ABOUT KRI
About KRI
KRI is building a marketplace where shoppers can find local Guides who understand the character, pace, and practical realities of the markets they visit.
The idea behind KRI
Large markets can be exciting places to shop, but they can also feel complex when a visitor does not know the layout, the usual routes, or where different categories of sellers are located. A simple shopping trip may involve moving between several sections, comparing many options, asking the right questions, and making decisions in a busy environment.
KRI begins with a practical idea: people who know a market well can offer useful local guidance to people who need it. The platform is intended to make that help easier to discover and understand by showing the Guide's market, service description, proposed fee, and other relevant booking information before a shopper commits to a visit.
The aim is not to remove every uncertainty from an open market. It is to give shoppers a clearer starting point, make expectations easier to discuss, and create a more organised way to request local assistance.
How the marketplace is intended to work
A shopper starts by choosing a market and reviewing the Guide services available there. Each service is intended to explain the kind of help offered, the relevant market knowledge, the fee, and any important limits. The shopper can compare these details and send a request that describes the preferred time, meeting arrangement, and purpose of the visit.
A request is not a confirmed booking until the Guide accepts it. Before meeting, both people should review the confirmed market, date, time, public meeting point, service scope, expected duration, fee, and payment method. If something important changes, it should be discussed and agreed before the visit continues.
After the market visit, the shopper completes payment according to the instructions shown for that booking and can provide honest feedback. Booking records, support channels, reports, and reviews are intended to help KRI understand what happened and respond when the experience does not go as expected.
What a Guide can help with
A Guide may help a shopper understand how to approach a market visit, navigate between relevant areas, identify where a category of goods is commonly found, communicate the agreed plan, and stay focused in a busy environment. The exact service depends on what the Guide publishes and what both people confirm for the booking.
A Guide is not automatically the seller of the goods a shopper buys, a financial adviser, a guarantor of product quality, or the owner of every business encountered during a visit. Shoppers remain responsible for inspecting products, deciding what to purchase, confirming seller terms, protecting their money and belongings, and deciding whether a transaction is right for them.
Clear boundaries protect everyone. A shopper should not assume that an unlisted task is included, and a Guide should not introduce unexpected fees or materially change the agreed service without the shopper's informed agreement.
Who KRI is for
KRI is for shoppers who value local context and want to prepare more carefully for a market visit. That may include someone visiting a market for the first time, someone with limited time, a person looking for a particular category of goods, or a shopper who simply prefers to have an informed local companion.
KRI is also for adults with genuine knowledge of a supported market who want to describe and offer a clear Guide service. Prospective Guides should be able to provide accurate information, explain the boundaries of their service, communicate respectfully, meet verification requirements, and treat shoppers fairly.
The marketplace works best when both sides communicate honestly. KRI expects shoppers to make realistic requests and Guides to accept only the bookings they can carry out responsibly.
Preparing for launch
KRI is preparing for an initial market-focused launch and is building interest among shoppers and prospective Guides. Balogun Market, Computer Village, Mile 12 Market, and Wuse Market are the current planned launch markets. These are planned launch markets, not a claim of current Guide availability.
A market appearing on this website does not mean that an approved Guide or every type of service is already available there. Availability will depend on completed Guide onboarding, verification, active services, schedules, and the final launch arrangements for each market.
Shoppers can join the waitlist to express interest, while prospective Guides can begin by sharing their market knowledge and interest in the Guide role. KRI will use real launch activity and responsible feedback to improve how the marketplace works over time.
How KRI is being built
KRI is being built around clarity, safety, respect, and realistic expectations. Profiles should explain what is offered. Booking details should make the agreed plan understandable. Pricing should be visible before commitment, and support information should be easy to find when a user needs help.
Trust is not created by a badge or a polished profile alone. It also depends on accurate information, thoughtful verification, responsible conduct, useful reporting, honest reviews, and a willingness to act when something appears unsafe or misleading.
KRI is still developing its marketplace. Some processes may change as the team learns from Guides, shoppers, market conditions, safety reports, and operational experience. Important changes will be reflected in the relevant screens, policies, or public guidance.
What KRI does not promise
KRI provides technology and marketplace support intended to help shoppers and independent Guides find one another and organise a service. KRI does not promise that a Guide will always be available, that every request will be accepted, or that a particular product, seller, price, or outcome will be found during a visit.
Verification can reduce uncertainty by checking required information at a point in time, but it cannot predict every future action. Open markets also contain independent sellers and other people who are not controlled by KRI. Users should continue to exercise judgment, protect sensitive information, and leave or report a situation that feels unsafe.
Being clear about these limits is part of building a trustworthy service. KRI's role is to create better information, more organised requests, and support tools—not to replace the personal decisions each user must make.