Sekur receives proposal request for licences in DRC

Executive Summary

• Sekur Private Data Ltd. has received a Request for Proposal (RFP) for 1,200 SMB bundle licenses in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), marking the first such request on the African continent.
• The potential deal represents a minimum gross annual recurring revenue (ARR) of $1,296,000 USD, with pricing structured at $900 USD per year for SMB bundles and $1,500 USD per year for corporate bundles.
• The company is also exploring a distribution partnership with Silikin Village, the largest technology and start-up hub in the DRC, to expand its reach to thousands of business clients.

Key Details

• RFP Scope: Request for 1,200 Sekur SMB bundle licenses from a private corporation in the DRC.
• Revenue Estimate: Minimum gross annual recurring revenue of $1,296,000 USD.
• Pricing Structure:
  • Corporate bundle licenses: $1,500 USD per year.
  • SMB bundles: $900 USD per year or $90 USD per month.
• Strategic Partnerships: Exploring a distribution partnership with Silikin Village (largest tech/start-up hub in DRC) to provide solutions to thousands of business clients.
• Market Context: The push into Angola and the DRC is driven by a recent appointment of a director of business development for central and southern Africa and positive feedback from corporate and government sectors.
• Product Value Proposition:
  • Countermeasures against Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks, AI hacks, and messaging hacks (WhatsApp/Signal).
  • Proprietary platform hosted in Switzerland, ensuring compliance with strict Swiss privacy laws (Federal Act on Data Protection since 1993).
  • No data mining or location tracking.
• Core Solutions:
  • SekurMail: Encrypted email with SekurSend/SekurReply features, custom domain support, and phishing countermeasures.
  • SekurMessenger: Secure chat with end-to-end encryption, self-destructing messages, and Sekur ID for contact vetting (no phone number required).
  • SekurVPN: Privacy-focused VPN using HeliX technology with no data logging.
  • SekurRelay: Enterprise email add-on allowing executives to use secure features without migrating the entire organization's domain.

Notable Quotes

• Alain Ghiai, CEO: "We are extremely pleased to be able to provide secure and private communications to the citizens and businesses of the DRC... We believe, based on the feedback we are getting, there is an enormous demand in the DRC for Sekur, and we look forward to providing secure and private communications to that market. This is a perfect opportunity to increase Sekur's market into Africa as we are off grid, off big tech, and we never data mine or location track your communications."