Digital solutions are emerging within Benin's digital ecosystem to meet the needs of the real estate sector. Guerin Agossadou is one of the entrepreneurs developing digital services tailored to local market realities.

Beninese data scientist and mobile application developer Guerin Agossadou is tackling local real estate challenges as the cofounder and CEO of Locapay, a startup dedicated to digitalizing and securing property services in Benin.

Founded in 2024 by Agossadou and Julian Adjibi, Locapay offers a digital solution designed to simplify, automate, and secure rent management and housing searches. The initiative addresses persistent difficulties for tenants, such as fraud, uncertainty about property quality, and payment constraints, as well as problems for landlords, including tedious follow-up, rent collection, and remote management. The startup operates via a mobile platform integrating various management tools.

The platform allows tenants to search for housing, conduct virtual tours, select validated listings, and pay rent via mobile money. Landlords receive a dashboard to register their properties, track payments, store documents, receive notifications, and manage all stages of the rental cycle remotely. Locapay provides them with a monitoring tool to limit late payments and improve investment management.

Locapay also includes ancillary services, allowing artisans and maintenance professionals to directly offer their services to tenants and landlords, facilitating connections for property upkeep and renovation.

Agossadou holds an engineering degree in mathematics and modeling from École Nationale Supérieure de Génie en Mathématique et Modélisation in Abomey, Benin. He is currently pursuing a Master's degree in data science with a specialization in insurance at the University of Évry Paris-Saclay in France.

Melchior Koba