Fast MVP
Pilot with 1–2 partners, ~1,000 users, validate the money model.
- FrontendNext.js on Vercel
- BackendSupabase (Postgres, Auth, Storage, Edge Functions)
- AI / VerificationOpenAI + Claude via Lovable AI Gateway
- MobilePWA — installable on Android
- PaymentsOrange Money + Stripe Connect
- AnalyticsPostHog free tier
- Ship fast, change fast
- Minimal DevOps overhead
- Same codebase scales to Tier 2
- · Single-region hosting
- · Limited compliance posture
- · No formal SLA
Scalable Product
National rollout across Sierra Leone + 2–3 partner countries.
- FrontendNext.js + Cloudflare Pages (multi-region edge)
- BackendSupabase Pro + dedicated Postgres
- WorkersCloudflare Workers for matching, scoring, webhooks
- AI / VerificationOpenAI + open-source vision models on Modal
- MobileReact Native (Expo) — Android first
- PaymentsStripe + Flutterwave + Orange Money
- ObservabilitySentry + PostHog + Better Stack
- Handles 100K+ verified profiles
- Real mobile app for low-bandwidth users
- Production observability & on-call
- · Requires a small platform team
- · More moving parts to monitor
Enterprise / Government
Ministry deployments, donor-funded national registries, sovereign data needs.
- HostingAWS Africa (af-south-1) or Azure Gov region
- FrontendNext.js + CDN with WAF
- BackendManaged Postgres (RDS / Aurora) + isolated VPC
- IdentityKeycloak SSO + national ID integration
- AI / VerificationPrivate LLM endpoints + audit logging
- ComplianceSOC 2 path · GDPR · data residency in-country
- IntegrationsGovernment APIs, donor M&E systems, banks
- Sovereign data + audit trail
- Procurement-ready (SOC 2, SLAs, DPA)
- Built for multi-country white-label
- · Higher run-rate
- · Slower deploy cycle (change management)
Shared foundations across all 3 tiers
One codebase, one data model — tier choice is a deployment posture, not a rewrite.
Same Next.js + Postgres core across all 3 tiers — upgrade path is configuration, not rewrite.
One canonical schema for Youth, Skills, Proof, Verification, Earnings, Employers, Partners.
Row-Level Security from day one. Verification audit log immutable across tiers.
Infra defined as code (Terraform). Tier 1 → Tier 3 migration in days, not months.
Recommended starting posture
Launch on Fast MVP with the first 2 partners and ~1,000 youth, then graduate to Scalable Product once partner SaaS revenue covers run-rate. Enterprise kicks in when the first government white-label contract is signed.