I build the systems
African commerce runs on.
Badrama is a software studio building infrastructure for African commerce — led by a senior engineer who ships full products solo.
"Africa is not poor. Africa is poorly optimized. The one who solves friction owns the market."
— Thesis, Badrama 2026
01 — Flagship products
Two products. Built to compound.
A studio, not a portfolio
Commerce OS Stoowa.
A commerce operating system for African SMEs — the counter, the online store, and the agents who sell for you, run as one system on a single inventory.
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TrustScore.
Portable credit scoring for the informal economy — a reputation passport the traders outside formal credit own, carry, and are trusted on by any lender.
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02 in build More products in build.
03 — Latest writing
Notes from the workshop.
Updated May 2026
18 May 2026
Note
One Inventory Truth
1 min
12 May 2026
Essay
Africa Is Not Poor — It Is Poorly Optimized
3 min
04 — The record Verified
8 + yrs
Shipping production software
Tech -Lead
Payments & messaging infrastructure, East Africa
99.9 %
Uptime on a public-health data platform
50 + devs
Mentored into industry, 2021–2026
Recognition · slot reserved