My Project
Kizomba Nigeria — Digital Platform Design & Integration
Website Architecture, Plugin Ecosystem & Ongoing Innovation / 2018 – Present
Overview.
Kizomba Nigeria, the country’s premier hub for kizomba dance, fitness, and community, needed a digital-first platform to amplify its classes, events, and culture. Since 2018, I have designed, deployed, and continuously managed its WordPress-powered, cloud-hosted website—a secure and scalable digital ecosystem that unites events, e-commerce, learning, and community interaction under one seamless brand experience.
Technology Stack:
- CMS: WordPress (custom themes & plugins)
- Hosting: Cloud Managed Hosting with CDN & Caching
- Frontend: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Bootstrap
- Backend: PHP 7+, MySQL
- E-Commerce: WooCommerce + Advanced Add-ons
- LMS: LearnDash
- Event Management: Event Espresso
- Payments: Custom Paystack Integration (WordPress plugin)
- Optimization: Yoast SEO, WP Rocket, Caching layers
- Security: SSL/TLS, Firewall, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
Client:
Goge Africa
Role:
Lead Web Architect, Developer & Plugin Engineer
Services:
WordPress Development, Plugin Integration, Custom Plugin Development, Cloud Hosting, LMS Deployment, E-Commerce, UX/UI, SEO, Ongoing Optimization
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The Challenge.
The platform had to capture the soul and elegance of kizomba while being technically robust. Key requirements included:
- Integrating event management, online learning, and e-commerce into a unified platform
- Supporting local payment processing with Paystack
- Ensuring plugins, LMS, and commerce modules worked together without conflict
- Delivering scalable cloud performance with strong security and uptime guarantees
Solution.
A future-ready WordPress ecosystem built with flexibility, performance, and user experience at its core.
- Infrastructure & Hosting
- Deployed on Cloud Managed WordPress Hosting with CDN and caching layers for high availability and fast load speeds
- Hardened for security with SSL/TLS encryption and firewall protection
- Plugin Ecosystem & Features
- Event Espresso for professional event registration & ticketing
- WooCommerce + Advanced Add-ons for e-commerce and merchandise management
- LearnDash LMS for structured course delivery and digital learning experiences
- Custom media modules for galleries, video content, and event recaps
- Custom Development & Payments
- Developed custom WordPress plugins to integrate Paystack for secure, localized Naira payments
- Wrote custom glue code to sync Event Espresso, WooCommerce, and LearnDash into a seamless user workflow
- UX & Brand Storytelling
- Designed a responsive, mobile-first UI/UX to reflect the elegance and rhythm of kizomba
- Structured content flow around events, tours, classes, media, and shop, optimized for both users and search engines
Result & Impact.
- Delivered a scalable, high-performance digital hub for Nigeria’s kizomba community
- Unified events, e-commerce, and learning into a single, user-friendly platform
- Enabled secure local payments via Paystack, boosting accessibility and revenue
- Enhanced engagement with course enrollments, event registrations, and merch sales managed in one ecosystem
- Strengthened Kizomba Nigeria’s brand as the digital heartbeat of the community