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Venture design + product engineering Lagos, Nigeria

From raw ideas to exceptional products.

We partner with founders to validate ideas, craft unforgettable brands, build production-ready MVPs, and prepare investor-ready businesses, all within an accelerated seven-week sprint.

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THE LYNEXA BUILD METHOD GMT+1 / LAGOS
01DiscoverResearch · Strategy · Validation
02DesignUX · UI · Brand · Prototype
03BuildEngineering · AI · Infrastructure
04ScaleLaunch · Analytics · Investment
Senior-only execution 7 weeks from idea to live
Strategy✦Product design✦Engineering✦Brand systems✦Investor readiness✦
01 / Selected work

Proof in the product.

Real products, shipped for real founders. Strategy, experience, engineering, brand, and market story moving as one.

Nigerian technology professionals with laptops in Lagos 02
Mobility / Experience commerce5-week build · In development

Swiftly

How Africa moves and gathers, transforming mobility and experience commerce.

  • Product specification
  • Master build prompt
  • Marketing site
  • Fare comparison
  • Agent architecture
Explore the work
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02 / What we solve

One studio.
Full spectrum.

We design the brand, build the product, and ship the deck. One integrated team means no agency handoffs and no vision lost in translation.

01

MVP Design & Development

Mobile (Flutter, React Native), web (Next.js, React), backend (Node, Python). Fintech rails integrated: Paystack, Flutterwave, Mono, Okra, BVN/NIN verification.

Best for / Founders pre-launch with a validated idea
02

Brand Identity Systems

Naming, mark, palette, type system, voice and tone, brand guidelines. Not wallpaper, but a system that scales with the product.

Best for / Teams that need to look as serious as they are
03

Marketing & Product Websites

High-craft landing pages, marketing sites, product sites built for conversion and investor optics. The site is the first product.

Best for / Founders preparing to raise or launch publicly
04

Product Design

Research, UX, UI, prototyping, design systems, motion design. Design that works in the hand, not just in the deck.

Best for / Teams building consumer-facing products
05

Investor Pitch Materials

Decks, one-pagers, financial model visual layer, demo videos. The story matters as much as the build.

Best for / Founders entering a raise
06

Fractional Product Leadership

Senior design or product judgement on retainer. Embedded in your team rhythms, not a vendor on the side.

Best for / Early-stage teams that just raised
The Lynexa edge

Built for the realities of ambitious African ventures.

01

Hyper-parallel workflows

Engineering, design, brand, and investor deck progress in parallel, compressing typical delivery time by 40%.

02

Fintech-grade security

Native integrations for Paystack, Flutterwave, Mono, Okra, and BVN/NIN compliance. Bank-level reliability from day one.

03

Senior-only talent

Your project is shaped and written entirely by veteran product designers and software engineers.

04

Uncompromising IP ownership

100% of the code, Figma files, branding assets, and deck templates are yours from final handoff.

03 / The protocol

Seven weeks.
Idea to live.

A four-phase framework for taking a founder from idea to investor-ready in a compressed window, with disciplined scope and senior-only execution.

01 / DiscoverWeek 1

Discover market realities and validate the thesis.

We research the competitive landscape, run founder validation sprints, define strategic positioning, and map out segments. Every discovery is translated into strategic blueprints.

  • Discover Brief (5–8 pages)
  • Audience persona
  • Strategic roadmaps
  • Competitive landscape
02 / DesignWeek 2

Design gorgeous, high-converting prototypes.

We translate requirements into interactive user flows, custom UI/UX design systems, modern brand guides, and clickable high-fidelity prototypes that validate user interfaces instantly.

  • Brand identity v1
  • User flows
  • Custom UI design
  • Clickable prototype
03 / BuildWeeks 3–6

Build native engineering and AI infrastructures.

Our senior engineers pair to build robust MVPs, production web applications, clean API integrations, and secure backend systems using scalable modern cloud architecture.

  • Live MVP product
  • Secure infrastructure
  • Backend & API integrations
  • Marketing website
04 / ScaleWeek 7

Scale growth, metrics, and investment prep.

Launch with embedded analytics, performance optimization, and growth metrics. We align brand storytelling and draft investor decks to help founders secure funding.

  • Launched product
  • Traction dashboard
  • Investor pitch deck
  • Analytics integration
Senior-only teams

Every artefact is touched by someone who has shipped before. No junior pass-throughs.

Parallel tracks

Brand, product, and pitch built simultaneously. 40% faster than sequential agencies.

Pre-cut scope

We say no to features in Phase 02 so we ship in Phase 04. Discipline is the method.

Founder-coached

We build with the founder, not for them. They keep the narrative and the conviction.

04 / Flagship case studyZengly

Finance that feels
culturally fluent.

A fintech super-app for Nigerian Gen Z and Millennials. Lynexa shaped the product strategy, complete UX/UI, brand identity, marketing site, and investor materials in a focused six-week build.

01 / The thesis

Everyday money should feel social, intuitive, and human.

Zengly brings transfers, group spending, payments, and lifestyle moments into one coherent experience designed around real Nigerian behaviours.

02 / The system

One visual language across trust and delight.

The product balances fintech-grade clarity with an expressive brand system—making complex financial interactions feel immediate without feeling casual about security.

03 / The outcome

A launch-ready product story, not disconnected artefacts.

Product, brand, marketing surface, and investor narrative were built in parallel so every touchpoint tells the same focused story.

Product constellation

Real production interface explorations spanning core banking, service discovery, and Zengly’s culturally expressive Vaniti experience.

Zengly light-mode home and transactions screen
Everyday bankingLight-mode home
Zengly Vaniti top sprayers screen
Social moneyVaniti community
Zengly Vaniti feature introduction screen
Feature educationVaniti onboarding
Built in six weeks

Integrated deliverables

  • 01Product strategy
  • 02Full UX/UI design
  • 03Brand identity
  • 04Marketing site
  • 05Investor materials
05 / Founder story

Built in Lagos.
For founders going global.

Lynexa is founder-led by Kelvin Ekuhoho, a product designer, engineer, and builder with 7+ years of experience across BPS, Polaris Bank, Sterling Bank, and multiple fintech startups.

Kelvin Ekuhoho, Founder and CEO of Lynexa
Kelvin EkuhohoFounder & CEO · Lead Product Designer

Kelvin Ekuhoho is a multidisciplinary product designer, technology entrepreneur, systems engineer, and venture builder working at the intersection of finance, design, software, and emerging technology.

With more than seven years of experience across financial services, enterprise technology, digital infrastructure, and product development, he has built a career transforming complex operational and financial systems into intuitive, scalable digital products.

Before founding Lynexa Innovations Limited, Kelvin worked with leading financial institutions, including Sterling Bank and Polaris Bank, where he contributed to digital banking platforms, electronic payment systems, lending products, enterprise resource planning channels, and customer-facing financial experiences.

Read Kelvin’s full biography

His work has given him a strong understanding of payment infrastructure, banking operations, regulatory requirements, financial-product architecture, and the trust considerations required to build technology for highly regulated industries.

Kelvin has also led product design initiatives within the energy and infrastructure technology sector, designing enterprise platforms, operational dashboards, customer applications, data-management systems, and digital tools used to simplify complex workflows. His experience spans product strategy, user research, systems thinking, interaction design, design systems, web development, product validation, and cross-functional delivery.

As Founder and CEO of Lynexa Innovations Limited, Kelvin leads the company’s vision of building practical, human-centred technology solutions for Africa and other emerging markets. He oversees multidisciplinary teams across product design, software engineering, project management, business development, and emerging technology, guiding products from early-stage research and concept development through architecture, MVP execution, market positioning, and commercial readiness.

Under his leadership, Lynexa is developing a portfolio of technology ventures across fintech, mobility, legal technology, property technology, artificial intelligence, and digital productivity. These include Zengly, a social-finance and lifestyle fintech platform designed to make everyday financial interactions more intuitive and culturally relevant; Swiftly, a transport and ticketing platform focused on seamless mobility across Africa; and other ventures addressing access to professional services, property transactions, career development, and enterprise automation.

Kelvin’s approach combines the discipline of financial systems engineering with the empathy of human-centred design and the commercial mindset of a startup operator. He is particularly focused on developing products that respond to real African behaviours and market realities while meeting the standards required for security, compliance, scalability, investment, and institutional adoption.

Through Lynexa, Kelvin works with founders, organisations, and product teams to clarify ideas, design compelling digital experiences, develop market-ready solutions, and position promising ventures for sustainable growth, strategic partnerships, and institutional investment.

Nigerian professionals reviewing work together on a laptop in LagosPhotography / Ninthgrid via Pexels · Lagos, Nigeria
The studio thesis

Our overarching vision is to nurture and scale early-stage ideas into highly investable $100M tech startups. We operate as a high-conviction partner, combining senior engineering talent, premium product design, and strategic venture architecture to compress product development cycles by up to 40%.

The studio exists because building a startup should not require five vendors and three months of “discovery.” We believe one integrated team, with senior judgement at every touchpoint, compresses both time and risk.

06 / Credibility

Senior judgement.
Measurable momentum.

Fintech-first and Africa-fluent. Built by people who understand Paystack, Flutterwave, BVN, NIBSS, and what actually moves money in this market.

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How a project starts

Clear from the first conversation.

  1. 01Discovery call

    30 minutes. You tell us the idea, audience, and timeline. We tell you honestly if we can help.

  2. 02Scoping

    We draft a scope document with deliverables, timeline, and investment. No surprises.

  3. 03Discover Brief

    We kick off with Phase 01. You see the first artefacts within a week.

  4. 04Engagement signed

    Work begins. Weekly demos. Direct channel. Senior-only execution.

Build scope planner

Estimate your parallel build.

Select the modules you need. The planner compares a typical sequential delivery with Lynexa’s parallel execution model.

Estimated duration
4weeks

Parallel compression 38%

Typical sequential build: 6.5 weeks
Frequently asked

Clarity before commitment.

Why 7 weeks? Is that enough to build a real product?+

Yes. 7 weeks is the sweet spot for a pre-seed/seed MVP. We spend Week 1 discovering and Week 2 designing, which cuts out scope creep. Weeks 3–6 are dedicated to parallel build tracks where our senior team develops the live MVP, brand assets, site, and deck simultaneously. Week 7 is scale preparation. This rapid speed is only possible because we have zero junior developers and zero handoff lag.

What frontend and backend technology stack do you build on?+

We default to modern, scalable industry standards. For web MVPs, we use React and Next.js. For mobile apps, we build native-cross-platform using Flutter or React Native. Our backends are engineered with Node.js, Python, or Go, and deployed securely to AWS or Google Cloud. We integrate fintech rails (Paystack, Flutterwave, Mono, Okra) and security verification protocols (BVN/NIN, NIBSS) natively.

Who owns the IP and codebase after handoff?+

You do. 100%. Upon final engagement delivery, we hand over clean GitHub repositories, design tokens, raw Figma kits, and deck files. The intellectual property is fully transferred to your company. We also provide handover documentation so any incoming CTO or developer team can step in immediately without friction.

Do we sign an NDA before sharing ideas?+

Absolutely. We respect founder confidentiality. Before our initial deep-dive or scoping calls, we are happy to sign a standard mutual NDA to protect your proprietary ideas and market insights.

Do you help with fundraising and investor pitching?+

Yes, it is built directly into our full method. We don’t just build the product; we design the visual layer of your financial models, craft your investor deck, and assist in coaching your narrative presentation. We build the story alongside the software.

07 / Start a project

Bring us the idea.
We’ll bring the system.

Describe the idea, the audience, and when you want to launch. We’ll respond within 48 hours with an honest assessment of whether and how we can help.

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