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Every week, African builders launch verified products on Builderswave and we spotlight one every day.
Fintech, edtech, agritech, dev tools, from Douala to Lagos to Nairobi. Follow to see what the continent is shipping 🌍 builderswave.com
What do African teams actually ship with Next.js?
Our new article walks through 16 apps listed on Builderswave: school management for Cameroonian schools, a job copilot, SMS infrastructure, a React component library and more.
You'll also see what they pair it with: Tailwind CSS shows up in 8 of the 16.
#BuildInAfrica
Running a shop and still mixing the till money with your own?
gestock+ is a point of sale and inventory app for African shopkeepers. Each shop gets its own digital wallet, kept separate from personal funds, with withdrawals to MTN Mobile Money or Orange Money.
How do you keep track of stock and sales in your shop right now?
Launch 24 has 3 days left. Its last day is Sunday 1 November.
Most loved so far:
#1 Genuka WA, 10 upvotes
#2 Fandena, 3 upvotes
#3 Porsa, 3 upvotes
Fandena and Porsa are level for second place.
Pick your favorite by Sunday 1 November, 11:59 pm (WAT).
#AfricanTech #BuildInAfrica
Shipped on Builderswave this week:
New: Shop Manager, an inventory and sales management app for small shops
New: Fireply AI, AI replies on X that actually sound like you
New: Toonslab, a tokenised webcomics platform
New: Gloamy, a personal AI coworker on your computer
New: Rynqu, save links with context and find them by meaning
Builders, what did you ship this week? Share it in the replies.
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Which products came out on top in the launch that ran from Monday 5 October to Sunday 18 October?
The recap covers the final standings, the totals and what each of the five products does.
gestock+ finished first with 29 upvotes, ahead of World Portfolios and Voxylio.
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Spending more time on animations and UI polish than on the features of your mobile app?
Lambda ui is an animated component library and design system for React Native and Expo developers. Its animations run on Moti and React Native Reanimated.
Which screen in your app took you the longest to get right?
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48 hours at a hackathon. What should your team actually build?
Our new guide on hackathons in Africa covers how to pick the right event, form a team of three or four that ships, and scope one core flow end to end.
Plus what judges look for, and how to turn the project into a listed product afterwards.
#BuildInAfrica
48 hours at a hackathon. What should your team actually build?
Our new guide on hackathons in Africa covers how to pick the right event, form a team of three or four that ships, and scope one core flow end to end.
Plus what judges look for, and how to turn the project into a listed product afterwards.
#BuildInAfrica
Planning a move abroad and lost in visa rules that read differently on every site?
Fursa is a research and planning tool for African travellers who want to know which immigration routes they can actually qualify for. Its latest update adds live calls with Fursa AI, its assistant for visa and immigration questions.
Which country is on your list, and what has held you back so far?
Builder leaderboard, week of 26 October:
1. LN, 815
2. K. Brondon Wills, 769
3. Alban Ngoune, 609
Biggest move in the top 10: Valery Melou, up 3 places to 7th.
Marc A. Henry holds 10th and leads Côte d'Ivoire.
How the score works: 100 per win, 50 per podium place, 25 per published product, 2 per upvote received, 5 per comment received.
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