By Peter Dansu A new event discovery and ticketing platform, nawhe?, has officially gone live across Nigeria, the United Kingdom, the Unite...
By Peter Dansu
A new event discovery and ticketing platform, nawhe?, has officially gone live across Nigeria, the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada, with a focus on making African and Black diaspora events easier to discover and access.
Developed by Nigerian technology entrepreneur Semasa Opeoluwa Hokon, the platform is designed to bring event discovery and ticketing into one place, covering concerts, cultural celebrations, professional gatherings, community events, nightlife and other experiences.
Available at nawhe.com, the platform allows users to discover events based on their location while also exploring events taking place in other countries and cities.
According to the developers, the platform was created in response to the fragmented way many African events are currently promoted, with potential attendees often relying on social media pages, WhatsApp groups, individual promoters and different ticketing platforms to find events.
Hokon said nawhe? aims to make the process easier for both event organisers and audiences.
“There are so many African events happening around the world, but discovering them is still very fragmented. Someone may only hear about an event because they happen to follow the right Instagram account or belong to the right WhatsApp group,” he said.
“We want nawhe? to make discovering what is happening much easier, while also giving organisers another way to reach the people who are genuinely interested in these experiences.”
One of the platform’s features is that organisers can list their events for discovery even when tickets are being sold through another platform. This allows promoters to maintain their existing ticketing arrangements while using nawhe? as an additional channel for visibility.
Organisers who choose to sell tickets directly through the platform can also manage ticket sales and payments through nawhe?.
The service currently supports ticket payments in Nigeria, the UK, US and Canada, using payment infrastructure including Stripe and Paystack.
Its current ticketing charges are 4 percent plus ₦100 in Nigeria, 4 percent plus £0.35 in the UK, 4 percent plus $0.45 in the US and 4 percent plus C$0.50 in Canada.
The platform is also designed to connect Africans and members of the Black diaspora with events beyond their immediate locations. A user in the UK, for instance, can discover events happening locally while also exploring experiences taking place in Nigeria, Canada and the United States.
Hokon said the immediate objective is to build a strong network connecting event organisers with audiences rather than simply creating another ticket purchasing platform.
“Ticketing is important, but discovery comes first for us. An event cannot sell a ticket to somebody who never discovers that it exists. We want to help close that gap, particularly for African and diaspora events,” he added.
nawhe? is part of the growing portfolio of technology products developed under Semasir Connect, founded by Hokon after years of developing web based products and digital solutions for businesses, schools and online communities.
Event organisers can submit and manage their events through nawhe.com, while members of the public can use the platform to discover upcoming events and experiences.
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