A friend had a delivery app idea for a small town in Tanzania - I built an MVP in 2 weeks
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3 weeks ago, I was talking to one of my friends and mentioned that I've been learning software development and building applications.
Interestingly, he told me he had an idea for a software project he wanted to test out. I told him, "Alright, let's hear it. I'll see if I can build something around it."
The idea is a local delivery platform focused on a specific region: Kahama.
What makes this approach different is how it's adapted to the local reality.
In many parts of Tanzania, including this region, a lot of food vendors either don't have smartphones or are not familiar with using modern delivery apps. Because of that, expecting vendors to directly manage listings on a platform is not practical.
So instead, we designed a system where an admin manages everything on behalf of the vendors.
The admin is responsible for:
• Posting all food items from vendors
• Managing incoming customer orders
• Confirming orders before processing
Once an order is confirmed, it is automatically sent to a dedicated delivery driver portal, where the driver can see and fulfill deliveries.
Over the past two weeks, I've been building the MVP and testing the flow. What's currently running is still a demo version with dummy data, mainly to validate whether the idea actually works in practice before scaling it further.
Tech Stack:
• Built with Next.js, Google stitch (design), shadcn, lucide-react and tailwindcss
• Map functionality implemented using Leaflet to allow location selection and tracking
• Local state syncing handled using browser local storage for now (for simplicity during MVP development)