Building for African Internet: Lessons from Lagos

Building software in Lagos teaches you things that Silicon Valley never will. Your users are on 3G networks that drop constantly. They're using Android devices with 2GB of RAM. Data is expensive — a single poorly optimized API call can cost your user real money.

We design every feature with these constraints in mind. Our API responses are compressed and paginated aggressively. Images are lazy-loaded and served in next-gen formats. Critical paths work offline-first when possible.

These aren't edge cases for us — they're the default experience for our users. And honestly, building for these constraints makes our software better for everyone.

Full article coming soon. We'll share specific techniques and benchmarks.