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Datab is building the foundational data infrastructure layer for African institutions.
Datab designs, builds, and deploys software, data networks, and embedded systems that enable organizations to collect, verify, process, and act on data securely, offline-first, and at institutional grade.
Founded
2025
Headquarters
Lagos, Nigeria
Operating footprint
Lagos and Ibadan
Registration
CAC registered
A company story built around trust, infrastructure depth, and real institutional complexity.
Datab's vision is to become Africa's foundational data infrastructure company, the invisible layer institutions depend on to collect, verify, protect, and act on data with confidence.
The mission is to build offline-first, privacy-preserving, institution-grade data systems for organizations the existing technology market has failed to serve, starting with Nigerian cooperatives and microfinance institutions across Lagos, Ibadan, and beyond.
Offline-first
Every product is designed to keep working even when connectivity is weak or inconsistent.
Privacy by design
The company story emphasizes consent, data minimization, and stronger protection around identity-sensitive workflows.
Institutional grade
Audit trails, role-based access, idempotency, and operational safeguards are part of the build philosophy.
Compounding infrastructure
Each layer makes the others more valuable, from DatabStudio operations to Atlas intelligence and future edge systems.
Datab is building a layered company, not a single-screen product.
DatabStudio
Flagship institutional management platform
Atlas Core
Privacy-preserving cross-institution network
DDSN
Early-stage data-sharing and edge infrastructure direction
A lean founding team focused on product execution and institutional trust.
For now, the public team story is clearest when it focuses on the CEO and founder building Datab directly.
CEO
Samuel O. Samuel
Leads company direction, institutional partnerships, fundraising conversations, and the commercial path into market.
Founder and CTO
Adebisi Ayobami
Leads engineering across DatabStudio, Atlas Core, backend systems, web experiences, DevOps, and the wider technical architecture.