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About Halal Vault

We are building the infrastructure for a world where anyone can access fair, transparent, digital asset-backed liquidity — without paying a cent in interest.

Our Mission

Interest-Free Lending Is Not a Compromise. It Is the Standard.

Halal Vault was founded on the conviction that truly transparent, fee-only lending is not a compromise — it is the gold standard. For too long, anyone seeking financial products without compounding interest has been sidelined by an industry that profits from opacity and treats ethical finance as a niche rather than a norm.

We are building the infrastructure for a world where anyone can access fair, transparent, digital asset-backed liquidity without paying a cent in interest — grounded in the most rigorous ethical lending framework ever codified.

Phase 1 launches in Nigeria and the United Kingdom. The vision is global.

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The problem was never that interest-free lending couldn't work at scale. The problem was that nobody had built the infrastructure for it.

— Tawheed, Founder
The Team

Meet the Team

Olushola Taoheed Ibraheem
Founder & CEO, Halal Vault
AI/ML Researcher · ATTLAB

Tawheed is an AI/ML researcher and the founder of ATTLAB — an open-source research initiative focused on large language models, NLP, and low-resource African language technologies. He holds a BSc in Sociology and Anthropology from Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Nigeria — a background that deepened his understanding of community, trust systems, and the social structures that underpin how people relate to money and financial institutions.

His deep study of Islamic finance principles revealed a rigorous ethical framework that the broader financial world had largely overlooked: zero-interest lending built on collateral security, transparent pricing, and trust. That framework became the architecture of Halal Vault.

Halal Vault is being built at the intersection of ethical finance, digital assets, and financial inclusion — targeting Nigeria and the United Kingdom, two markets with deep, structural demand for transparent, interest-free lending.

BSc Sociology & Anthropology, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), 2025
Founder, ATTLAB (open-source LLM and NLP research)
Developer of Anis — 8B parameter SFT model (At-Tawheed/Anis)
Published datasets on HuggingFace with significant download traction
Jamal Ayinde Alayande
Co-Founder & Head of Data
Data Scientist · Analytics

Jamal is a data scientist with deep expertise in analytics, machine learning, and data infrastructure. With experience building data systems and dashboards across media and enterprise environments in Nigeria and Canada, he brings the operational intelligence layer that keeps Halal Vault transparent and accountable at every level.

His background spans ETL engineering, predictive modelling, and business intelligence — having delivered data-driven solutions across publishing, education, and financial analytics. At Halal Vault, he leads the platform's data infrastructure, from loan portfolio analytics to the traction reporting that informs every investor conversation.

Jamal is building the systems that make Halal Vault's promise of radical transparency not just a principle, but a measurable reality.

Full Stack Data Science & ML Certification, 10alytics (2024)
Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst Associate (PL-300)
Google Data Analytics Certificate, Coursera (2023)
Data Scientist, 10Alytics — Alberta, Canada (2024–Present)
Our Principles

What We Stand For

Transparency Over Profit

Every fee is disclosed before you borrow. Our business model depends on trust, not obscurity. We will never introduce a charge you didn't see at application.

Access for Everyone

Our ethical framework is a quality standard, not an audience filter. Fair, transparent, interest-free finance should be available to anyone who wants it — regardless of background.

Grounded in Rigour

We build on 1,400 years of Islamic finance jurisprudence because it is the most thoroughly tested ethical lending framework in existence — not for branding, but because it works.

Emerging Markets First

Nigeria and the United Kingdom are not afterthoughts — they are Phase 1. We are building infrastructure for markets that the global fintech industry has consistently underestimated.

Independent Oversight

Scholar review functions like a legal opinion — independent verification that our model holds up under the strictest applicable standard. We publish our position openly. No rubber stamps.

Long-Term Thinking

We are not optimising for a quick exit. We are building the infrastructure for a generation of ethical finance products across digital assets, payments, and beyond.

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Whether you are a potential borrower, an investor, or someone who believes in what we are building — there is a place for you here.