Nigeria’s Foremost Online Will writing Platform

Lagos/Nigeria, 04/10/2018

CARROT TECHNOLOGIES was nominated as best national digital solution for Nigeria for the international World Summit Awards (WSA). The World Summit Awards are a global initiative selecting digital innovation making positive impact on society. With this nomination in the Category Business & Commerce, Carrot Technologies qualifies for evaluation among over 400 international projects by the WSA Jury 2018.

About CARROT

Carrot Technologies was launched in by Luqman Balogun and Odunayo Williams in February 2018. Carrot.ng, the flagship solution of Carrot Technologies, is an online estate planning platform that simplified the process of creating, updating, and executing Wills, Trusts, Deeds of Gift and other testamentary instruments for subscribers on their digital devices. Our mission is to simplify access to estate planning online for everyone, everywhere. Carrot is enjoyable, convenient and secure.

Carrot eliminates disputes relating to Wills & Trusts between Next of Kin and other beneficiaries. The platform allows its subscribers to immediately cater for instant update of instruments; users can easily make changes to the instrument when they acquire a new property, dispose of existing property, include a beneficiary, exclude a dependent, alter a policy or instruction etc. without stress.

Carrot uses OTP [Email & Text] Authorization and Biometric Authentication (coming soon) to validate a subscriber or grant a subscriber access to any instrument created on the platform, making it the most secure platform for organizing one’s affairs.

Each subscriber is awarded a Personal Insurance Cover of One Million Naira [N1, 000,000.00] and Medical Insurance Coverage of One Hundred Thousand Naira [N100, 000.00]. A Subscriber may increase his cover above the N1,000,000 limit as well as purchase additional policies such as; a. Life Assurance, b. Unemployment Cover, c. Travel Insurance, d. Health Insurance.

It provides the unique opportunity to engage young and senior professionals who want estate planning services delivered to them on their digital devices. It enhances satisfaction and productivity of subscribers by providing them with estate planning tools including an inventory of their assets over a lifetime. Subscribers can measure growth by viewing their assets at a glance.

Wouldn’t you rather turn the unexpected into comfort for you and your loved ones? #ThinkCarrot.

The WSA nominees 2018 show the richness, diversity and innovation of digital solutions on a global scale and prove how digital technology can improve society on each corner of the world. The WSA 2018 nominees will be evaluated based on seven fundamentals criteria: Content, Functionality, Design, Technology, Innovation, Impact and Global/UN value. Each year, WSA nominees are selected by the WSA National Experts from more than 180 UN member states. The WSA National Experts nominate up to eight projects for each country – one for every WSA category.

A nomination to the WSA hence is already and award in itself – the qualification to compete and be presented on an international level and being the best practice in Business & Commerce nationally.

About the WSA

The World Summit Award is a global initiative within the framework of the United Nations World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). WSA is the only ICT event worldwide, that reaches the mobile community in over 180 countries. WSA highlights digital content improving society and focusses on local content with global relevance.