Why we built this.
Lagos has a solar problem and the problem is not technology. The technology works. Panels generate. Inverters convert. Lithium batteries store. The hardware is ready.
The problem is trust. Every Lagos household considering solar has either lost money to a vanishing installer, knows someone who has, or has paused the decision because they cannot tell the honest installers from the scammers. The scripts are familiar. Pay the installer up-front, watch them disappear. Pay them at the end, watch them refuse to start. Either way, you carry all the risk in a transaction designed for the seller's convenience.
SabiHand was built to flip that. Your money sits in a dedicated virtual account with a regulated escrow partner. Not in our pocket. Not in the installer's. The project is split into four documented milestones. Site survey. Equipment procurement. Installation. Testing and handover. Each one produces a proof pack signed off by a SabiHand engineer before you see it. You approve every milestone before any naira moves.
Every installer is verified before they take on a job. Tracked by SabiScore. Mediated by SabiHand. No direct contact between you and the installer outside the platform. That last piece matters: it stops the post-install side-channel deals that turn a managed service into a referral fee. If something goes wrong, we know exactly who to hold.
This is not a marketplace. It is not a referral service. It is the company you hire, with real names, a real engineer, real escrow, and real accountability. Lagos deserves that standard. We are starting with solar. The architecture works for any high-trust skilled service, which is why "Solar" is the first vertical and not the last.
"Hire who sabi" means "hire someone who actually knows the work." When you hire SabiHand, you are hiring people who know what they are doing. Vetted. Tiered. Supervised. Held accountable.