About Maiaddy
Building the foundation for how the world references place.
Who We Are
Maiaddy is a technology company focused on spatial identity. We develop loccodes—a universal reference system that gives every place in Nigeria a clear, consistent identity.
We work at the intersection of physical and digital infrastructure. Our team brings together expertise in geospatial technology, data systems, and emerging market contexts to solve one of the most persistent challenges in global development: the lack of reliable location identifiers.
Founded with the belief that location clarity should be a public good, we build tools that make place referenceable for everyone—from individuals sharing directions to institutions managing complex logistics.
What We Do
We create and maintain the loccode system: a standardized way to identify any physical location with a unique, human-friendly code. Loccodes work everywhere—whether a place has a formal street address or not.
Universal Coverage
Loccodes work across formal and informal addressing environments, from dense urban centers to rapidly developing areas.
Human-First Design
Codes are designed to be spoken, written, and remembered—bridging the gap between how people and systems describe place.
System-Ready
Built to integrate seamlessly into databases, logistics platforms, financial systems, and government infrastructure.
Built to Last
Stability is core to our design. Loccodes persist over time, ensuring long-term reliability for critical systems.
We provide the infrastructure that allows businesses, governments, and individuals to reference location with certainty. Our technology serves logistics companies ensuring deliveries reach their destination, financial institutions verifying customer locations, emergency services responding to calls, and urban planners building for the future.
Where We Focus
We concentrate on emerging markets, where the gap between physical reality and digital systems is most acute.
Across Nigeria, rapid urbanization has outpaced formal addressing infrastructure. Millions of people live and work in places that digital systems struggle to identify. This isn't a temporary problem—it's a structural gap that limits economic opportunity and service delivery.
We build for these contexts specifically. Our technology accounts for informal settlements, inconsistent addressing standards, and the reality that places evolve faster than traditional systems can map them. By creating a reference layer that works regardless of formal infrastructure, we help close the gap between physical and digital economies.
"Our goal is to make location reference as reliable in Lagos or Kaduna as it is in London or New York—not by imposing foreign systems, but by building infrastructure that respects local context while providing global consistency."
How We Work
We believe infrastructure should be neutral, reliable, and accessible. This shapes how we build and who we serve.
Open Standards
We document and share our specifications, enabling broad adoption and integration across platforms and sectors.
Cross-Sector Collaboration
We work with logistics providers, financial institutions, government agencies, and technology platforms—ensuring loccodes serve diverse needs without fragmentation.
Long-Term Thinking
Spatial identity infrastructure must outlast individual products or companies. We design for permanence, with stability and backward compatibility as core requirements.
Our Commitment
We are committed to building infrastructure that serves the public interest. This means maintaining the integrity of the loccode system, ensuring it remains free from political or commercial capture, and prioritizing reliability over rapid growth.
We do not sell personal location data. We do not build surveillance tools. We create reference systems that help people and organizations coordinate more effectively—nothing more.
Location is fundamental to how society functions. It deserves infrastructure built with the same care as the systems we rely on for communication, identity, and commerce.
Work With Us
Whether you're integrating loccodes into your platform or exploring partnership opportunities, we'd like to hear from you.