Sikio

Application to help students find buyers or sellers of textbooks on their campus

For the past 23 years or more no system has been put in place to facilitate the sale of textbooks amongst students that takes place every beginning of each year and at the end of each semester. Students find it hard to find buyers or to give away textbooks, and also those who want to buy normally find the books to be overpriced by other students as a result of lack of competition. So a gap in the market has been left unattended for the past 23 years, yet over 600 000 students are in university across the country and each student per year accounts for at least two textbooks.

For many years new students had faced difficulties in finding private accommodation, due to the lack of knowledge on where to look, as there is no efficient platform being placed to assist them. This can be optimized through the use of the application Sikio which will serve as a platform for all communes within the vicinity of all listed university. Landlords will able to specify the rooms vacant, and the fees associated through an application linked with the website, and students can contact them directly if interested. Not only does this app focus on providing a platform for finding and listing accommodation, it also provides students with the ability to list, advertise and find buyers or sellers of textbooks. There's no limit as to how many listings students can publish. The platform is also free for use. Students can contact publishers directly and/or search for textbooks that they are looking for.