An open letter to @mreazi
Dear Mr Eazi,
My name is Gabriel Rotimi Mogaji known as Rotense. I am a software architect from Lagos, and I am writing to you as one builder to another.
You have put your own money behind African companies, including the rails people use to move money. That is why I am bringing Reton to you (https://t.co/7UR8w8EfZl).
I founded it because ordinary Nigerians lose money to a wrong transfer or a scam and then have nowhere to turn. Reton is a wallet with a safety net. A payment can sit in escrow. A mistaken transfer can be recalled. Fraud checks run before a kobo settles. The rail underneath is not ours to reinvent. Interswitch is the payments partner. Reton is the wallet.
Here is where it stands. The product is built. The company is registered. Interswitch has approved Reton for payment access. People who have seen it say they want it. What is left is the cost of going live without announcing a launch and then stalling it.
We need ₦25 million to release the mobile app and cover the infrastructure that has to be running before the first real naira moves: release, servers, payment operations, compliance, and the first months of keeping it up. This is not a round. It is the cost of opening properly.
The work is already public:
• Interswitch featured me on their official YouTube channel, teaching developers how to integrate their payment gateway: https://t.co/NF9xwriejo. This week their developer community also published my case study on building Reton’s bill payments on Interswitch: https://t.co/i9hy62jkLd
• I am a 2019 HubSpot International Challenge winner, with awards from Microsoft and the Python Software Foundation.
• A past client put his trust in a notarised guarantee of my character and delivery. I am glad to share that, with the product and the books.
If you back it, every naira will be accounted for, and you will get regular updates. I can send a one-page breakdown before a kobo moves. As we grow, the money also means jobs for young Nigerian developers.
Ten minutes of your time would mean a great deal. Thank you for reading, and for building in public in a way other founders can follow.
With respect,
Gabriel Rotimi Mogaji
Founder & C T.O, Reton
Project URL: https://t.co/IopdnJBk0C
My Profile: https://t.co/Xn5QvL18Mk