The calm precision of
building back home.
Lock your construction capital in milestone-protected escrow. COREN-vetted field agents submit geo-tagged site proof before a single Naira is released.
Lekki Phase 1,
Lagos
Direct diaspora supervision. Every milestone payment is released only when verified on-site photos match engineering blueprints.
Engr. Babatunde O.
VERIFIEDCOREN Certified Supervisor · 4.9 ★
480 m² · 5-Bed Villa
Contemporary Coastal Design
Blueprints #BK-842Stage 03 Verification
Decking & structural concrete curing inspection submitted by on-ground engineer.
The Problem
It's not a housing problem.
It's a trust gap.
Diaspora Africans who want to raise infrastructure back home routinely lose money, time, and trust to a system with no independent verification layer.
Trust
Diaspora senders cannot verify that the person or team managing their project on the ground is legitimate, competent, or still working in their interest once funds are sent.
Fragmentation
Coordination happens across scattered, informal channels: phone calls, WhatsApp, bank transfers, with no single record either side can rely on.
Visibility
Once money is sent, the sender has no independent, real-time view of whether it was used as agreed, or whether progress reported is progress made.
Recourse
When funds are diverted, work stalls, or claims turn out false, the sender, often thousands of miles away, has no practical way to intervene or recover the loss.
The trust layer between sender and builder.
Escrow is not the product. It's the mechanism. The product is your confidence that money sent from thousands of miles away is doing exactly what it was sent to do.
Verified agent & contractor profiles
Every professional is identity-checked, credential-checked, and rated by past diaspora clients before they can take on a project.
Shared project workspace
One space per project holding the agreed scope, budget, documents, and communication history, replacing scattered calls and WhatsApp threads.
Milestone-based escrow
Funds are held on the platform and released only as each agreed stage is confirmed, not handed over in large, unsupervised chunks.
Independent progress proof
Geo-tagged photos, video walkthroughs, and timestamps confirm real-world progress before funds move.
Live status tracking
Both sender and agent see the same real-time view of budget spent, stage reached, and outstanding actions.
How Escrow Works
Four steps between your money and a finished build.
Fund the project
Set the scope, budget, and milestone plan, then fund escrow. The platform holds it, not the agent.
Agent shows proof
At each stage, your verified agent submits geo-tagged photos or video walkthroughs of real progress.
You review, live
You see the same real-time view as your agent: budget spent, stage reached, proof submitted.
Approve, funds release
Approve the stage and escrow releases automatically. Flag a concern instead, and funds stay held.
Verification
Behind every milestone is a person you can verify.
Every submission carries a location tag and timestamp the sender can check independently. The agent cannot release funds; only your approval can.
Progress Proof Example
Roof trusses installed
Sheeting 60% complete · submitted from site
Built for families like this one
Securing futures back home with verified trust.
The business · pre-launch model
We earn when verified work is delivered. Not before.
Milestone escrow fee
A small service fee on each milestone released. We only earn when verified work is actually delivered, so our incentives sit with the sender.
Agent verification & listing
Agents pay for identity and credential verification, then a listing subscription once the marketplace is live. Verified status is the asset they buy.
Premium assurance add-ons
Independent site inspections, land title checks, and insurance partnerships offered as paid add-ons on higher-value projects.
From our survey · August 2026
We asked what people fear about
sending money home.
Money was sent and my friend's sibling diverted the funds for something completely ridiculous.
Survey respondent
I fear to be stolen and to break a relation because of that.
Survey respondent
My biggest fear is whether the person will carry out the work and if they are trustworthy enough.
Survey respondent
Fund Diversion
of diaspora senders reported that funds were used for purposes other than what was agreed upon.
Top Concerns
Depth before breadth.
Trust before scale.
Bankole is launching an invite-only pilot focusing exclusively on residential builds in Lagos, Nigeria.