October 29, 2026
We announced our 2027 goals.
Sabaq and BaccPrep to 300 users each, and $3,000 of giving for families in Mali through the Mali Wellness Foundation. All three start at zero.
Sahel Development Group
Columbus, Ohio — building for the Sahel
Building the future of the Sahel
Improving infrastructure across the Sahel — architecture, technology, and finance.
One company, three pillars. Built by the diaspora, with people on the ground, for Mali and the wider Sahel.
01
Architecture
Design and building, done properly from the first drawing.
02
Technology
Tools and access that work where the connection is thin.
03
Finance
Payments and economic access for people the banks skip.
Mission
One group.
Built for the Sahel.
No slogans about changing the world. Just the work, stated plainly.
Sahel Development Group is one company building across architecture, technology, and finance — the three things a place needs before anything else can move. We start where our own people are: Mali, then the wider Sahel.
Based
Columbus, Ohio
Run from the United States, where the capital, the customers, and the diaspora are.
Building for
Mali & the wider Sahel
Products and services designed for the ground they will actually run on.
How
Diaspora-first
Built from abroad, with people on the ground. The diaspora pays, the Sahel benefits.
What we do
Four arms.
One mission.
Tap any arm to open it. Each one is a working direction of the group — stated as it is, not dressed up.
For a family building from abroad, guessing is expensive. SDG Design turns a plot and an idea into a full 3D design — the family sees exactly what their money will build before the first brick is laid.
SDG Pay is the payments arm — sending, receiving, and holding money, built for how people in the Sahel actually do it, including the places the banking system never reached.
SDG Connect puts routers into local businesses and runs the connection as a service — a shop gets Wi-Fi its customers can actually use, without a contract it cannot afford.
Buying land is easy; proving it is yours is the hard part. SDG Certificates gets land buyers their certificates and documents quickly — the paperwork done properly, so ownership is never a question.
Products
Two products.
Both in the workshop.
Neither is finished. Both are being built now, under the same roof — open either one to see where it stands.
Product · Technology
Building soonSabaq
An AI coach for memorizing the Quran. It listens while you recite and answers back in the moment — in Hafs or Warsh — while parents follow along from their own dashboard.
Inside SabaqProduct · Technology
Building soonBaccPrep
Bac exam preparation for students in Mali. Families abroad pay for the programme; students at home do the work — and every bit of progress shows up live for the people who paid.
Inside BaccPrep2027 Goals
The year,
in three numbers.
Announced October 29, 2026. All three counters open at zero — and stay there until something real happens.
Updates
The record.
Entries land here when something real happens — and only then.