Case StudyLogistics · Ride-Hailing

Lodapoint

On-demand rides and heavy freight, connected through one platform. Lodapoint links passengers and cargo owners to a network of verified drivers, booking, tracking, and managing every journey in real time.

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2Platforms (iOS & Android)

3Purpose-Built Apps

5+Developers & Designers

35+App Screens Designed

3Apps (Rider · Driver · Fleet)

2Platforms

4+Vehicle Types

10+Engineers

LiveGPS Tracking

About the Client

Amabills Technologies Limited

Amabills Technologies Limited is a Nigerian software development company headquartered in Kano, providing information communication technology solutions across sectors including oil and gas, agriculture, financial services, and transportation.

With a mission to make moving people and goods across Nigeria simple, transparent, and reliable, Amabills commissioned Lodapoint as its flagship transportation product, a unified logistics and ride-hailing ecosystem connecting passengers and cargo owners with a network of verified drivers across tricycles, cars, trucks, and delivery bikes.

Amabills Technologies LimitedProduct Owner · Kano, Nigeria

Project Overview

IndustryTransportation, Logistics & Mobility Technology

ProductRide-Hailing & Freight Logistics Platform

PlatformsRider, Driver & Transporter Apps (iOS & Android)

Vehicle NetworkTricycles, Cars, Trucks & Delivery Bikes

CoverageKano & Expanding Across Nigeria

Team5 Developers, 5 QA Engineers, 1 Product Designers

Delivered BySmartTech Solutions

About the App

One platform, three apps, every journey covered.

Lodapoint is a digital logistics and ride-hailing platform that connects cargo owners and passengers with a network of verified drivers, giving Nigeria's transport and freight market a single, trustworthy way to book, track, and manage every trip and shipment in real time.

The platform ships as three purpose-built apps sharing one backend: a Rider app for everyday trips across tricycles, cars, and delivery bikes; a Driver app for accepting jobs, running trips, and tracking earnings; and a Transporter app for logistics companies managing trucks, drivers, and freight jobs across their fleet.

Live GPS tracking, real-time trip status over WebSocket, and a NestJS-powered wallet system tie the whole experience together, so a solo rider and a haulage company both get full visibility and control over every journey.

React NativeReactNestJSReact Native MapsReact NavigationStyled ComponentsWebSocketAndroid NativeiOS NativePush Notifications

LODAPOINTVerified Driver

The Challenge

Building one platform for rides, freight, and fleets, without compromise.

Lodapoint combined real-time dispatch, multi-vehicle logistics, live GPS tracking, and three distinct user roles into one coherent ecosystem. These were the six hardest problems we solved.

Real-Time Driver Matching at Scale

Building a low-latency dispatch engine that matches ride and freight requests to the nearest verified driver, across tricycles, cars, and trucks in seconds, not minutes.

Three Apps, One Backend

Engineering Rider, Driver, and Transporter apps that share one backend, each with distinct permission models, vehicle types, pricing logic, and role-specific flows.

Live GPS Tracking at Volume

Integrating React Native Maps with continuous location streaming for loads of concurrent trips, without draining battery or overloading the map renderer.

Freight & Fleet Operations

Supporting heavy-duty truck haulage alongside everyday rides meant separate booking flows, load and tonnage capture, and multi-driver fleet management for logistics companies.

Driver & Vehicle Trust Pipeline

Designing a verification pipeline; KYC, vehicle documents, background checks, robust enough to earn rider and cargo-owner trust without slowing driver onboarding.

Real-Time Wallet Reconciliation

Building a wallet and earnings system that reconciles fares, driver payouts, and referral bonuses in real time across both ride and freight transactions.

User Engagement

Designed for the road. Built for every screen.

From live map pickups to freight declarations and driver dashboards, every Lodapoint screen was designed to make mobility and logistics feel intuitive, trustworthy, and fast for every participant in the ecosystem.

The Process

How we shipped three apps on one backend.

Six structured phases took Lodapoint from concept to a live, production-grade logistics platform. Each stage building on the last with zero shortcuts in reliability or design.

Discovery & Market Research

Mapped Nigeria's ride-hailing and freight logistics landscape, interviewing drivers, cargo owners, and fleet operators to define the three-app product architecture.

System & API Architecture

Designed the NestJS backend, real-time dispatch engine, and shared API layer powering the Rider, Driver, and Transporter apps simultaneously.

UI/UX Design & Prototyping

Designed distinct, role-specific flows for passengers, drivers, and fleet operators, every flow validated in a high-fidelity prototype before a line of code was written.

Mobile App Development

Built all three React Native apps in parallel sprints, ride booking, freight requests, driver activity, and fleet dashboards, with native iOS and Android modules where needed.

Real-Time Systems Integration

Integrated live GPS tracking, push notifications, WebSocket-based trip status updates, and the wallet and payments system across the platform.

QA, Testing & Launch

End-to-end testing of booking flows, driver matching, fleet operations, and payment reconciliation — followed by a phased rollout and live monitoring.

Enhancing Experience

World-class UI craft for a three-sided marketplace.

Lodapoint operates in a domain where trust is everything. A stranger picking up your goods, or driving you across town. Every pixel, interaction, and information flow was designed to make that trust feel earned, not assumed.

SmartTech Solutions applied the same level of UI precision to Lodapoint that you'd expect from the world's leading mobility platforms, calibrated for Nigerian drivers, riders, and fleet operators, and their real day-to-day behaviour.

Clarity First Design
Complex logistics workflows; freight booking, fleet management, multi-stop delivery, distilled into simple guided actions any driver or cargo owner can follow.
Trust-Driven Visual Language
Every screen was designed to reassure users handing over goods or hailing a ride from a stranger, clear driver info, live tracking, and transparent pricing throughout.
Role-Specific Experiences
Three apps, one design language. Riders, drivers, and fleet operators each get an experience built for their exact job, not a one-size-fits-all screen.
Optimised for Speed & Flow
From "Where to?" to driver match in seconds, every interaction engineered to reduce friction at the exact moment users need speed most.

3 AppsRole-Specific UXRider · Driver · Fleet

Real-TimeLive GPS + WebSocketEvery Trip Tracked

Solution & Results

A launch-ready platform for Nigeria's mobility and freight market.

SmartTech Solutions in collaboration with Amabills Technologies, architected, designed, and shipped the complete Lodapoint platform, from the real-time dispatch engine and NestJS backend to three cross-platform mobile apps serving riders, drivers, and fleet operators.

The result is a serious, production-grade product that makes ride-hailing, freight booking, and fleet management feel like a native, trustworthy experience for every stakeholder, from a solo passenger to a haulage company managing dozens of trucks.

Build With Us

Three Production Apps, One Platform

Rider, Driver, and Transporter apps shipped from a single shared backend, each tuned for its specific user and job.

Rides & Freight in One Marketplace

A single platform connecting everyday ride-hailing with heavy-duty truck freight, tricycles, and delivery bikes.

Real-Time GPS Tracking

Live location tracking across every trip and delivery, powered by React Native Maps and WebSocket updates.

Fleet Operator Tools

Dashboards for logistics companies to manage drivers, trucks, and active jobs across their entire fleet from one screen.

Verified Driver Network

A structured driver and vehicle verification pipeline built to earn rider and cargo-owner trust from the very first trip.

Real-Time Wallet & Earnings

A wallet system reconciling fares, driver payouts, and earnings in real time across the platform.

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