I'm Abdullahi Ahmed Thiaw. In the last year I founded and single-handedly built and shipped two products — design, full-stack code, payments, deployment, and go-to-market. Before that, five years building GovTech systems that move real money at scale.
Both are live on the App Store and Google Play. I owned every layer — product, mobile, backend, payments, infra, and the go-to-market.
A zero-to-one mobility marketplace for scheduled and on-demand intercity trips, connecting riders, private drivers, and transport parks. I designed the multi-sided journeys — booking, driver KYC, operator verification, payouts, disputes — and built and deployed the whole thing.
A zero-to-one real-time marketplace connecting buyers with local vendors through agents, with escrow and delivery. Solo build across mobile, backend, and admin — real-time orders, in-app wallet, vendor catalog, and buyer-agent messaging.
I'm a generalist who turns ideas into working software fast. I don't wait for a perfect spec — I build, launch, learn, and iterate. I'm AI-native: Cursor is part of my daily workflow, which is how one person moves at the pace of a small team.
Before founding, I spent five years in regulated GovTech at Dreamlabs Nigeria, where I learned to ship systems that handle real money and real users: digital taxation onboarding 33,000+ businesses, automating revenue systems for a 200%+ increase, and integrating ten banks with a government payment gateway in nine weeks.
I'm looking for early-stage, high-ownership roles — founding engineer, founding product, or builder-operator seats — where shipping is the job.
Founded, built, and launched a multi-sided mobility marketplace; now onboarding transport parks for the first live rides.
Built a real-time marketplace with escrow solo; now onboarding the first vendors and running go-to-market.
Led revenue-system expansion to a new state; automated tertiary-institution systems for 200%+ revenue growth.
Rolled out informal-sector digital taxation; registered 33,000+ businesses, +40% collection and transparency.
Integrated 10 commercial banks with a government payment gateway in nine weeks; trained 50+ agents and staff.
I'm open to founding engineer, founding product, and builder-operator roles at early-stage startups. If you want someone who ships, let's talk.