Bazaar Africa

Many African artisans lack access to digital tools for selling their products. Bazaar Africa bridges this gap with mobile-first commerce solutions.

Empower artisans to onboard easily, accept payments, and reach a wider market.

The platform includes backend APIs and a mobile app focused on reliability, scalability, and ease of use.

1. Architected microservices for vendor onboarding, inventory, and order processing
2. Integrated Paystack and Flutterwave payment gateways with reconciliation logic
3. Designed RESTful APIs optimized for 2G/3G networks with aggressive caching
4. Built automated vendor payout systems with fraud detection mechanisms
5. Implemented horizontal scaling strategies for peak traffic handling

• Enabled digital commerce for 500+ local artisans across 6 African countries
• Processed $100k+ in transactions with 99.7% payment success rate
• Reduced page load times by 60% for low-bandwidth connections
• Built infrastructure scaling to 50k+ concurrent users