In the Press: Technext24 Profiles Adewebs Founder Adebo David and ChatPaddi
Something interesting is here — Technext24 has profiled Adewebs Technologies founder Adebo Adegboye David, one of the youngest tech startup founders in Nigeria doing exceptionally well, alongside an in-depth look at his latest product, ChatPaddi.
In the piece, titled “ChatPaddi is Adebo David’s indigenous alternative to WhatsApp Business for Africans,” writer Joshua Fagbemi traces the story behind ChatPaddi back to Meta’s July 2026 announcement that it would begin charging businesses for the WhatsApp Business Platform (API) from October. For Adebo, that was the moment that crystallised a bigger problem.
“Reading about WhatsApp trying to charge Africans and not their Western contemporaries shows that we are not a priority and we are not determining factors in any of their products. That’s what brought about ChatPaddi,” he told Technext24.
More than a WhatsApp clone
The interview makes a point of distinguishing ChatPaddi from a simple copy of an existing app. Rather than rebuilding WhatsApp Business feature-for-feature, Adebo describes ChatPaddi as an all-in-one super-app for the modern African digital habit — merging instant messaging with a standalone e-commerce store, live streaming, and social feeds, so sellers can upload a catalogue, manage inventory, take payments, and share a storefront link without ever leaving the chat.
“WhatsApp Business is just allowing you to manage a business, not really ending with an accessible store on the internet. With ChatPaddi, you can create a store, post your goods, manage your business, and connect payments right from the app.”
A track record across several platforms
The Technext24 piece also notes that ChatPaddi isn’t Adebo’s first product — he has previously built 9jaFinder, IdentifyOrg, Salesgit, Spousora, and Edu230, each one replacing a fragmented, foreign-run process with a platform built specifically for African users.
Earning trust the hard way
One of the more candid parts of the interview is Adebo’s take on why African-built software still struggles for adoption against Western alternatives — not a lack of capability, but years of proven uptime, data protection and consistency that foreign platforms have had time to build. His answer isn’t a shortcut; it’s execution.
“When we prove that reliability, people will use it.”
Read the full interview
The full feature covers ChatPaddi’s monetisation model, its creator-economy live-streaming gifting system, and the regulatory path to the Apple App Store. Read the complete interview on Technext24, and get ChatPaddi for yourself at chatpaddi.com.
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