ”
However, when he left Cameroon, the boss of I-Dispo had no ambition to start a business. His DUT in his pocket, an excellence scholarship allows him to continue his studies in France, where he is continuing his training in telecoms. In 2005, he joined Expertime, a subcontractor for Microsoft. He began his career there as a design engineer. Very quickly, he climbed the ladder to become a junior architect. A little over a year later, he landed in the French subsidiary of British Telecom as a computer architect. But it was his move to Expertime which enabled him to be recruited by Microsoft as a consultant in June 2007. At the same time, Ismaël Nzouetom enrolled in a master’s degree in strategy and finance at Arts et Métiers (CNAM). In 2009, he received the national strategy award in France and obtained the Gold Star Award from Microsoft, which rewards the best employees of the year. The following year, he left Microsoft to found I-Dispo.

An evolving product

After months of work, Sahara software, I-Dispo’s flagship product, is born. Since its creation, it has been the pride of the young boss. “Sahara is like a great assistant, a great adviser, a great receptionist who solves the problems of our customers to find them a hotel, a restaurant or a doctor. It’s like a virtual super-concierge that aggregates several others. ”In the case of a search for a dentist, the software will delve into the address books and databases created by I-Dispo and find among the thousands of city practitioners which would be available in the time slot desired by the patient. Meanwhile, he continues his activities without worrying about the rest. The answer comes to him by email or SMS.
“Sahara allows this rapid connection thanks not only to the address book, but also to the thirty permanent staff who work on the virtual platform. In addition, we involve more than sixty partners and consultants who help us with more complex queries. Sahara therefore relies on an army of teleconsultants to realize the wishes of our customers, “summarizes the boss of I-Dispo. Over time, Ismaël Nzouetom has developed its product, which is now integrated in certain cars. A vehicle that benefits from the services of Sahara can find a service station that sells fuel at a good price or book a hotel. “It is a service that certain car manufacturers offer to their customers in a logic of differentiation or loyalty.” For I-Dispo, the car market represents more than 90 ¢% of revenues, on a turnover of more than one million euros. That Ismaël Nzouetom hopes to see more than 5 million by 2015. His product is now present in several countries of the European Union. But Ismaël Nzouetom already has his eyes turned to the United States and Africa.

The African market

In Africa, its model is being developed with the mobile operator MTN in Cameroon. “The service is already integrated into its offerings. We have aggregated restaurants, hotels, dry cleaners, etc. ”Instead of feeling limited by the low penetration rate of the Internet and smartphones on the continent, Ismaël Nzouetom sees it as an opportunity. “¢ It is easy to book a train ticket in France. Something that is not obvious in some African countries, where you have to wait long hours or send someone to do it for you. We have integrated the bus booking service in Sahara, Cameroon. The software does everything without you having to move, “he laughs. It is also thanks to Sahara that Ismaël was selected in 2012 from among 12 business creators in the world for the second edition of Blackbox Connect, a prestigious accelerator of Silicon Valley in the United States, where new start-ups sprout each year. -up. Being in this selection is already a feat in itself.
Since the adoption and integration of Sahara in Cameroon, Ismaël Nzouetom has not stopped traveling the continent to sell the benefits of his product and develop new potential markets. Its objective is to establish Sahara very quickly in other African countries.

source: forbesafrique

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