By Cynthia Alo

For any tech entrepreneur to survive in Nigeria and Africa at large, they must create products and solutions that address the needs of the customers. Speaking alongside other experts at the monthly webinar series by Clickafix, Mr. Ifeanyi Nwoke, Head of Customer Success Team, Clickafix, said it is critical for tech entrepreneurs to understand the pain points of their prospective customers and create solutions that address such pains.

According to him, tech products cannot survive on the feelings of the founders but on robust market research that identifies latent and obvious needs of the customers.

He added that confronting real-life problems in Africa with digitally enabled solutions requires ingenuity and a deep understanding of the peculiarities of each environment.

Another speaker at the seminar, Mr. Zion Thompson, said common issues with startups are the inability to find product market fit and founders’ market fit. According to Thompson, most founders only have ideas but lack understanding of the market before sourcing funds for the idea. He said it is important for founders to step outside of their idea and wear the customers’ shoes to be sure the problem they intend to solve truly exists.

Nwoke said Clickafix is solving the problem of not having easy access to trusted and skilled artisans to get faults fixed at homes and offices by being a one-stop shop for home service repairs such as plumbing, carpentry, electrical, and technicians for air conditioning, refrigerators, generators, and other home appliances.