• Kaadei develops digital tools to manage online and physical sales

• Platform streamlines inventory, billing, and performance tracking

• Founder also leads a design school training Africa’s next UX/UI experts

Beninese entrepreneur and product designer Mechac Goussanou is the founder of Kaadei, a tech startup established in 2024 that creates digital tools for African e-commerce businesses.

Kaadei offers a digital platform designed to help merchants manage their operations both in-store and online. It provides locally adapted tools to simplify sales, inventory, and billing management while delivering detailed analytics on business performance.

The platform enables real-time tracking of transactions and reduces administrative errors. Its analytical features help users identify trends and improve their management practices.

Alongside his role at Kaadei, Goussanou is co-founder and CEO of Web Design School, a training center specializing in UX/UI design. The school equips students with essential skills in typography, color theory, wireframing, prototyping, and design systems.

He also works as a UX/UI designer at Foxtech, a digital solutions company operating in West Africa. Holding a bachelor’s degree in English language and literature from the University of Abomey-Calavi (2016), Goussanou has built a career blending communication, design, and entrepreneurship.

From 2019 to 2023, he served as communications manager for the Network of Women Leaders for Development in Porto-Novo, while collaborating as a product designer with several firms, including healthtech company goMediCAL, fintech KKIAPAY, and digital transformation firm OPEN SI. In 2023, he was design director at Groupe Mandela in Senegal, a multi-sector organization dedicated to driving Africa’s transformation.