Mobile Money escrow · All across Cameroon
The agent's commission, the landlord's rent, the tenant's advance: everything goes through Mobile Money escrow, and everyone is paid as agreed after 72 hours of checking.
Renting out a place? See what you get paid
Dada escrow
Funds heldAdvance in escrow
150 000 FCFA
Studio · Poumpoumré, Garoua · 3 months in advance
Paid by Mobile Money
Confirmed on the tenant's own phone
Home being checked
47 h left72 h to check before any payout
Split as agreed
With no dispute, once the check is over
Specimen · Escrow receipt
The problem
A verbal deal leaves everyone at the mercy of the other. Against each risk, Dada sets a written rule.
Agent
Placing the tenant, then never seeing your commission.
Landlord
A tenant who pays two months, then strings you along.
Tenant
Days crossing town, and a viewing fee for every agent.
For agents
You keep your trade, your landlords and your commission. Dada adds what was missing: an agreement signed before the rental, and a payment that no longer depends on anyone's goodwill.
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Photos taken on site with the Dada app, position and time included, even offline. The home is verified, and it stays linked to you.
Studio
Poumpoumré, Garoua
On-site photos · GPS · 14:32
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You set your commission: an amount for this home, or a share of a month for everything you list with them. They accept it in the app, or by reading you the code they receive by SMS.
Agreement
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The tenant pays by Mobile Money. Once the check is over, your commission is taken before the landlord's payout, then credited to your ledger.
While your agreement is active, the landlord cannot bring a tenant in through a direct code. They can end it, but the move is recorded and never retroactive: a rental already started keeps your commission.
The ledger shows each commission and the home it came from. The balance goes to your Mobile Money every month, or whenever you withdraw it.
DaDa takes 15% of your commission, out of it and never on top. The tenant pays nothing, the landlord pays nothing extra.
Recruitment happens by phone. The team checks your identity, assigns you a zone and sends your access by SMS. The app does the rest, in the field.
For landlords
The rent is locked in escrow before the tenant moves in. No more empty promises.
With your agent: you accept their agreement with an SMS code, their commission is taken from escrow, and DaDa charges you nothing on the advance.
On your own: you list from the app, with a one-time onboarding fee at signature. No subscription.
A receipt for every rent. And if you choose, Dada collects the following months for 5% of the rent collected.
One month collected by Dada
To the number of your choice, with the month's receipt.
For tenants
Three steps. Your money is never in a stranger's hands.
Tenants never pay DaDa. Our 5% fee is paid by the landlord, and only when they get paid.
Browse listings freely, no account needed. The “Verified on site” badge guarantees the home exists and the landlord is identified.
Two-bedroom flat
Famla, Bafoussam
75 000 FCFA/month
75 000 FCFA/month
Pay with MTN MoMo or Orange Money. The money is held by our licensed payment provider. The landlord can't touch it yet.
Mobile Money payment
Held in escrowConfirmed on your phone, with your MoMo secret code
SEQ-8134You have 72 hours after payment to check the home. All good? Confirm, or do nothing: with no dispute, the landlord gets the rent. If something is wrong, Dada arbitrates and can refund you.
No dispute for 72 h
Paid out to landlord
+71 250 FCFA
Official rent receipt issued
Security
DaDa is not a bank and doesn't want to be. Escrow is operated by a licensed payment provider, and every rule of the game is written up front.
DaDa never holds the funds itself: escrow is operated by a licensed mobile payment provider.
Open a dispute within 72 hours: the payout is frozen until arbitration, with a possible refund.
DaDa is based in Cameroon, with a physical presence in Yaoundé and Garoua. Humans, not just an app.
5%
landlord fee, the only recurring cost
72 h
of protection after payment, before any payout
0 FCFA
for tenants, forever
2 offices
Yaoundé and Garoua · nationwide coverage
About
DaDa is a Cameroonian company, founded by Team InnovTech. We started from something everyone here knows: renting often begins by handing an advance to a stranger, with no record and no recourse.
