Aki provides a digital marketplace that links street food vendors, customers, and city partners, enabling real‑time discovery, ordering, and payment through a GPS‑powered app. Vendors receive digital menus, mobile payments, sales analytics, and customer data to boost earnings, while municipalities gain a clean data layer for licensing, safety compliance, and micro‑finance programs. The platform supports multicurrency checkout and offers daily deals to attract authentic street‑food shoppers.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Street food vendors often lack digital tools to showcase menus, accept electronic payments, and reach customers beyond foot traffic, limiting their earnings and growth potential. Customers seeking authentic street food have difficulty discovering nearby vendors, viewing real-time availability, and ordering ahead, leading to long wait times and missed opportunities.
Solution
Aki offers a GPS‑powered platform that connects street food vendors, customers, and municipal partners in a single digital marketplace. Vendors can create digital menus, accept multicurrency payments, and access sales analytics and customer data to boost earnings and build repeat business. Customers use a live map to discover nearby vendors, view prices and ratings, and place orders ahead of time with secure checkout options. Municipalities and NGOs receive aggregated demand insights, licensing data, and a clean data layer to support compliance, tourism integration, and micro‑finance programs for vendors.
Target Audience
Primary users are street food vendors seeking digital sales tools, urban consumers looking for convenient access to authentic street food, and municipal or NGO partners managing public‑space commerce.
Features
- Real‑time GPS map displaying vendors by category, rating, and price
- Mobile ordering with ahead‑of‑time pickup and wait‑time estimates
- Multicurrency checkout supporting Pix, cards, and cash transactions
- Vendor dashboard offering digital menus, sales analytics, and customer insights
- Data layer for municipalities providing licensing, safety compliance, and demand analytics
- Access to micro‑finance, insurance, and training programs for vendor growth