Nabilah Safira
TechInAfrica – South Africa Airbnb partner Alimama Spaces has recently shared how the pandemic has not made the company stop their growth in an interview with ITWeb.
Founder of the company, Robert Manson admits that they are impacted, “but 50% of our spaces were generating revenue that helped a lot in getting the business to withstand the pressure that COVID placed on many businesses. Having said that, the challenges brought so many opportunities when it comes to real estate, as it became a buyers’ market, and Alimama Spaces capitalised on that and acquired a number of good properties during this time.”
“We have seen that platform picking up nicely, bringing about 30% to 40% of bookings over the last year or so. We expect this platform to increase its bookings to almost 50% by the end of the year. It’s worth stating that Airbnb will continue being a key strategic platform in bringing bookings to Alimama Spaces,” Manson, who was former Microsoft SA and Oracle SA executive shared his hopes.
He also revealed his plans for his spaces-on demand business, saying, “My plans are to grow this business to 250 listings over the next three years. I have also founded another start-up called Alimama Capital.
“This will be the vehicle that l will use for diversification. It will invest seed funding to tech start-ups in the African region, as l see there is potential to solve interesting problems.”
Source: Itweb.co.za
