Huzl Defi
The Huzl app is a decentralized financial (deFi) mobile application that helps Africans leverage on the power of blockchain to perform day to day financial transactions without technical experience.
Solution
A user-friendly DeFi app that makes DeFi more accessible to Africans by simplifying the process.
Problem Statement
DeFi adoption in Africa faces challenges due to a lack of technical knowledge and infrastructure. Blockchain systems can be complex, which makes it difficult for many Africans to use.
Competitive Analysis
I conducted a competitive analysis of existing products some of which are Binance and Xend Finance, two of the top players in the African market.
Strengths
Binance has deep pockets and can provide liquidity to its DeFi projects,
Low transaction fees
Established reputation and user base
Understanding Application
Before diving into the case study, I was trying to understand this application and why it had to be redesigned. Starting off with an overall information architecture.
Who Is The User
For this specific client, they had sales and service users for this particular application.
Understanding Problem Space
To understand the problem area, we conducted heuristic analysis on the existing application, asking questions like "Is there a consistent icon design scheme and style across the dashboard?", "Can the users move eaily forward and backward in the graphs?", "Are prompts, cues, and messages placed where the eye is likely to be looking on the screen?", "Have large objects, bold fonts, and simple areas been used to distinguish sections?".
Consistency
Consistency in visual design such as icons, spacing, padding, icon styles
Discoverability
There were no clear exits, no tooltips or information for discovering table after clicking a card.
Clutter
There was a lot of clutter in the dashboard. The user wasn't able to see the important or relevant ones on the dashboard.
Lack of Visual Hierarchy
Users who were new, just started to the application were confused with information related to what.
Competitive Analysis
Conducted a competitive analysis, by watching videos trying and exploring softwares
User Pain Points and Solution
Shown are some screens of the existing UI and solutions I have provided.
Shortcut Links and Icon Buttons Grouping
The shortcut or favorite links are placed at the top below the navigation for easy access and quick understanding. Announcement board and event gallery were not that important to be placed on the dashboard and can be accessed through icon button at the top. Icons were grouped for easy understanding.
Full Screen View and Top-Left Navigation
The Client wanted a new navigation and data table and count to be on the dashboard, so coming up with a top-left navigation collapsable, where the user can get a full screen view of the data table. As, it was also noticed, the table in cards were very hard to read and had to be concentrated a lot.
Challenges and Learning
I understood how to work in cross-functional teams. I learned how to reduce the number of clicks, I had come up with ideas, where there were many technical constraints, I learned how it should be easier and reduce number of clicks. Learning to do small-small minute changes from the client.