GovTech Architect · Institutional Systems Builder
Funso Oyebami
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I design and build the digital systems that governments, UN agencies, and regional bodies actually use — from investment platforms to land registries.
GovTech Architect · Institutional Systems Builder
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I design and build the digital systems that governments, UN agencies, and regional bodies actually use — from investment platforms to land registries.
About
I'm a software engineer who understands how governments and development organisations actually work — the procurement cycles, the political constraints, the users who've never touched a smartphone.
I build systems that survive those realities: investment platforms for ECOWAS regional bodies, land registries for state governments, mobile money reconciliation tools for the UN. Not MVPs. Production infrastructure.
How I Work
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Before writing a line of code, I map the procurement reality, the political stakeholders, and the actual user. Most govtech fails because engineers skip this step entirely.
Every platform I build is documented, trainable, and maintainable by a local team. I don't build dependency — I build capacity. That's the difference between a project and an institution.
A land registry doesn't exist in isolation. It touches banking, legal, tax, and community structures. I model these relationships before designing the database schema.
Intermittent power. 2G connectivity. Non-technical admin staff. I treat these as design constraints, not edge cases. The result is software that actually runs in the field.
Case Studies
IPAWAS — enabling investors to discover, evaluate, and connect with opportunities across all 12 ECOWAS member states.
An integrated suite of governance tools — from civil service management to public service delivery — for 4.2M citizens.
Real-time reconciliation system tracking cash transfers to 180,000+ WFP beneficiaries across mobile money platforms.
Full digitisation of land title issuance, search, and dispute management — replacing a 40-year-old paper process.
What I Offer
End-to-end design and build of institutional platforms — from requirements through to live deployment and handover.
Strategic advisory for governments and development organisations planning technology procurement or transformation programmes.
Embedded CTO-level leadership for projects that need senior technical judgment without a full-time hire.
Building and training local engineering teams that can own and evolve systems after delivery — not just use them.
Speaking
I speak at conferences, government workshops, and academic institutions on the intersection of technology and institutional reform in Africa — drawing on real project experience, not theory.
"Africa doesn't have a shortage of engineers. It has a shortage of engineers who understand institutions well enough to build for them."
— Funso OyebamiWriting
The problem isn't funding or corruption. It's a systems failure — and it's fixable.
There is a discipline that produces fruit in a way the devotional disciplines prepare you for but don't substitute.
What it means to build software for institutions — and what actually persists after you leave.
Contact
Whether you're a government ministry, international development organisation, or a founder working at the intersection of tech and policy — I'm always open to a conversation.