Kandua Aims To Give South Africans Easy Access To Home Services Professionals. Kandua is a fast-growing, mission-driven tech start-up. It builds easy tools that empower people professionally. These are the tools that shorten the distance between having a skill and making a living from it. Its flagship product, Kandua.com, is South Africa’s #1 online home services marketplace: A seamlessly designed platform, that connects great home service providers to the people who need them, powered by pioneering technology and a passionate, talented team. At Kandua, being excellent at what they do matters. That’s how it makes an impact, that’s how it grows as a business and that’s how it has made over R 200 million worth of work opportunities happen.
The company was co-founded by Arjun Khoosal, who is a well-decorated informatician, obsessed with finding elegant solutions to really big problems. With his multidisciplinary background (computer science, actuarial science, mathematics, statistics & bioinformatics), he drives the product forward. It was also co-founded by Sayo Folawiyo, who is passionate about tech entrepreneurship on the African continent. He has extensive experience in the telecommunications, media and technology sector.
To connect customers to a relevant professional, the company asks customers for their contact information and also ask a few questions about their needs. Kandua shares this information about the job with professionals with the right skills in the customer’s area. The customer’s contact information is stored securely and only shared with a maximum of five professionals so that they can get in touch with the customer to give them a quote. When professionals get in touch with customers, they will share their contact information as well as a link to their Kandua profile where customers can see photos and reviews of their work.
The company also managed to secured partnerships with companies such as Ygap and Leroy Merlin South Africa. “We back impact entrepreneurs, local leaders who are creating sustainable solutions to difficult problems. By combining a deep understanding of the people they serve, with the latest technology and boatloads of passion, Kandua is making an exponential impact.” said Ygap South Africa on Kandua’s website.
“We partnered with Kandua to help our customers find vetted, rated contractors to install the products they buy from us. Kandua is as invested as we are in helping our customers create the home of their dreams.” Cedric, the CEO of Leroy Merlin South Africa said on Kandua’s website.
