Our Offer

We bring digital connectivity and finance solutions to market. Creating digital solutions that open new markets and bring new revenue.

A note from Nick, co-founder of 4R Digital

Innovation cannot be a choice.

In today’s world where the pace of change is faster than at any point since the first industrial revolution, businesses must innovate to survive.

Although change brings a wealth of opportunity, we know from direct experience that innovation can be hard.

Time, funds, thinking space and threat of failure are common blockers, and even though the assets to underpin new models may already exist – a brand, product, a license to operate, loyal customers – in the face of day-to-day operational pressures it can be difficult to just begin trying something new.

That’s where we can help.

4R Digital drive new revenue sources and create positive change

4R Digital finds new opportunities and turns fledgling ideas into viable, scalable, successful businesses that reach new segments of customers, drive new revenue sources and create positive change.

We provide expertise, development space and even funding where required to help shape and incubate a new generation of business models.

We have taken concepts that many thought risky at best, nonsensical at worst, and turned them into multi-million dollar enterprises that positively impact tens of millions of people around the globe.

The work we do is harnessed by two powerful levers: Digital Connectivity and Digital Payments.

Advancements in technology in the last decade have bought a 4th industrial revolution upon us, and through digital we now have powerful tools to grow and adapt products, processes and business models.

We especially believe this pace of change is amplified in emerging economies, where legacy systems simply don’t exist, meaning the opportunity for impact is greater than ever before.

No concept is too crazy. No idea too big. If you want to help your organisation explore ways to grow and innovate using digital technology, we’d love to hear from you.

Nick Hughes
Co-Founder and MD
OUR SERVICES INCLUDE

Designing New Delivery Models

We bring digital connectivity and finance solutions to market. We design new delivery models, spanning a range of devices and operating systems, from proof of concept and MVP to large-scale deployments across multiple geographical territories.

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OUR SERVICES INCLUDE

Discovering New Opportunities

We support our partners research and develop digital products from initial concept to market rollout. We help discover new opportunities where digital solutions can bring positive environmental, economic and social returns.

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Supporting Incubation & Investment

We support the incubation of pre-commercial, high potential digital products and services during their transition from research phase to commercial readiness for both corporate or start-up clients.

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The 4R Digital Platform

Based on our teams world-class experience and pioneering work, we have built a cloud based, B2B, intelligent platform which connects our clients products and services to underserved households and small businesses. The pay-as-you-go model and the increasing affordability of smartphones offer new ways to deliver products and services to end-customers.

This means increased market reach for our clients, and increased access to vital amenities like clean water and solar power, to end-customers who would otherwise not have been able to access them.

Here are some examples of it working in practice

The Infrastructure

People
We create accounts for people or entities for transactions
Product
We connect products and monitor performance in real time and manage usage
Activity
We remotely track and monitor product usage, so it can be converted into digital value, allowing customers to use and pay for products in new ways

Providing affordable access to water to smallholder farmers

People
Farmers in emerging economies with limited access to water
Product
Solar Powered
 Water Pump
Activity
Customers are charged based on the litres of water used

Accelerating the adoption of electric vehicle usage

People
Individuals and business owners in emerging economies wanting clean forms of mobility
Product
e-Motorbike
Activity
Customers are charged based on the number of miles travelled and can also accure carbon credits through displacement of fuel

Providing distributed solar power generation

People
Households wanting to use solar generated power and displace kerosene
Product
Solar powered lighting and electrical appliances
Activity
Customers are charged based on the electricity used
Key:
The 4R Digital Platform connects people with products, through affordable and manageable digital payments and innovative financial products.
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Project Implementation

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