Agency
We started in brand and marketing. Now we take products from research to growth.
Richoco Studio is an AI-native digital agency in Kano, Nigeria. You get one team for the whole digital lifecycle, wherever you are.
Richoco began in marketing and brand design.
Our story
From brand design to the whole digital lifecycle.
Then the work moved into product and technology. We designed a lending platform for AfriCred, an app and a web platform for Univacity, and a marketplace for Tino.
Today we work as one team across five stages, from research and strategy to marketing and growth, with AI built into each one.
We design for how our clients' users live: on Android phones with little storage, on unstable connections, and with payments that cross borders.
What we believe
Five things that shape every project.
Evidence before opinions
We talk to your users before we design for them.
The design survives the build
We stay with the engineers until what ships matches what was designed.
AI for speed, people for judgement
AI does the volume work. A person makes every call that matters.
Trust is designed
Verification, clear fees and visible progress earn trust, so we build them in from the start.
Numbers come with dates
We report results with their basis and timeframe, or we don't report them.
So far
What the work has done so far.
- 10,000+
- AfriCred users within six months of launch
- $6M+
- in student loans paid out through AfriCred
- 5
- countries AfriCred grew across
- 42%
- more completed Univacity applications within 6 weeks of the redesign
Where we work
Based in Kano, working across time zones.
Our studio is in Kano, Nigeria. We work remotely with clients in other countries and book calls to suit their hours.
- Studio in Kano, Nigeria
- Remote-first collaboration
- West Africa Time (UTC+1), with calls across time zones
- Work with users in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa and the UAE
Partners
An in-house team, with partner agencies when you need more.
Strategy, design and development are in-house. We also work with other creative agencies, as their development and AI team or alongside them on a shared client.
Designers, engineers and strategists who want to work with us: send your work.
Send your workStart a project
Tell us what you're building. A few lines is enough.
We'll read them, ask what we need to know and suggest a sensible first step.







