Gidavest Ltd. is a technology company on a mission to close Nigeria's 28-million-unit housing deficit — one digital product at a time. We build transparent, accessible platforms that help Nigerians find, rent, own and finance their homes.
Nigeria's housing crisis is not a shortage of land or talent — it is a failure of infrastructure, transparency and financing. Millions of hardworking Nigerians are locked out of decent housing by predatory agents, opaque processes and unaffordable upfront costs.
At Gidavest, we believe technology can dismantle these barriers. We are building a suite of digital platforms that bring transparency, affordability and dignity to every stage of the housing journey — from renting to co-developing and owning.
A family of interconnected products addressing housing from multiple angles — starting with renting, growing into ownership.
The numbers tell a story that can no longer be ignored.
Idris Yakubu is a trained civil engineer with a deep passion for building affordable housing solutions that help people live, thrive and enjoy life humanely. Where most engineers build with concrete and steel, Idris builds with those and codes — combining his professional construction expertise with product development to attack Nigeria's housing crisis from every angle.
After years of watching hardworking Nigerians be exploited by predatory rental practices — paying double fees, scrambling for lump sum rent payment at the end of every year, dealing with unaccountable agents — Idris founded Gidavest Ltd. with a singular conviction: technology can fix what policy has failed to. He personally conceived, designed and together with the team, built Gidalet — the company's first product — from the ground up.
His vision for Gidavest extends well beyond renting. Through Ginipeg, he plans to bring his civil engineering background directly into the solutions — facilitating affordable co-development where professional construction expertise meets collective investment to build homes more cheaply and transparently than the Nigerian market has ever seen.
Whether you are an investor, a property developer, a prospective agent or a potential partner — we would love to hear from you.