The GatePass Story — Bills Payment

Hi Reader,

I hope you’re having a great week! If you’re reading this for the first time, then I’m about to take you behind the scenes on the GatePass app. Today we’re looking at the bills payment feature.

Here are some challenges we noticed communities face when handling bill payments:

The payments challenge is actually a vicious cycle in communities.

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Route 008: Omotoke Motunrayo

This illustration is based on the locations mentioned in this story.

But, there are places I’ve visited that women aren’t allowed in, like the queen of Sheba’s grave, she’s believed to have been buried in Ijebu-Ode, and apparently before dying she laid a curse that any female that sees her grave will die.

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Route 007: Mariam Sule

This illustration is based on the locations mentioned in this story.

The last time I wrote about Lagos it was a somewhat rebellious piece titled “This is not a love letter to Lagos” about the façade of the place, like how everyone is a big man, but right beside them you see really poor people or how you find a slum right beside a high-rise building. — Mariam Sule,

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The GatePass Story — Notice Board

Hi Reader,

As promised, this week we’re taking you behind the scenes on the GatePass app. We want you to know the stories behind the features on GatePass, and today’s focus is the Notice Board.

Here’s what we learned about how many communities currently communicate:

We know that residents are typically in at least one WhatsApp group.

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The GatePass Story — Guest Pass

Hi there, we’re launching a new series where, each week, we’ll take you behind the scenes on the GatePass app. This week, our feature is the guest pass.

Did you know that GatePass first launched as a visitor management app? (That was how we got our name!). We noticed that getting access to gated communities and estates meant really long waiting hours for guests and poor security for residents,

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Route 005: Fu’ad Lawal

This illustration is based on the locations mentioned in this story.

Lagosians should actually leave Lagos before they turn 20. It’s BDSM city. E go dey tear you koboko and you go dey happy. Nonsense. — Fu’ad Lawal, Yaba.

Our questions are italicized.

What’s your favourite memory about the street you grew up on?

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