Tallyo began on a building site.

As an architect and project supervisor with his firm, Design Zenith Limited, Chizuru Onwukwe was involved in ordering materials and checking deliveries during the renovation of The Vibe Abuja into a restaurant. Cement, reinforcing rods, doors and other supplies were part of the practical work of keeping a building project moving.

One cement delivery made the problem concrete. On 15 June 2026, the project ordered 50 bags of Dangote cement at ₦15,500 each. Only 47 bags arrived. Three of those were damaged and leaking dry powder, leaving 44 intact bags from an order for 50.

The supplier replaced the three missing bags and the three damaged bags. The incident nevertheless illustrated a problem Chizuru encountered through his work: what a site orders and what it receives do not always match.

That experience helped give rise to Tallyo: software that brings delivery photos, documents and quantities together so businesses can check what arrived and keep a clear record of discrepancies.

Pictures and short clips of the 15 June delivery, made from the site record and checked for accuracy by the founder. They are reconstructions, not photos taken that day; the two photos at the top of this page are of the real site.

Reconstructed from the project supervisor's account; this is not the supplier's original waybill. The ₦93,000 is the value of the affected bags, not a lasting loss, since the supplier replaced them. The delivery came before Tallyo, so Tallyo didn't check it.

Construction was the starting point. The same need exists wherever businesses receive physical goods, from distributors and warehouses to retailers and logistics teams. Tallyo grew from the responsibility of checking materials on site into a broader idea: make deliveries easier to account for.

In Nigeria most goods reach buyers through small shops, kiosks and open markets: 97% of national sales in Nigeria go through more than 600,000 small retailers (Boston Consulting Group, The Future of Traditional Retail in Africa, 30 June 2022). When a shop says a drop came short, the proof is usually a WhatsApp photo, a paper waybill and someone's word. Tallyo reads the waybill, counts what arrived, marks the damage and checks the place and the photos, then gives the dispatcher a verdict with the reason for each check.

We build Tallyo for distributors, 3PLs, last mile couriers and the brands they deliver for, in Nigeria and across Africa.