Our Story

We've Lived the Problems
We're Solving

AvelPOS has been running real retail businesses since April 2025 and officially launched on 26 February 2026. It is built and operated by AVEL LOOP LTD, headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria, by African entrepreneurs who ran into the very problems our customers face today.

Our Mission & Vision

AvelPOS was built by a team of African entrepreneurs who had personally run into the same problems their customers face: manual bookkeeping, stock disappearing without a trace, no real-time visibility into performance, and business tools never built with African retail in mind. We began running live retail operations in April 2025 and officially launched on 26 February 2026.

To empower retailers with technology that simplifies operations, eliminates inefficiency, and unlocks scalable growth, regardless of the size of the business or the market it operates in.

To become a leading retail infrastructure platform across Africa and emerging markets everywhere, powering millions of retail transactions daily and enabling structured, data-driven commerce wherever our merchants operate.

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1.3k+
Active Businesses, West & East Africa
₦16M+
Total Transaction Volume
99.9%
Platform Uptime SLA
Same Day
Average Setup · 10-Min Sign-Up
Business Intelligence

Your Entire Business, Live & at a Glance

From daily sales to monthly P&L, every number you need is one click away. No accountant required.

Monthly Revenue
₦4.2M ↑ 18%
Daily Sales
247 today
Gross Profit
72%
↑ 72% margin
vs last month
Stock Limit Alert
Rice Milk Sugar Oil Flour
2 items below reorder limit
Live Transactions
1,247
transactions today
73% of daily target
What Drives Us

Our Core Values

Simplicity

Powerful infrastructure should feel effortless. We hide the complexity so any business owner can run their operation from one clear, connected system.

Reliability

Your business runs on us, so we hold ourselves to a 99.9% uptime standard, daily automated backups, and a platform you can trust every trading day.

Accountability

Audit trails on every transaction, role-based access, and real humans on WhatsApp who own your problem until it's solved. We stand behind our work.

Innovation

We ship improvements every week based on real feedback from real business owners, building the wider AVEL family of infrastructure as our merchants grow.

Customer-First Mindset

Every feature starts with a merchant's real need. Dedicated onboarding, same-day setup, and support that knows your business context, not a ticket queue.

Africa-First, Not Africa-Only

Engineered around African retail realities, local currencies and operating conditions, while remaining fully capable of serving businesses with international customers, suppliers or operations.

Our Journey

From an Idea to 1.3k+ Businesses

Our story is the story of African retail - messy, resilient, and full of potential.

Early 2025

The Problem, and the First Build

After watching a pharmacy in Onitsha lose ₦300,000 in unexplained stock over 3 months, our founder Kelvin Christopher started building the first version of AvelPOS - initially just a spreadsheet replacement for retailers who had no real visibility into their own business.

April 2025

Live Operations Begin

AvelPOS went into real-world use in April 2025. The first retailers started running their daily sales, stock and reporting on the platform, and told us exactly what they needed next: barcode scanning, real-time stock tracking, instant digital receipts and staff controls.

Mid 2025

Multi-Branch Goes Live

A supermarket chain in Lagos wanted to manage 3 branches from one dashboard - so we built multi-branch, and it quickly became one of our most-used features. Word spread from Lagos to Port Harcourt to Uyo through recommendations.

Late 2025

Proven Across Nigeria & West Africa

With multi-currency support and a multi-branch architecture, AvelPOS expanded across southern Nigeria and into Ghana, helping more retailers run their entire operation on one connected system - a full year of real-world operation before any launch fanfare.

26 Feb 2026

Official Launch

On 26 February 2026, AvelPOS officially launched to the public as retail operating infrastructure - not just a POS, but the connective layer that runs sales, inventory, staff and reporting as one. We are now scaling across Africa and rolling out our mobile app and new features for retailers on the continent.

The Team

Meet the People Behind AvelPOS

A tight team of African entrepreneurs who've built, failed, and succeeded in this market.

Kelvin Christopher
Kelvin Christopher
CEO & Founder

Kelvin leads AvelPOS's vision, strategy, and growth. Drawing on six years of hands-on experience building and scaling businesses across African retail and technology, he keeps the company focused on practical infrastructure that helps retailers operate clearly and grow sustainably.

Ephraim Ufot
Ephraim Ufot
CTO / Technical Lead

Ephraim leads AvelPOS's technical direction and product engineering. With a background in UI/UX and technology entrepreneurship, he turns complex retail workflows into secure, dependable software that remains intuitive for everyday business owners.

Promise George
Promise George
Executive / Operations Support

Promise supports executive coordination and day-to-day operations across AvelPOS. His four years of hands-on technical and field experience help the team resolve issues quickly, coordinate customer support, and keep service delivery running reliably.

Sophie Nta
Sophie Nta
Product Manager

Sophie manages the AvelPOS product roadmap, translating customer needs and business priorities into clear product requirements. Her product and brand experience, including her work at 3Sixty Ace Tech, helps keep delivery focused, useful, and aligned with the market.