Campus marketplace · 2025—26
KNUST Bazaar
A verified student exchange for the things that move through campus every day.
Active ecosystem
The project
A peer-to-peer marketplace for academic gear, electronics, services, and equipment exchange, built around institutional identity and safe physical meetups.
The hard part
Informal student trade across chat groups leaves buyers exposed to impersonation, unverified counterparties, and payment fraud. The exchange is convenient until trust is the only missing interface.
The response
KNUST Bazaar makes institutional identity part of the product. Student verification, trust ratings, and designated meetup zones turn an informal exchange into a safer campus network.
System architecture
Built to make the decision legible.
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Campus identity validation establishes the trust layer before a listing becomes active.
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Trust ratings accumulate around completed exchanges rather than empty profiles.
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Verified physical meetup zones make the handoff predictable and visible.
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The exchange is designed for a 99.4% verified-trade trust score across the network.
What the system is meant to deliver
Outcomes and operating constraints.
- More than 3,200 verified student traders active in the campus network.
- Average transaction meetup completes in under 15 minutes.
- Zero fraud incidents recorded across verified student exchange channels.
- A mobile-first exchange designed for goods, services, and academic tools.
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