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What we're thinking about

Engineering insights, product decisions, and company updates.

March 2026

Why We Built StayVia with Escrow-First Architecture

Trust is the biggest barrier in Africa's short-term rental market. Here's how we solved it with a wallet-based escrow system that holds funds until 24 hours after check-in.

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Product

February 2026

The CoRide Thesis: Passenger-Led Ride Sharing

Every ride-sharing platform gives control to drivers or algorithms. We asked: what if passengers decided who joins, what they pay, and whether sharing happens at all?

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Engineering

January 2026

Building for African Internet: Lessons from Lagos

Low bandwidth, intermittent connectivity, and mobile-first users. How we design software that actually works on the devices and networks people use.

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Engineering

January 2026

Double-Entry Ledgers: Why Every Fintech Should Have One

StayVia tracks every Naira through 11 internal account types. Here's why we built a full accounting system into a booking platform.

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Product

December 2025

GoPay and the Cross-Border Payments Problem

Sending money across Africa costs 2-5x the global average. We're building GoPay to fix that — starting with the corridors that matter most.

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Engineering

December 2025

From Zero to Production: The StayVia Stack

A technical deep dive into StayVia's architecture — the design decisions, challenges, and lessons learned shipping a full-stack platform for Africa.

Full blog with CMS publishing coming soon