Mohapi Polo | Senior Product Designer

Mohapi Polo

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Mohapi Polo, Product Designer

Good product design isn’t about the screen. It’s about the person on the other side of it, often someone sending money on a basic phone with patchy data and no patience for confusion. Systems scale the work, but empathy decides whether it matters. Design for trust first, then delight.

Selected Work

Deep dives into products I've designed, from MTN MoMo to OM Bank.

The full CV

Roles, results and recognition: 5+ years of fintech design in one place.

Product design sketches of racing helmets: ideate, sketch, iterate, refine

Have a product that needs a designer? Let's build it together.

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Recognition

Award
winning

Recognised for craft from student work to shipped product, across advertising, digital and fintech.

2026Human Insights AfricaStar of the Quarter: excellence across the board
2026Human Insights AfricaStar of the Month
2024YOBA AwardsTop 25 nominee: Digital Resolve
2024OM BankPixel Perfectionist: Onboarding Team Award
2021PendoringSilver: Integrated Campaign
2021IAB BookmarksBlack Pixel: Best Digital Student
2021Loeries Portfolio BootcampTop Creative, Africa & Middle East
2021Creative Conscious AwardsSilver

Clients
&collaborators

Brands and teams I've designed with, from mobile money and banking to startups and 30+ studio clients.

Let's
connect

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