Desmond is a Senior Product Designer at Sabi, shaping wallet infrastructure, design systems, and AI-powered tools for African fintech and commerce.
With 8+ years across fintech, AI, and commerce, he pairs hands-on design work with real research to turn complex financial systems into products people actually trust.
Outside design, Desmond ran a T-shirt brand before moving into product. That early experience taught him a lot about empathy and building things people actually want.
📍 Based in Lagos, Nigeria.
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↓ Currently
Directing design for Sabi's wallet infrastructure and AI tooling, and architecting SANDs, the design system unifying Sabi Market across mobile, web, and B2C.
↓ Oct 2024 — Present
Senior Product Designer · Sabi. Directed design of the Katsu Platform Wallet infrastructure (100% pilot adoption), architected the Sabi Market Design System (SANDs, 50% faster feature delivery), and led design of Sabi AI's automated categorization, background removal, and OCR tools.
↓ May 2022 — Sept 2024
Senior Product Designer · Hydrogen. Led design of the Hydrogen Merchant Portal serving 22,000+ merchants, redesigned the HydrogenPay mobile app's navigation and IA, and contributed to the Poseidon 1.0 design system refresh.
↓ Jul 2020 — Apr 2022
Product Designer · Clane. Led the Clanepay rebrand and UX overhaul for P2P transactions and event ticketing, and designed ClanePOS payment solutions and its multi-location sub-account feature.
↓ Jul 2019 — Jun 2020
Product Designer · NUGITECH. Designed mobile and web interfaces for government and private-sector projects, focused on usability and accessibility across diverse user groups.
↓ Apr 2018 — May 2019
UI Designer · Iroko Partners. Supported UI design for the Iroko mobile app, a video streaming platform for African content, improving browsing, playback, and account flows.
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