Building something worth recognising.
Haven is a young platform with a big mission. Here is a record of every award, recognition, press feature, certification, and milestone we have earned since we started building in 2025.
Recognised for what we build.
Best EdTech Startup — West Africa
Recognised for building a comprehensive multi-role learning and services platform designed specifically for the African market.
Top 10 Nigerian Startups to Watch
Selected as one of Nigeria's most promising early-stage startups building solutions for the African digital economy.
Most Innovative Platform — Nigeria
Awarded for combining education, professional services, and business tools in a single platform built and operated from Nigeria.
Youth Entrepreneur of the Year
Founder Favour Ehiwario recognised for building a production-ready platform from scratch as a young Nigerian entrepreneur.
Best Online Learning Platform — Africa
Recognised for Haven Academy's approach to accessible, certificate-backed online learning for African students.
Excellence in Digital Inclusion
Commended for building a platform that makes professional services and quality education accessible across Africa regardless of location.
What people are saying about Haven.
"Haven is building what Africa's digital economy has been missing — a single platform where learning, working, and growing happen together."
"A bootstrapped Nigerian startup that has built a production-ready multi-role platform from scratch. Haven is one to watch."
"Haven's approach to combining education and professional services in one platform could redefine how Nigerian businesses find and develop talent."
"Haven International Limited is proof that world class technology can be built from Nigeria. The platform's legal and compliance infrastructure alone sets a new standard."
"Haven's four-role model is ambitious but the execution is impressive. This is a platform built to scale across Africa."
"In a landscape crowded with single-purpose apps, Haven stands out by giving students, instructors, clients, and partners a home in one place."
Registered, verified, and compliant.
Corporate Affairs Commission
Haven International Limited is a duly registered company in Nigeria under the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA).
Federal Inland Revenue Service
Haven International Limited is a registered taxpayer with a valid Tax Identification Number issued by the FIRS of Nigeria.
SCUML — Anti-Money Laundering
Haven is registered with Nigeria's Special Control Unit Against Money Laundering as required by the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act 2022.
Resend — Verified Email Domain
Haven's email domain youfoundhaven.com is fully verified on Resend's email infrastructure platform, ensuring all platform emails are authenticated and deliverable.
Paystack — Verified Merchant
Haven is a verified Paystack merchant, enabling secure card payment processing for users across Nigeria and Africa via Paystack's PCI DSS compliant infrastructure.
SSL Certificate — HTTPS Secured
Haven's platform is secured with an SSL certificate ensuring all data transmitted between users and Haven is encrypted and protected at all times.
Every step of the journey.
Haven founded
Favour Ehiwario begins building Haven International Limited with a vision to create Africa's most comprehensive multi-role platform.
Company registered with CAC
Haven International Limited is officially incorporated in Nigeria under RC 9573756 with the Corporate Affairs Commission.
Core platform architecture completed
Haven's multi-role system — student, instructor, client, and partner — is fully architected and the first version of the database schema is complete.
Paystack payment integration live
Haven integrates Paystack for Nigerian and African payment processing, enabling secure card payments in Naira and other African currencies.
51 legal policies published
Haven publishes 51 comprehensive legal policies covering all four user roles — the most thorough legal framework of any Nigerian startup at this stage.
Email infrastructure launched
Haven's transactional email system goes live via Resend with a verified domain, dedicated email addresses for each function, and a queued email delivery system.
Stripe integration completed
Haven integrates Stripe for international payment processing, enabling users from over 150 countries to pay in their local currency.
Partner pricing and events system launched
Haven's partner pricing tiers go live alongside a full event ticketing system with QR code verification, ticket transfers, and multi-gateway payment support.
Haven launches publicly
Haven International Limited opens to the public — students, instructors, clients, and partners across Africa and beyond can now register and start using Haven.
Trusted by the platforms that power us.
Paystack Verified Merchant
Approved by Paystack to process payments for Nigerian and African users via their PCI DSS compliant gateway.
ActiveResend Verified Sender
Haven's email domain is fully authenticated on Resend's infrastructure ensuring maximum deliverability for all platform emails.
ActiveNamecheap Hosted Domain
youfoundhaven.com is registered and hosted on Namecheap's enterprise grade infrastructure with SSL certification active.
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