Africa's construction industry needs software built for Africa.
BuildPal is the first enterprise-grade construction management platform designed from the ground up for emerging-market project teams — starting in Rwanda.
Africa is building the future. The tools don't exist yet.
Africa needs $130B+ in infrastructure investment every year. That growing project volume creates a major recurring revenue opportunity for platforms that help developers and contractors manage delivery at scale. Governments mandate formal project documentation, and yet 95% of contractors still manage projects in WhatsApp groups and Excel spreadsheets.
BuildPal is the category-defining software for this moment. We are not adapting a Western product. We are building the right tool from scratch, for the right market, at the right time.
A Developing Africa
We are starting a buildout revolution
4%+
Avg annual GDP growth
Africa, 2025
Rwanda first. East Africa next. A continent after that.
We are building the playbook in Rwanda - proving unit economics, product-market fit, and regulatory compliance. Then we replicate across Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and beyond.
Rwanda
Product-market fit, first enterprise contracts, regulatory embedding.
East Africa
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania. Shared infrastructure, localised compliance.
Pan-African
Nigeria, Ghana, Egypt. Platform network effects and ecosystem partners.
Features
The Platform
Extensive modules. One platform. Full project lifecycle.
8 reasons this is a category-defining bet
$1.3 trillion in African construction output by 2030. Less than 2% use any form of digital project management.
No enterprise-grade construction ERP built for African workflows exists at our price point. We are defining the category.
From planning to HSE and finance - one system across the full project lifecycle. Impossible to rip out once embedded.
Rwanda's construction sector compliance requirements are built directly into the platform, creating deep switching costs.
Annual subscription contracts based on modules, project scale, and usage. Revenue increases with construction volume and client growth, not simply headcount.
Africa has one of the world’s largest infrastructure gaps, with $130–170B needed annually. Africa is set to become the world's construction capital.
Built by people who have lived on African job sites. Domain expertise in construction + deep software engineering.
BuildPal AI assistant integrates across every module - generating reports, flagging risks, and suggesting actions automatically.
Focused on validating adoption and operational efficiency
Pilot customers
Construction firms piloting BuildPal across Kigali and Africa
Time saved per PM
Average hours saved per project manager per week
Data captured
Site diary entries, purchase orders, and HSE logs recorded in-platform
Early pipeline target
ARR in active contract negotiations with enterprise contractors
"Every building you see in Kigali was managed in a WhatsApp group. We are building the alternative, and we are doing it from inside the market, not from a co-working space in San Francisco."
BuildPal Founding Team
Kigali, Rwanda
Infinite Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda
If you back the right founders at the right moment, this is that moment.
We are raising to accelerate product development, expand the sales team across Rwanda, and capture the East African market before anyone else does.
All investment discussions are subject to an NDA and qualified investor status.