Problem first
Every product starts with a problem people already have, not with a technology looking for a use.
Technology company · Built in Nairobi, for Africa
BlvckMarkt Ventures Africa designs, builds and runs digital products for the everyday problems people and businesses face across Africa. We launch each product in Kenya, prove it there, then scale it across the continent. Plugg, our marketplace, is the first.
BlvckMarkt Ventures Africa is a technology company, based in Nairobi, that builds and runs its own products for Africa. Each one takes on a single everyday problem that people across the continent still solve with phone calls, WhatsApp groups and word of mouth.
We started with buying and selling, because almost everyone does it and almost everyone has been let down by it at some point. That became Plugg. Every product follows the same path: start from a problem we have seen first hand, build for it, prove it in Kenya, then scale it to the rest of Africa.
How we work
We are a product company. We find a problem worth solving, build the product ourselves, and keep running and improving it after launch.
Every product starts with a problem people already have, not with a technology looking for a use.
We design for how people across Africa live and work: phone first, local currencies, and contact by call, chat or WhatsApp.
We put working products in people's hands early, then keep improving them from what users tell us.
One product is live today and more are in development. We will add each one here as it launches.
The problem: buying and selling second-hand and local goods in Kenya is scattered across social media groups and word of mouth, and it is hard to know who you are dealing with.
We are working on new products for other everyday problems. If you would like to hear when they launch, or to work with us on one, get in touch.
Talk to usFor partnerships, investment and press enquiries.