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Notes from the build.
Research notes, product updates, and things we learn building for Africa’s reality.
research — featured
Why offline-first isn’t a compromise — it’s the whole point
Most product teams treat spotty connectivity as an edge case to patch around. We think that gets thepriorities backwards — here’s what changed when we designed for it from day one.
Sep 2026 · 6 min read
Product update
Inside Kheep AI’s morning briefing: what shop owners actually read at 6am
Aug 2026 · 4 min
Research
The problem with importing fintech playbooks into Nigerian retail
Aug 2026 · 7 min
Research
What a decade of provision-store credit books taught us about product design
Jul 2026 · 5 min
Engineering
Building for 2G: lessons from our first offline sync
Jul 2026 · 6 min
Company
Rektangul Labs is hiring — why we’re looking for researchers, not just engineers
Jun 2026 · 3 min
Research
Three African tech problems nobody’s solved yet, and we’re looking at
Jun 2026 · 5 min
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