May 10, 2026
About Okava
A trust-first home for diaspora property.
Okava combines a property marketplace, mortgage facilitation, construction management and escrow so families abroad can buy, build and invest at home without flying back to check on a foundation.
We empower Africans in the diaspora to build, own and invest in property with confidence.
Diaspora property has always been a leap of faith: trust the cousin, trust the agent, trust the photos on WhatsApp. Okava replaces those leaps with a verified marketplace, escrowed payments and milestone-locked construction so every dollar your family sends home goes exactly where it's supposed to.
Trust but Verify
Built on trust.
Backed by verification.
We were built for the relative in London paying for a roof in Bulawayo, the engineer in Toronto buying a stand in Borrowdale, and the nurse in Manchester financing a build in Marondera. Every product decision starts there.
Trusted Global Infrastructure
Okava leverages enterprise-grade technology and world-class partners to deliver a secure, reliable experience.
Experian
Advanced identity, credit, and verification infrastructure helping support secure buyer onboarding, affordability assessments, and fraud prevention workflows.
Entrust
Enterprise-grade identity and digital security technologies helping power trusted verification, authentication, and secure digital transaction experiences.
DocuSign
Secure electronic signature and digital agreement infrastructure enabling streamlined document execution and remote transaction workflows.
Stripe
Modern payment infrastructure supporting secure online transactions, payment processing, and digital commerce experiences across the Okava ecosystem.
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Global cloud infrastructure powering Okava's platform reliability, scalability, performance, and data security across multiple markets.
The six pillars we engineer to
The architectural objectives. Every product choice we make is judged against these.
Security
Prevent fraud and unauthorised access. Argon2id passwords, JWT refresh rotation, audit logging on every critical action.
Transparency
Real-time visibility into construction milestones and payment flows. Nothing happens behind closed doors.
Scalability
Built to support millions of users across multiple African countries from day one.
Reliability
99.9% uptime target, daily backups, multi-region replication and a documented disaster-recovery plan.
Compliance
AML / KYC across every transaction; GDPR and POPIA for data protection; local property compliance per country.
Performance
Fast, responsive experiences tuned for low-bandwidth connections, so diaspora buyers can browse, pay and track builds without friction.