Worked as a designer at Dubai's Yango Pay

June 2023 - November 2024
Senior Product Designer

🫡Worked at Yango since June 2023 to November 2024
senior product designer

For 1.5 years, I led the design direction of Yango Pay, reimagining everyday financial scenarios for users in Ivory Coast and Ghana.

My area of ​​responsibility is a deep understanding of local behavior, adapting the product to the economic realities of the region and designing intuitive financial flows in the mobile money ecosystem.

Fintech features for Africa

I was responsible for the product design of a set of features created specifically for the African market to ensure that the wallet was modern, “living” and truly localized.

We launched:

• Emotional translations: You can add emojis, Giphy animations, and even AI-generated images to transfers—turning a simple payment into a warm and memorable action.
• Virtual cards Visa and MasterCard: Entirely within the app - access global payments without the need for a physical bank account.
• Foundation of the credit vertical for drivers: microloans for taxi drivers with a scaling plan Buy Now, Pay Later (payment in four installments) for a wide audience.
• Updated mobile money streams: improved UX of top-ups and P2P transfers, tailored to user habits and popular payment methods.

The overall goal is to make financial interactions clear, inclusive and emotionally engaging for millions of people in emerging markets.

Yango Pay app screens

Emotional translations: money with human warmth

In Africa, a lot of transfers are still made through USSD/SMS codes - quickly, but “without face”.

We've added a lively layer of emotion to Yango Pay, reflecting the local spirit of joy and celebration: you can attach an emoji and a short message to your transfer.

On the recipient’s side, this is not just a notification - it’s a moment: attached emoji “sprinkle out” on the screen like confetti; with soft vibration and short sound. An ordinary transaction is transformed into a warm, memorable gesture between people.

Technically, everything is safe and respectful of traffic: the animations are light, with a weak Internet there is a simple fallback without visual effects, and for compliance there is filtering/moderation of attachments. The result is the same translation, but with human meaning.

AI postcards for translations: a personal picture in a couple of seconds

We “screwed” the generation of images directly into the flow of sending money: the sender selects a topic (for example, “payday”, “thank you”, “happy birthday”), sets a couple of words - and the AI ​​collects a mini-card in 1-2 seconds.

It can be edited (signature, emoji), and it flies away along with the translation. The recipient sees the money and immediately a personal picture - not a dry notification, but a small reason to smile.

The result is that an ordinary P2P translation turns into a “message with meaning”: quickly, beautifully and humanly, in the spirit of the local holiday culture.

Landing page Yango Pay

To grow the product and educate users, I designed a separate landing page for Yango Pay.

It briefly and clearly reveals key scenarios: replenishment through mobile money, P2P transfers, “emotional” payments, issuance of virtual cards.

The design is light, mobile-first and localized in visual language and tone. The layout is adaptive, scalable, and compatible with the Yango design system.

We tested different versions of the hero block and CTA to increase conversion. The page has become a working tool for onboarding, partner presentations and increasing confidence in the product.

Agent management web interface

In the Yango Pay ecosystem, I also designed a web panel for managers who oversee networks of exchange agents:

• structure and management of the list of agents (creating/editing/deleting profiles),
• real-time dashboard for key metrics: number of transactions, current balances, calculated commissions,
• activity and performance monitoring for network transparency and manageability.

The focus is clarity, speed and convenience: a complex operating system is reduced to a clear and fast control panel.

Gratitude

Project Yango Pay is not just a line on a resume, but an opportunity to create technology that significantly helps people. I am grateful to the teams in Dubai and Moscow: strong colleagues, high pace and constant challenges have made me professionally stronger and added faith in the meaning of what we are building.