Rather than ask you to believe us, we built the mechanism. Photos taken on site, rent held by a licensed payment provider, rules known before the first franc. And, at the foot of the register, our names.
Trust is earned through the mechanism.
Founders' register
4 co-founders
No. 01
Founder · CEO
Product and technology
No. 02
Co-founder
Development
No. 03
Co-founder
Execution and digital communication
No. 04
Co-founder
Field operations
FAQ
What people ask us before trusting us with a first rent payment.
The money
For tenants: nothing, ever. For a rental brought by an agent: the landlord pays DaDa nothing on the advance, and DaDa takes 15% of the agent's commission. For a landlord listing on their own: a one-time onboarding fee at signature, then 5% of rents actually collected. If they bring their own tenant with their invite code, that rate drops to 3%.
Who pays what
No. Funds are held by a licensed payment provider (escrow). DaDa never holds your money itself and only triggers the payout under the agreed conditions: as soon as you confirm the home suits you, or 72 hours after payment with no dispute. Silence counts as confirmation.
For agents
Your commission is agreed with the landlord in an agreement signed on Dada, before the rental. When the tenant pays, the advance is locked in escrow. Once the check is over, your commission is taken from it before the landlord's payout, then credited to your ledger. The balance goes to your Mobile Money every month, or whenever you withdraw it.
Not quietly. While your agreement is active, they cannot bring a tenant in through a direct code, and every rental of the home carries your commission. They can end the agreement, but the move is recorded and never retroactive: a rental already started keeps your commission.
15% of your commission, taken out of it at payout. Never added to the rent, never charged to the tenant. The landlord pays DaDa nothing on the advance of the rental you brought.
By calling the team: agent accounts are not created online. The team checks your identity, assigns you a zone and sends your access by SMS. Certification follows the check of your ID document, and the Dada app then works for you in the field, even offline.
Before you pay
No. Reserving just states an intention, without touching your money: the home is held for you for a limited time while you lock the rent in escrow. You can cancel as long as nothing has been paid; without payment, the reservation simply expires and the home frees up again.
The exact address and the landlord's contact are only revealed after payment. That is what blocks fake-visit scams. Your protection lies elsewhere: photos verified on site, and above all 72 hours after payment to visit and check the home, during which your money stays locked. If it doesn't match, you can be refunded in full.
The landlord is identified (ID document, selfie, Mobile Money number) and photos are taken on site from the Dada app, with GPS position and timestamp. A listing can only be paid once this evidence is validated. Some go further with a full video tour of the home.
What is checked before a listing can be paid
The landlord is identified
ID document, selfie and Mobile Money number, reviewed by a human.
Photos are taken on site
From the Dada app, with GPS position and timestamp. A gallery upload is refused.
Only then does payment open
Until those proofs are validated, the listing can be browsed but not paid.
Everywhere in Cameroon: any landlord can list their home, whatever their city, commune or village. We are physically present in Yaoundé and Garoua.
If things go wrong
You open a dispute within 72 hours of your payment, with a specific reason. The payout to the landlord is frozen immediately, Dada reviews the case and can refund you in full.
What happens when you open a dispute
Payout to the landlord frozen
Dada reviews the case
Refund possible
No, never. A payment outside Dada carries no protection: no escrow, no verification window, no receipt, no recourse. If someone suggests settling outside the app, refuse and report the listing. Reports are confidential and protect the next tenants.
For landlords
To secure what you already have: generate your invite code from your listing and share it with your tenant. They pay by Mobile Money, the payment is tracked, the receipt automatic, and your commission is reduced to 3% on that rental instead of 5%.
You bring your own tenant
The rate is locked at booking, for the whole tenancy.
If the landlord chooses to, yes. After the first cycle (advance + escrow), they can enable monthly collection: Dada sends the due-date reminder, the tenant pays in the app, the landlord receives the net rent with a receipt every month. It's an option, never an obligation, and never an automatic debit: every payment is confirmed by the tenant.
