Taarifu-Markets is a modern, full-stack prediction market and SaaS platform tailored for the Kenyan market. Inspired by platforms like Polymarket, Taarifu-Markets focuses on local needs especially agricultural commodities (maize, bananas, coffee, etc.), macro events, and eventually sports. It is designed as a robust, scalable, and production-ready application with a modular backend, a polished Next.js SaaS frontend, and seamless integration with EVM-compatible blockchains. The vision is to create an accessible, transparent, and data-driven marketplace for Kenyan users, investors, and businesses empowering all to participate in, hedge, and speculate on real-world outcomes.
Taarifu-Markets exists to transform Kenya’s financial landscape by introducing transparent, accessible, and community-driven prediction and commodity markets. Our mission is to empower Kenyans, especially small scale farmers with little access and exposure to foreign export & capital markets, traders, businesses, and investors with tools for smart decision-making, effective risk management, and direct participation in the growth of the local economy.
We are building a platform where anyone can hedge, speculate, and invest on real-world outcomes, from agricultural commodity prices (like maize, bananas, and coffee) to national events and sports. By leveraging blockchain technology, modern user experience, and a mobile-first approach, we provide reliable market data and sentiment that was previously reserved for global financial centers.
Our purpose is to close the “market information gap” in Kenya. Farmers will gain access to hedging tools and transparent pricing, investors will benefit from actionable, crowd-sourced signals, and capital will stay within the country instead of flowing to foreign platforms. We will partner with cooperatives, youth groups, and local media stations & businesses to ensure inclusive growth and broad participation.
Taarifu-Markets is dedicated to:
Our long-term vision is to become the go-to platform for market intelligence and risk management across East Africa, expanding from binary prediction markets to advanced derivatives and structured products, while supporting local currencies and regulatory frameworks
Lack of Local Market Data & Sentiment: Kenya’s commodity and event markets are opaque. Price discovery for agricultural goods is inefficient, and market sentiment on political/economic events is hard to gauge without crude, labor-intensive methods (social media scouring, physical surveys, etc.).
No Local Prediction/Futures Markets: Kenyans have high affinity for speculation (aviator, forex, sports betting), but existing platforms are foreign, leading to capital outflows and little benefit to local producers or investors.
Limited Exposure for Local Producers: Farmers and traders lack tools to hedge risk or access liquidity via futures/derivatives, unlike developed markets.
Fragmented Information: Investors and business people lack a “single source of truth” for the Kenyan market’s outlook, relying on scattered, unreliable sources.
Unregulated Offshore Gambling: Most current betting platforms do not serve Kenyan interests and drain local capital.
Polymarket Model Implementation
Binary Prediction Markets
Sports, Events, and Commodities
User & Business Value
Want to raise from VCs
EAST AFRICA, KENYA
