Designed against a live system
The Certis memorandum of understanding with the Kano State Ministry gives the platform a real operating picture from day one.
Zero Bola OS
Digital infrastructure for Africa’s circular economy: one platform to run, pay for, and verify waste services, designed first for Kano State.
From opaque to accountable
Zero Bola OS governs the whole circular waste value chain, from generation and collection to treatment, disposal, and monetization.
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No visibility
TodayCollection fleets run off the grid. No one knows where trucks are or what they collected.
With Zero Bola OSLive GPS fleet tracking with route optimization and dispatch.
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Informal workforce
TodayThousands of waste pickers work without contracts, IDs, or payment records.
With Zero Bola OSDigital onboarding, scheduling, and performance scoring for contractors.
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Cash-only payments
TodayRevenue leaks, there is no audit trail, and civic tariffs go uncollected.
With Zero Bola OSIntegrated payment gateways for tariffs and business settlements.
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No impact data
TodayWaste volumes, treatment outcomes, and emissions are guesses.
With Zero Bola OSAutomated measurement, reporting, and verification.
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Opaque to funders
TodayDevelopment finance institutions and ESG funds cannot verify where capital went or what it achieved.
With Zero Bola OSAn institutional dashboard with auditable capital deployment and ecological impact.
One platform, five parts
Four operational modules feed a single institutional dashboard.
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Fleet and logistics
- GPS tracking
- Route optimization
- Dispatch
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Contractor management
- Onboarding
- Scheduling
- Performance scoring
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Payments and tariffs
- Civic tariff collection
- Business settlements
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Measurement and reporting
- Waste volumes
- Treatment outcomes
- Emissions tracking
Institutional dashboard
Capital flow, return tracking, and verifiable ecological impact in one view for governments, funders, and operators.
Data protection is aligned with Nigeria’s data protection rules (NDPR), with SOC 2 on the roadmap.
Built against a real system
Zero Bola OS is designed against a live system rather than a hypothetical market.
In July 2026, Certis, a company founded and led by Zero Bola’s Founder, Dr. Anas Balarabe Yazid, signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with the Kano State Ministry of Water Resources, Environment and Climate Change. It covers modernization of the state waste system, operational management of its effluent treatment plants, a drainage master plan, and support in securing climate finance.
That gives the platform a real operating picture to build against: real fleets, real contractors, and real revenue streams. Deployment with any public body remains subject to that body’s own procurement processes, and Zero Bola holds no equity in Certis.
Once proven, the platform can be white-labelled for other Nigerian states, private waste operators, and industrial off-takers.
Roadmap
Milestones are counted in months from the start of the build.
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Months 4 to 8
MVP
Fleet tracking and contractor management live with the first operator.
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Months 8 to 12
Payments
Civic tariff collection and business settlement modules switched on.
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Months 12 to 18
Measurement
Waste volume and treatment outcome data, and a baseline for carbon credit eligibility.
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Months 18 to 24
Productization
A white-label platform licensed to two or three more states or private operators.
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Year 3 onward
Carbon credits
A feasibility study for Gold Standard or Verra certification.
Why it is different
Circular economy native
Built by waste practitioners, not software generalists. Every module maps to a real step in the waste value chain.
Ready for development finance
The institutional dashboard is designed around the audit needs of development finance institutions.
Modular and multi-tenant
One codebase can serve a city today and an industrial park tomorrow.
Like to work with us?
Founders, researchers, and operators: tell us what you are building.
Interested in a potential partnership?
Corporates, funders, and institutions: let’s scope it together.