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gamp Secures Debt Funding to Scale Device Management Platform for African Businesses with Global Teams

by Covenant Aladenola
July 16, 2025
in Exclusive Interviews
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gamp Secures Debt Funding to Scale Device Management Platform for African Businesses with Global Teams

gamp’s all-in-one platform lets businesses buy, get device service park, and manage devices seamlessly, powering secure and scalable teams.

The Lagos HQ platform, which already oversees thousands of laptops, tablets, and smartphones for over 150 organisations with employees across 4 continents, is fast shedding its cloak of anonymity.

By tackling the unglamorous yet mission-critical job of provisioning and managing devices, gamp is laying the foundation for the future of work on the continent. In a market where misplaced assets drain millions and compliance lapses invite costly fines, its impact speaks louder than any billboard campaign.

The quiet momentum just received a public boost. gamp has secured a new mixed Naira debt round from a group of Angels, FSDH, Meristem, and is closing a new financing line with BAS Finance Company.

The funding expands gamp’s ability to offer flexible device financing through long-term leases, lease-to-own plans, rentals, and Device-as-a-Service (DaaS) models. These options eliminate the rigidity of large upfront purchases, easing the capital expenditure burden for businesses. Finance teams can now replace unpredictable capex with predictable, manageable monthly operating expenses.

“Local options like buying from Computer Village vendors or relying on traditional procurement pushes the entire burden of device lifecycle management onto HR or IT, with no centralized system to track procurement, repairs, and maintenance,” says Chief Executive Boluwatife Omotayo. “Imagine managing a 200-person team and juggling 10 different vendors for different needs. It’s chaotic and unnecessary.”

“While global tools like Rippling and Deel offer IT, payroll, and EOR services, they still fall short when it comes to hardware support in emerging markets,” he adds. “gamp is built to solve this, providing flexible device acquisition and financing, plus seamless onboarding, offboarding, and post-purchase support across multiple cities—so devices never become an afterthought.”

From Retail Hack to Enterprise Backbone

The idea began as a consumer service that helped individuals maintain and repair personal gadgets. Users carried that convenience into their offices, and IT managers soon asked for organisation-wide coverage.

“Devices sit at the heart of every business process,” Omotayo explains. “Whether you run a bank, a school or a logistics fleet, nothing works if the laptop does not.”

Today, one cloud dashboard lets finance, HR and IT teams see every device from Nairobi to New York, provision new machines in minutes and lock or wipe any asset that goes astray.

What the Upgraded Platform Delivers

  • Integrated Device Shop with options for outright purchase, short- and long-term lease-to-own, or rentals
  • Device Service Pack covering loss, damage, and misplacement
  • End-to-End Repairs and real-time Asset Tracking
  • Multi-User Roles & Admin Controls with a centralized Asset Directory
  • MDM Software enabling zero-touch onboarding, remote management, and global shipping

An admin in Accra can ship a work-ready laptop to a new hire in Tallinn with a single click preconfigured based on business needs. The device arrives ready to go, while its status and location are tracked on the company dashboard. 

Market Traction and Client Roster

gamp’s user base spans solo consultants, Y Combinator alumni and established institutions. The platform already supports businesses like Bgamp’s user base spans solo consultants, Y Combinator alumni and established institutions. The platform already supports businesses likeBAS Group, Nigeria University of Technology and Management, Sam Ace Pharmaceuticals, FMDQ, Carry1st etc

  • YC-backed startups buy, insure, ship, track, and recover staff devices globally
  • Edtech companies equip trainees with fully managed laptops
  • Traditional businesses repair and trade-in aging devices through our lifecycle support
  • Leading fintechs leverage MDM software deployment to ensure compliance and security

Teams in Kenya, South Africa, Estonia, Ghana and the Czech Republic, Germany also rely on the service to equip staff without stockpiling hardware in every country.

The Team Guiding the Mission

  • Boluwatife Omotayo – Chief Executive Officer
    An entrepreneur who cut his teeth in Nigeria’s bustling electronics markets, Boluwatife understands distribution at street level and strategy in the boardroom. 
  • His years of organising community meet-ups across Nigeria also give him a direct line to emerging talent and customer pain points.
  • Toluwani Famokunwa – Chief Technology Officer
    A former Product Manager at cryptocurrency exchange Luno, Tolu brings deep experience in building secure, high-availability platforms. He now channels that expertise into gamp’s device lifecycle management engine, ensuring every laptop or phone under management remains visible, compliant and protected.
  • Temitope Ige-Isang  – Chief Operating Officer
    With more than ten years in commercial insurance at Old Mutual and other regional underwriters. She’s also a Harvard Alumnus.

Together the trio fuse distribution savvy, software architecture and risk management into one coherent value proposition, giving gamp the authority to finance hardware while delivering seamless IT automation.

Funding with Focus

gamp announced a $650,000 equity raise in 2023 and has kept operations lean. The latest debt tranche enlarges the inventory pool, extends payment terms and bankrolls further automation. A proprietary verification tool accelerates onboarding and new support systems protect service quality as device counts climb.

Path to Essential Infrastructure

gamp wants to be at the forefront of the future of work in the region. Strategic partnerships, selective acquisitions or a future sale remain options so long as they strengthen the company goals and vision.

“Our aim is indispensability,” Omotayo says. “Whether we acquire complementary startups or integrate with global platforms we focus on making African work more efficient.”

Analysts value the global Device as a Service market at $455 billion by 2030, growing close to 40% each year. As remote work settles and compliance rules tighten, Africa’s share is set to expand rapidly. With regional credibility, active credit lines and deep logistics intelligence, gamp is well positioned to turn hardware from liability into leverage.

Discover more or request a demo at business.getgamp.com.

 

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Covenant Aladenola

Covenant Aladenola

Covenant Aladenola is part of Techsoma’s senior editorial team, where he helps shape the publication’s storytelling direction and editorial strategy...

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