">
TechMoran
  • About Us
  • Deals
  • Jobs
  • Motoring
    • Money
  • Pitch Your Startup
  • Submit Your Post
  • Freelance Gigs
  • Travel
  • Men’s Corner
  • Dating
Monday, January 25, 2021
  • Startups
  • Reviews
  • Insider
    • Obituaries
  • Business
  • Women
  • Blockchain
  • Columnists
  • Hacks & Facts
    • How To
  • Editions
    • US Edition
    • India Edition
    • MENA Edition
    • Asia Edition
    • Europe Edition
    • International Edition
No Result
View All Result
TechMoran
">
Home Startups

Kenya’s Grosspool.com Launches To Promote Perfoming Arts In The Country

Milcah Lukhanyu by Milcah Lukhanyu
8 years ago
in Startups
7 min read
0

grosspoolGrosspool.com  is a portal recently created to promote arts in Kenya by linking them to like-minded professionals and exposing their talent to industry heavyweights.

Developed by Phillip Nyalenda, a Kenyatta University civil engineering student third year, Grasspool will also promote up coming bloggers by allowing them to post their links to the site.

Though it is in the public domain, Nyalenda says Grosspool is yet to be launched  officially.

“It started operations sometimes in February this year. I always had the passion to improve performing arts in the country and even though I don’t study arts I believed I could do something to help.”

Nyalenda says that Grosspool.com is there to help artists from all walks of life from  musicians,models,producers,DJ’s,actors  among others. One has to search for services they want on the site then follow a few instructions.

“If you want the services of a producer,for example,you just search the phrase “producer” then you will get a dozen of results and click the link or just call the number that is among the results,” he says. “Also those who want their blogs promoted just submit their url and then we post them in a section of our home page,”added Nyalenda.

He says that the portal has already signed up 50 professionals in its database in the first weeks of going online but aiming at 1000 in the next few months.
Grosspool aim to get revenue from search rankings, those who want to appear at the top will have to pay. The portal also aim to make money from advertising on its site but every other service on the portal is free and open to all.

READ  JUMIA Kenya Says Mobile App Growing Online Sales

Related posts

Finnfund & Norfund double Starsight’s funding to $20 million for Ghana expansion

January 23, 2021
0

African tech startup funding passes $700m in 2020 despite COVID-19

January 23, 2021
0

Free money transfer service Taptap Send launches its services to Kenya

January 22, 2021
0

54gene launches a genome sequencing lab to track infectious and non-communicable diseases prevalent in Nigeria

January 22, 2021
0

Though Grospool say they have no direct competitors running a professional network is not so easy. The site also needs a lot of work to be attractive for users to sign up. Facebook pages are a great competition to them, so is LinkedIn and even Google Groups which are popular. Most of these know each other and have their own groups too. Actors in Kenya also already have their professional site, Actors.co.ke, complete with profiles and niche news. But if Nyalenda built something as professional as amSTATZ,  thousands will sign up in days. However, this is just a start and Nyalenda says the portal will be as fresh as users want it when it comes out of beta. User feedback is also appreciated.

Another challenge Grosspool has is the name. People might not want to associate with a gross pool. Nyalenda is at the moment using his own funds and social media to promote the site. Most of the work is done by him and his friends who volunteer to help build a network which might be profitable in future.

He told TechMoran, “We have not been funded and all the money has been from my personal savings and what helps me is the fact that i don’t have to pay someone to run the site as I am the one who designed it from scratch.

READ  Nigeria's Konga.com Meet Dealdey.com In an Offline Battle of Ecommerce Titans

He cites lack of an office as another challenge, “The other problem is that I don’t have an office for operations and can’t easily market the website and currently we only use social media to promote it.  However,we have ambitious plans of increase the number of users,’ he said.

Grosspool plans to have a section where artists can manage their projects and do collaborated projects even when miles away. Artists can also use the platform to monetize from their projects.

Readers 882

Share

  • Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window)
  • More
  • Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)
  • Click to print (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)

Like this:

Like Loading...

Related

Milcah Lukhanyu

Milcah Lukhanyu

Milcah Lukhanyu covers daily news briefs at TechMoran. She is the person who will probably read your press release and get the story out of it or totally trash it. Send tips to [email protected]

Related Posts

Startups

Finnfund & Norfund double Starsight’s funding to $20 million for Ghana expansion

January 23, 2021
0
Startups

African tech startup funding passes $700m in 2020 despite COVID-19

January 23, 2021
0
Startups

Free money transfer service Taptap Send launches its services to Kenya

January 22, 2021
0
Health

54gene launches a genome sequencing lab to track infectious and non-communicable diseases prevalent in Nigeria

January 22, 2021
0
Startups

Uganda’s Innovex raises funding from Gaia Impact Fund to enable remote monitoring for solar companies

January 22, 2021
0
Startups

Aerobotics Raises $17 Million Led by Naspers To Scale AI for Agriculture Globally

January 21, 2021
0
Startups

Tanzanian money remittance startup NALA is launching in the UK

January 21, 2021
0
Startups

Startup Guide to release of Startup Guide Nairobi

January 21, 2021
0

https://bit.ly/2VOxuoBhttps://bit.ly/2VOxuoBhttps://bit.ly/2VOxuoB
ADVERTISEMENT

Join our Mailing List

Loading

Recent Posts

Finnfund & Norfund double Starsight’s funding to $20 million for Ghana expansion

January 23, 2021

African tech startup funding passes $700m in 2020 despite COVID-19

January 23, 2021
Toshiba

Chrome Now Helps You Change Weak Passwords

January 23, 2021
Toshiba

Shoppable Ad Formats Are Coming Soon To Youtube

January 23, 2021

Hero MotoCorp Surpasses the Monumental 100M Cumulative Production Milestone

January 23, 2021
">
">

Follow Us

">

There are many sites out there focused on blowing off some steam, from funny entertainment to thrilling experiences like playing online, in some cases online gaming could grant you the chance to win extra money. We came across rocketpot.io while browsing for a good btc casino online and it left us a very good impression with their wide variety of games and crypto offering.

Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy

© 2019 Moran Media Group - All rights reserved TechMoran.

No Result
View All Result
  • Startups
  • Reviews
  • Insider
    • Obituaries
  • Business
  • Women
  • Blockchain
  • Columnists
  • Hacks & Facts
    • How To
  • Editions
    • US Edition
    • India Edition
    • MENA Edition
    • Asia Edition
    • Europe Edition
    • International Edition

© 2019 Moran Media Group - All rights reserved TechMoran.

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password? Sign Up

Fill the forms bellow to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
This website uses cookies. By continuing to use this website you are giving consent to cookies being used. Visit our Privacy and Cookie Policy.
%d bloggers like this: