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By Emmanuel Okumuye
The Lagos-based startup Cudium, lunched in September 2022, finding its niche in the competitive fintech landscape in Nigeria. The platform was designed for a purpose only to enable African businesses and international tourists move money across borders without all the hassles and headaches of delays and hidden fees.
Founded by Adejumobi Abdulrahman, Akeem Osungbade, Alabi Junaid, Okunlola Sheriffdeen and Olagunju Sodiq; they wanted to fix the fragmented payment system that makes international trade expensive and unpredictable for Africans. They wanted to smooth out the disjointed payment systems that cost and delay African imports and exports. Cudium provides multi-currency wallets and real-time FX conversions to more than 120 countries, including key markets such as China, the US and the UK, have already facilitated more than $300 million in transactions per year.
Daniel Afolabi joined the company as the Founding Product Designer as the company transitioned from a concept to a working product. His role was to articulate complicated financial infrastructure into a platform that users can easily navigate. As a part of the founding team and engineering team, Afolabi designed the end-to-end mobile application, CRM dashboard, and visual identity of Cudium. The most important challenge in fintech isn’t just the code, it’s trust said Daniel Afolabi during a brief interview, according to him, he worked on the entire project with the aim of creating a user friendly and secured design feeling that allows easy navigation and visually calm appearance.
