Gbovo
gbovotransport.com
Industry
Financial Services
Company size
11-50 employees
Location
Lagos
Pain point
Manual expense management made it difficult to track spending and maintain visibility into financial activity.
Company overview
Gbovo is an auto loan company making car ownership more accessible to Nigerians through flexible auto loans that let customers drive now and pay later.
As a business, you want to know where your money is going. You also don't want to have to go through too much hassle trying to figure out what you spent money on.
— Lucky Osaigbovo, Founder, Gbovo
At Gbovo, clarity fuels growth
Gbovo is a fast-growing auto loan company that provides accessible financing for customers who can’t purchase vehicles outright. By making auto loans easier and more transparent, Gbovo is helping more people get on the road with confidence.
As the company grew, the team needed a clearer understanding of its financial activity — from weekly and monthly expenses to who was requesting and approving payments.
The problem
Tracking expenses manually made it harder to understand where money was going
Before Bujeti, Gbovo's finances were not properly managed, and tracking weekly and monthly expenses was difficult.
The team was spending too much time trying to work out what money had been spent on and where it was going. Expense and invoice approvals were also handled manually, with paperwork adding to the administrative work.
“As a business, you want to know where your money is going. You also don't want to have to go through too much hassle trying to figure out what you spent money on.”
— Lucky Osaigbovo, Founder, Gbovo
The solution
One place to track expenses, manage approvals and keep records
Gbovo adopted Bujeti after discovering the platform online and seeing how its features could fit the company's needs.
With Bujeti, the team could track expenses, manage approvals and generate statements from one place.
The approval workflow gave the team a clear record of who requested an expense, who it was being paid to and who approved it. Receipts and other documentation could also be attached to requests, giving the team a complete record of the transaction.
Taiwo also highlighted Bujeti's accounting feature, which allows Gbovo to create separate accounts for different uses, name them according to the expense they are intended for, and pay funds into and out of those accounts.
“You could see who is requesting, the account it is to be paid to, and who approved what. And you could also add a receipt or an attachment to a request even after the approval.”
— Taiwo Oyeniyi, General Manager, Gbovo
The results
Less paperwork. More control over company spending.
Expense tracking in one place across weekly and monthly spending
Clear approval records showing who requested and approved each expense
Documented expenses with receipts and attachments linked to requests
Instant expense statements without manually compiling records
Greater visibility into where money is going and how much the business is spending
Less manual work across expense and invoice approvals
“As a founder, I don't want to have to worry about where our money is going, or what invoices we approved last week or stuff like that. By leveraging Bujeti, it's just right at our fingertips.”
— Lucky Osaigbovo, Founder, Gbovo
Why it matters
As the business grows, financial visibility becomes harder to maintain manually
For Gbovo, understanding where money is going is part of understanding how to use it better.
Bujeti gives the team a clearer record of expenses, requests and approvals without requiring them to manage those processes manually or work through paperwork.
That means Lucky can spend less time trying to reconstruct what happened to the company's money and more time using that information to make decisions about how the business grows.
“For anyone still managing their expenses manually, I don't know what you're doing. Get Bujeti and streamline the process. Let go of the paperwork.”
— Lucky Osaigbovo, Founder, Gbovo
See what Bujeti can do for your business
Replace manual processes and disconnected financial workflows with one finance control centre that gives your team the visibility and control to move faster.






