MyFixam builds a TaskRabbit for Nigeria's artisan economy where 93% lack safe payments
PeterDiamandis · x · 2026-09-23
MyFixam, a Build With Gemini XPRIZE finalist, is a TaskRabbit for Nigeria's informal artisan economy — 93% of Nigerian employment is informal, with no verification, payment protection, or earnings records. Customers book verified artisans across 29 trades, pay upfront through an escrow, and the artisan is paid on confirmation; the platform takes 10%. Key insight from user research: a baker with 1M Instagram followers receives 100+ WhatsApp orders daily and loses money to fake bank-transfer receipts — the problem is payment trust, not discovery. Gemini 2.5 Flash runs load-bearing production systems server-side with full audit logging.
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