Aqib Akinyele
I don't just build interfaces. I engineer experiences.
- 01Frontend Engineer
- 02Creative Technologist
- 03Builder of production software
Production fintech, built from the interface down.
Frontend Engineer at Payvantage, where I have worked since April 2022. I architected and launched Ethcore, the core banking platform for Ethica Microfinance Bank, and lead the frontend team that builds it.
My work spans web and mobile: Ethica Pass, a security token app I built on my own; an address verification SDK for KYC; features in the Ethica mobile app, used by 12,000+ people; and a role-based tax dashboard for FIRS. Outside Payvantage I build products for clients such as Super International Travels and Bitooqoh.
- Lagos, Nigeria
- React · Next.js · TypeScript · Flutter
- ThinkVantage Award, 2026
- Leads a frontend team
I also run Kenntechs (opens in a new tab), my technology venture.
Reading the codesSections are numbered by depth, like layers of rock: S0 at the surface, down to S6 at bedrock.
Eight production systems, cored
Each core is one system. Its bands are its makeup: what it runs on, whether it can be shown, how many technologies it took. Hover or focus a core to pull it from the tray.
- S1.01FIRS Tax Management SystemBuilt · Contract for Federal Inland Revenue ServicePublic demoInteractive replicaWeb
- S1.02BitooqohCo-built · For BitooqohPublicWeb
- S1.03Super International TravelsBuilt · For Super International Travels LimitedPublicWeb
- S1.04Muslim Tech ExpoBuilt · Voluntary, for Muslim Tech ExpoPublicWeb
- S1.05EthcoreArchitected · Payvantage for Ethica Microfinance BankConfidentialWeb
- S1.06Ethica Mobile BankingContributed to · Payvantage for Ethica Microfinance BankConfidentialMobile
- S1.07Ethica PassBuilt · Payvantage for Ethica Microfinance BankConfidentialMobile
- S1.08Address Verification SDKEngineered · Payvantage for Ethica Microfinance BankConfidentialSDK · Mobile
- Pattern: web, mobile, SDK
- Film: confidential system
- Laminae: one per technology in the stack
Evidence, logged
- S2.01 Ethica mobile app
- 12,000+
- Users on Ethica Microfinance Bank's mobile banking app. I built its discounts on bills and utilities (airtime, data, cable TV, electricity), the KYC tier 1 to 2 and tier 2 to 3 upgrades, and target savings.
- S2.02 Bitooqoh ticket sales
- ₦198M+
- Ticket sales processed through Bitooqoh, an independent ticketing company live in Nigeria and Kenya.
- Source: Bitooqoh homepage ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- S2.03 Ethcore launch
- May 2026
- Architected and launched Ethcore, the core banking platform for Ethica MFB. Now leads its frontend team.
- S2.04 ThinkVantage Award
- Overall winner
- Inaugural innovation challenge at Ethica Microfinance Bank, 2026. Staff pitch ideas to improve operations, cut costs and raise efficiency. Presented at the bank's H1 performance review.
- Source: Ethica announcement ↗ (opens in a new tab)