E-commerce · Fintech / Mobile
Kokeb: Multi-Vendor Commerce
Multi-vendor commerce and digital payments platform for the Ethiopian market.
- Location
- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Duration
- 12 months
- Engagement
- Full product build (web, mobile and backend)
Challenge & scope
Requirements
- 1Onboard thousands of small vendors with minimal friction.
- 2Integrate fragmented local payment and mobile money rails.
- 3Offer catalog, order and payout tooling vendors could use on low-end phones.
- 4Survive seasonal traffic peaks without incident.
“Build a marketplace that works for both buyers and vendors in a market with limited payment infrastructure.”
Key deliverables
- Go and gRPC microservice backend
- Next.js storefront and vendor dashboard
- Flutter mobile apps for buyers and vendors
- Payment orchestration across mobile money providers
- Automated vendor payouts with reconciliation
Technical execution
Event-Driven Order Flow
Orders, payments and fulfilment are modelled as events, which made retries and reconciliation straightforward.
Payment Orchestration
A unified payment layer abstracts multiple mobile money providers with consistent failure handling.
Low-Bandwidth UX
Progressive loading and aggressive caching keep the storefront usable on 3G.
Technical stack
Backend
- Go
- gRPC
- PostgreSQL
- Redis
Frontend
- Next.js
- React
- Tailwind CSS
Mobile
- Flutter
Infrastructure
- Kubernetes
- Terraform
- GitHub Actions
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Get in touchFeatures & outcomes
Vendor Onboarding
From days to under an hour.
Peak Resilience
Three times normal traffic handled during holiday campaigns.
Payout Accuracy
Automated reconciliation replaced spreadsheets.
Client benefits
- A complete product team from day one
- Local payment expertise
- Mobile-first design for the actual user base
- Operational dashboards for the business team
Strategic outcomes
- New revenue channel for thousands of small businesses
- A platform ready for regional expansion
- Reduced operational cost per order
- Data to drive merchandising decisions
Project team
Roles on the Menna AI side of this engagement.
Product Owner
Aligned the roadmap with the client leadership team.
Architect
Designed the service boundaries and payment layer.
Full-Stack and Mobile Engineers
Delivered web, mobile and backend features in two-week sprints.
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We reply within one business day. Based in Addis Ababa, working with partners in Ethiopia and beyond.
- 2026
- Founded in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Focus areas: software, networking & IT
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- Core values: Service, Wisdom, Stewardship, Excellence
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- Founding leadership team