Bolanle AkapoFounder, Bàmíwàlé
Why Bàmíwàlé exists
I built this because I lived it.
In 2024 I had to move house in Lagos. As a single woman, I already knew many landlords wouldn't even consider me. Then the numbers came in.
My old rent₦850k
Same flat, new tenant~₦2.5m
Agent after agent, fee after fee. So I did what Lagos taught me: I went to the guys who knew the street. They took me straight to landlords, cut out the agent chain, and I found my next home.
That's when it clicked. If this worked for me, it could work for every Lagosian who is tired of paying five people to find one door.
Then I saw the same stress everywhere: shortlets with surprise fees at check-in, homes full of things people couldn't safely sell. Bàmíwàlé is one trusted team for all of it.
“Bàmíwàlé — help me find home. That's all any of us are really asking for.”
