"I didn't want to build a software company. I just wanted my shop to survive."
It was late 2022. **Umar Katibu** sat in his office, surrounded by stacks of paper receipts and three different "account books." Despite a busy day of sales, he couldn't answer the simplest question: *How much did we actually make today?*
Generic POS systems were too expensive or too complicated. They didn't understand how traditional "provision stores" worked. They didn't understand the credit trust between neighbors. They didn't understand the high-speed chaos of Nigerian retail.
That night, ShopMate was born out of frustration.
"We spent 24 months coding inside one single shop. If a feature didn't save us time or money in that shop, we deleted it. We weren't building for investors—we were building for our own survival."
Built by retailers, for retailers.
Founder & CEO
"The visionary who decided that traditional retail deserved modern intelligence."
CMO
"The voice of the brand, connecting ShopMate with thousands of shops across Africa."
COO
"The operations engine, ensuring every shop onboarding is seamless and successful."
CTO
"The master architect, turning retail logic into unbreakable digital code."
Customer Service Rep
"The empathetic voice resolving queries instantly for our 3,000+ business partners."
Customer Satisfaction
"The guardian of the user experience, ensuring every shop finds joy in our software."
Just like **OPay** changed banking by removing the physical counter, we are changing retail management by removing the physical office barrier. We serve hundreds of customers every single day with resolution speeds that legacy companies can only dream of.
Online first. Always. Fast.
"We spent two years getting it right for one shop. We've spent the rest of our time making it perfect for yours."