Laana —
Fintech Product Designer with 5+ years experience designing high-growth, digital banking products for emerging markets.
— projects
1.
Onit Microfinance Bank
Role: Growth Product Designer
Designed trust and transparency into every transaction flow, helping Onit compete with incumbents by making zero-fee banking credible and cost savings impossible to ignore.
2.
Shara - Customer App
Role: Product Designer for a lending app.
SMEs in Kenya and Nigeria struggle to access fair business credit. Traditional loans require collateral, take weeks to process, and have opaque terms. I designed the end-to-end borrowing experience that made business financing fast, transparent, and accessible, enabling merchants to draw down loans, manage repayments, and grow their businesses.
4.
NALA Money
Role: Product Marketing
NALA is an international money transfer app that facilitates seamless money transfers from the UK, US, and EU to Africa, Asia.
www.nala.com
5.
PassKE
Role: Personal Project - Development in progress
End-to-end product design developing Kenya’s fitness and wellness booking platform.
(development in progress)
6.
Artizans
Role: Freelance Product Design
Website, brand, and communications strategy for an interior design studio in Nairobi, Kenya.
3.
Shara - Sale Team App
Role: Product Designer
Designed a mobile app that transformed how field agents managed their merchant portfolios. From tracking client repayments and commissions to driving new leads. The result: increased agent productivity, improved collection rates, and reduced operational overhead.