Aika Africa Aika Africa Landing options · v2

Four refreshed directions for the Aika Africa landing page.

A single, consistent design system across all four — a more techy green, a richer brown, a polished menu and one beautiful button family — each given a sparkly, distinctly African feel. Open each, then tell me which to take forward (or which pieces to mix).

Techy emerald Rich brown-maroon Terracotta Gold
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opportunity.
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Option A

Gateway

The refreshed flagship. Deep forest-green hero warmed with terracotta & gold glows, an electric-emerald "techy" accent, immersive map, twinkling sparkle and the new polished menu + button system.

Techy greenMap heroMost complete
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opportunity.
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Option B

Terracotta

Option A, re-skinned. The header swaps green for a rich, deep brown-maroon — the institutional palette, made richer like the primary button — with emerald, terracotta & gold kept as sparkly accents.

Rich brownInstitutionalSame layout as A
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Option C

Nova

Inspired by laboremus — which is actually a clean, warm-white site, not a dark one. A bright canvas with a scanning-verification hero (soft halo + pulse rings + an emerald scan-beam), uppercase mono labels, a ticker and outline→fill pill buttons, in Aika's emerald & gold.

Warm whiteScan-line heroLaboremus-honest
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opportunity.
Option D

Savanna

A whole new build that unites it all — a warm savanna-dusk hero (brown into green), a live match card, bento grid, a connected step-by-step process, a kente accent and sparkle throughout.

Brand-new layoutWarm duskBento + match card
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Shared across all four: one design system — a deeper, techy emerald green, a richer brown-maroon, terracotta & gold spice, one consistent pill-button family, a polished sticky menu with an animated underline and a mobile drawer, and tasteful CSS motion (twinkling sparkle on A/B/D; a scanning-verification hero on Nova). Same content throughout: the Find capital / Looking for pipeline split, Sign in & Join now routing to the platform, the USD 331B gap stats, how-it-works (screen → match → NDA → 2-week access), two-sided value for SMEs & investors, unicorn screening, trust & compliance, and footer. The current logo (assets/logo.svg) is used throughout.

And five directions for the logo.

The current mark sits first, for reference. Each alternative is built from one idea and drawn in the v2 palette — maroon, emerald, terracotta & gold — shown on a light and a dark tile so you can judge it either way. Tell me which to take forward (or which pieces to merge).

Current Aika logo
Current Aika logo on white badge
Current

Pinwheel & globe

Four petals around a quartered globe with a crossing ribbon. Lots of detail — needs a white badge to read on dark.

Full paletteDetailed
Option 1

Convergence

The current mark, distilled. Four petals turn into a clean aperture — four sources of capital meeting at one centre.

Evolves currentFull palette
Aika AFRICA
Aika AFRICA
Option 2

Wordmark

No icon — type carries the whole palette: maroon A, terracotta i, emerald k. The warm, multi-accent brand, spelled out.

Multi-accent typeTypographic
Option 3

Interlock

Two links woven together — capital and opportunity, inseparable. The marketplace's entire job, said in one mark.

Maroon + emeraldConnection
Option 4

Cowrie

The cowrie shell — Africa's original currency. Wealth itself, made into a mark, with a fine gold rim. The most ownable idea of the set.

Maroon → terracottaAfrican money
Option 5

Updraft

A folded arrow on the rise — momentum and returns. A warm gradient with a lit gold edge and an emerald slipstream beneath. Built with depth, not flat.

Gold → maroonAscent