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Software engineer · Founder of Gyvar

Building technology that moves money and expands opportunity.

I’m Gideon Kombian, a software engineer and the founder of Gyvar. I work where payment infrastructure, Bitcoin and stablecoins meet the way people across Africa actually move money.

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What I work on

Payments, Bitcoin and the systems behind them

More than twelve years of software engineering, including building and leading engineering teams and working on financial infrastructure at scale.

  • Payment infrastructure

    Connecting Bitcoin and stablecoins to the rails people already use: bank accounts and mobile money.

  • Cross-border settlement

    Moving value between currencies and countries quickly, transparently and at a fair cost.

  • Bitcoin & Lightning

    Bitcoin as money, and the Lightning Network as a way to make it practical for everyday payments.

  • Stablecoins

    Digital dollars as a settlement layer, and how they fit alongside banks and mobile money.

  • Software engineering

    Over twelve years of building software, with a focus on reliable backend and distributed systems.

  • Financial inclusion

    Financial literacy and access for the people the traditional financial system underserves.

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What I'm building

Writing

Selected articles

Fintech & Payments

· 1 min read

Beyond the Banknote

Ghana is unveiling new Heritage Series banknotes, but over a billion mobile money transactions in a single month point to the bigger opportunity: how money moves.

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Working on payments, Bitcoin or financial access in Africa?

I’m open to conversations about partnerships, speaking, media and collaboration.

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