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The Fragmented Rails: Building Payment Orchestration Across African Banking Infrastructure


A technical deep-dive into the architectural decisions behind Tunu Store's payment layer — connecting M-PESA, Stripe Connect, and a dozen other rails without a unified abstraction layer. What we built, what failed, and what we learned about money on the African internet.
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Emmanuel Allan

Product Engineer & Researcher building systems that help societies think. Currently based between Nairobi and Tallinn.

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