7 Smart Apps from Nepal- You can find VC’s Trekking ….

Asia and particularly South Asia is on the verge of technological up gradation which makes it impossible to avoid change. And why do we even need to avoid it when the works that required a hell lot of our time and effort to go out and complete them, can now be done within the comforts of our palm hands. So here I bring to you a list of popular apps from Nepal. Surprised? Often in news for Earthquakes and political unrest here is a pick to make life a little easier with in-house entrepreneurs just at the foothills of the Himalayas overlooking Mt.Everest or Sagarmāthā as its known here.

1. eSewa 
   “Your wallet in the web and your mobile device” is what eSewa is all about.
   eSewa serves as a payment gateway,just like paypal, i.e. it authorizes credit card payments for e-businesses. 
   Impact On Society- eSewa is responsible for transferring your information amidst various payment portals on websites, mobile phones or other voice response services and acquiring bank. 
   In the absence of PayPal in the country, eSewa comes as a knight in shining armor. 
   Freelancers can now earn from home and live a life on their own.
   CEO: Asgar Ali founded in 2010 with more than a million active users.

2. SastoDeal — Sasto Deal is Nepal’s biggest online shopping website. Ever since its introduction shoppers no longer have to wait amidst that depressing traffic or in the long queues. Neither they have to go on looking for things of their need here and there. With SastoDeal its all just a click away just like Amazon.

Impact On Society- It provides pocket friendly deals to the customers. What can be better than sitting in your pj’s in front of your mobile screen, ordering the stuff you need, that too at a price lower than the markets. Convincing enough?
Founder: Amun Thapa, started in 2011, who is a serial entrepreneur and also owns Sasto Book, Irish Pub, Chhahari Production and Anthropose.

3. HamroBazar — Hamrobazar is a FREE online classified with which different individuals as well as companies can list numerous used and unused products online. The app perfectly uses the internet to maintain that connection between buyers and sellers.

Impact on Society- You can put up whatever you need to sell on it. Your product, your price, your customers. The app has turned out to be really wonderful with its work and seems promising enough.
Founder: Prabal Saakha, in 2005.

4. Hamro Patro -
Would not it just be great if we did not have to look up a lot to find things of our need such as FM, calendar, daily news etc. Well do not worry you have got a solution at hand now.

Impact On Society- With HamroPatro app you get that all combined at a single place. Features that HamroPatro includes :- Nepali date/time, Nepali calendar with public holidays ,festivals and other important events. Hamro Patro includes various widgets, helps you share info via twitter/facebook and much more. Comforting, isn’t it? Full entertainment schedule, news, analysis in one place.Use it to know it.

Director:Santosh Devkota. Founded in 2010.

5. FoodMandu -
Who out of us is unaware of those midnight hunger pangs, or those oh! so sudden tummy cravings, or the screams of your taste buds and empty stomach when mumma’s not home. I guess none. Now what’s the solution to it? Slipping in bed hungry or preparing something on your own. Seems tiring. Idea, let’s order food. Sigh. The question of where to order arises? Give FoodMandu a chance people. FoodMandu is a food ordering app that provides just in time food services to your doorstep. Worry no more, with it’s quick service, FoodMandu is to your rescue ma’am.
Founder: Manohar Adhikari, started in 2010.

6. Nepal Load shedding Schedule
Power cut problem is nothing new for people in Nepal or India. The electricity authority on and often changes the power cut schedule. The Nepal Load shedding schedule app turns out to be extremely important in this scenario. It updates the changes automatically, thus keeping people updated about the power cut schedule. Consequently, allowing them to complete all their crucial work before time.A really unique handy concept.
Founded by Chandra & Eliza Shrestha and acquired by F1Soft.Nepal in 2014.

7. MeroAnswer 
Did not we all in our self-study days wish that there was someone or something that could just assist a bit with our studies. Let those lines on your forehead take a backseat, your wishes have now come true. You do not have someone, In fact, you have many of them together at the MeroAnswer app( an entrance exams preparation app) to answer your anything and everything queries just when needed. You put up your questions on the app and within no time any potential person having answers to your query replies you back and it’s all done. Tadaa!! what more can you ask for when you already got saviors.
Co-fouder: Sijan Bhandari in 2014.

To put it all to an end, let’s understand the fact that this is an technological-influencer era and we are all tech savvy people who strike new ideas, or get influenced by a product. So, let’s be wise and use the comforts we have been provided with to their fullest instead of fighting for who did it first. Getting aware of the apps that are just the apt ones for you, what are you waiting for? Get it all sorted at just a click and enjoy life!