Introduction

The real estate sector remains plagued by intermediaries, opaque processes, excessive paperwork, and rampant fraud, driving up costs and creating severe liquidity and trust barriers.

Nowhere is this more evident than in Africa’s student and urban housing markets, where explosive demand collides with chronic undersupply.

In Nigeria alone, over 500,000 new students enter tertiary institutions annually, joining a national undergraduate population exceeding 1.8 million. Across Africa, tertiary enrollment surpasses 12 million, and globally it exceeds 220 million (UNESCO, 2023). Roughly two-thirds of these students relocate for their studies, yet only 10–30% secure on-campus accommodation in Nigeria, leaving millions dependent on an off-campus market riddled with scams, inflated rents, and unsafe properties.

Sheda Solutions is a real estate operations and tokenization platform built to solve these exact problems through full on-chain ownership, control, and utility of real estate assets. We put complete, verifiable ownership of physical properties directly in the hands of users by tokenizing 100% of the underlying real estate on blockchain. Every brick, every rental income stream, and every governance right is represented by tokens that users truly own, control, and can use, trade, or collateralize instantly, without intermediaries.

With Sheda Solutions, users get:

• Full on-chain ownership of tokenized real estate assets with legal title backing

• Smart-contract automated p2p real estate marketplace

• Direct, real-time rental income distribution and complete visibility into property performance

• Instant liquidity through secondary trading of property tokens

• Frictionless fractional ownership

• Smart-contract automated leasing, payments, compliance, and property management

• Zero dependency on traditional brokers, notaries, or opaque off-chain processes

By combining legally backed tokenization with end-to-end on-chain operations, Sheda Solutions eliminates fraud, slashes transaction costs, unlocks liquidity, and democratizes access to high-yield real estate, starting with the student and urban housing crisis in Africa and expanding globally.

We are not wrapping old real estate in new tokens; we are rebuilding real estate ownership from the ground up on blockchain, giving every investor, tenant, and developer direct, transparent, and complete control over their assets for the first time.

A core strength of blockchain lies in its provision of immutable, transparent transaction records. By deploying smart contracts, Sheda Solutions ensures all deals adhere to predefined rules, significantly mitigating fraud risks. Furthermore, the platform supports cryptocurrency and digital payments, offering users a convenient, secure method for purchasing, renting, and managing properties. Through these innovations, Sheda Solutions not only streamlines real estate transactions but also bridges the critical gap in the housing crisis, creating a safer, more efficient marketplace for all participants.