Rydon
A ride-hailing and food-delivery platform for Ghana — rider and driver mobile apps, real-time matching and tracking, mobile-money payments, and a live-operations admin dashboard.
The problem
Riders in Accra wanted transparent, upfront fares and the option to pay in cash or mobile money, while drivers needed fair matching and clear earnings. That meant two native apps, a public booking site and an operations team dashboard all talking to the same real-time backend.
What we built
Rydon is a full marketplace, not a single app: a rider app, a driver app, a web booking site and an admin dashboard, all coordinated by one API. A Redis-backed matching pool pairs riders with nearby drivers in real time, and Socket.IO keeps both sides — and the operations team — updated on every trip as it happens.
Payments run through a mobile-money and card provider, sign-in uses SMS one-time codes, and safety features like SOS alerts and call proxying protect both riders and drivers.
Key features
- Rider and driver apps for iOS and Android from one React Native codebase
- Real-time driver matching and live trip tracking over WebSockets
- Upfront fares with cash, card or mobile-money payment
- Phone sign-in with SMS one-time codes, push notifications and SOS safety alerts
- Driver onboarding with ID and document verification
- Admin dashboard with a live operations map, trips, drivers and payouts
- Public website with web booking at rydonghana.com
