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Rounds

Ajo and Esusu, reimagined for a digital Nigeria.

The rotating model already works. What it's missing is a record.

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Savings goal set — ₦25,000

Round 4 of 8 · Balogun Traders Circle

For generations, Ajo, Esusu, and Adashi have run on trust, a notebook, and a collector who shows up every day. That trust is real — the tooling around it isn't.

Rounds keeps the exact structure intact: same members, same rotation order, same contribution amount.

It just puts a ledger underneath, so every contribution is logged automatically and no one has to take a collector's word for what's in the pot.

How a Round Works

The circle everyone knows,  now on rails.

Members join a round, contribute on a set schedule, and receive payouts in rotation. Every contribution and every payout is logged and visible to the whole circle in real time. No notebooks, no guesswork.

  • Daily, weekly, or market-day schedules - the circle picks its rhythm.
  • Automatic payout rotation - order is agreed up front and enforced by the platform.
  • USSD and agent friendly - members join and contribute without a smartphone.
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Digital contribution circles

Members join a round, contribute on a set schedule, and receive payouts in rotation. No notebooks, no guesswork.

Trust, built in

Every contribution and every payout is logged and visible to the whole circle in real time.

Flexible group sizes

A five-person family circle or a five-hundred-member trade association. Rounds scales either way.

Collector tools

Cooperatives and thrift collectors get automated reconciliation, defaulter tracking, and digital records — without losing the community feel that makes Ajo work in the first place.

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This is the circle Rounds digitizes. The same traders, the same trust, now with a ledger nobody can dispute.

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For the Collector

Still the trusted face. Never the single point of failure.

Collectors don't disappear from the model — they're central to it. Rounds gives them tools that make the job easier, while giving every member the same visibility the collector has always had.

  • Automated reconciliation — no more manual notebook tallying at the end of the day.

  • Defaulter tracking — see who's behind before it becomes a dispute.

  • Shared trust — the ledger backs up the collector's word instead of replacing it.

Getting Started

From notebook to platform in four steps.

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Create a circle

Set the contribution amount, schedule, group size, and payout order — the same rules your members already agree on today.

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Invite members

Members join by app, web link, or USSD code. Everyone sees the same circle, the same rules, the same ledger.

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Contribute on schedule

Transfers, wallet top-ups, or agent collection — every contribution is logged and visible to the whole circle instantly.

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Payouts rotate

When a round closes, the pot pays out automatically to the next member in rotation. On time, every time, in full view.

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ROUNDS

Formalize the trust
your community already has.

Digital records, automated payouts, and a ledger everyone can see. No more worrying that the collector runs off with the money.

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Multi-tenant financial infrastructure for Nigeria's lenders, savers, and thrift collectors.

Grid Finance is a financial infrastructure provider offering lending, savings, and contribution-circle technology to licensed and registered businesses operating in Nigeria. Grid Finance is not itself a lender, deposit-taking institution, or thrift collector, and does not directly offer financial products to end consumers. All lending, savings, and Rounds products are issued and operated by the individual tenant businesses using the Grid Finance platform, in line with applicable CBN regulations. This copy is provided for informational and marketing purposes and should be reviewed by legal and compliance counsel before publication.

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