Early-stage startups are invited to join and gain access to a range of tools, services, and mentoring designed to speed up time-to-market.
Recently launched ‘WSO2 for Startups’ is a bold program for empowering new app-building businesses across the world, including those in the Middle East and Africa, to accelerate their journeys to success. Participants in the program will receive access to sample apps, product credits, support, and mentorship by a dedicated solutions architect. The benefits are designed to focus startups’ leadership teams in ways that will make them stand out in the market.
Targeted at early-stage startups building mobile or web apps for consumers, businesses, or employees, WSO2 for Startups gives fledgling businesses access to the company’s core offerings, Choreo and Asgardeo, which provide all the technology an organisation needs to get its operations off the ground.
“We designed WSO2 for Startups with a view to accelerating time to market. Developers can reuse our B2C and B2B sample app code that has all the out-of-the-box functionality needed to create a secure cloud-native experience for users. They have expert advice at their fingertips, free support, and their Choreo and Asgardeo credits can be put towards component or infrastructure costs, meaning they enjoy a lower cost of ownership straight out of the gate,” said Uday Shankar Kizhepat, Vice President and General Manager – Middle East and Africa Region, WSO2.
WSO2 for Startups is therefore especially relevant to start ups in the Middle East as the program aims to plug these gaps. The company’s Choreo platform is a SaaS application development suite designed to accelerate the creation of digital experiences.
Upon signing up, startups receive up to US$18,000 in Choreo credits, which can be used on components such as APIs, microservices, and integrations or on pass-through infrastructure costs in Choreo’s Pay-as-you-go tier. The startup also receives US$15,000 in Asgardeo credits, which can be used for B2C, B2B, or B2E monthly active users in Asgardeo’s Professional tier.
On top of all these benefits, the program encourages participants to use Ballerina, an open-source programming language for the cloud that makes it easier to use, combine, and create network services. Ballerina is built for acceleration, allowing project teams to deliver their offerings up to three times faster when compared to those built on NodeJS, Java, or Python.
WSO2 offers this program as part of their commitment to sustainable growth in the Middle East and Africa.
