Evaluating only Ayiti Tech’s profile at its peak — without knowing the outcome — the model ranked Unit economics as the #1 likely cause. Documented cause: Macro / political.
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Documented cause
Ayiti Tech built a local e-commerce and service marketplace connecting Port-au-Prince consumers with local merchants and artisans, adapting to Haiti's cash economy through mobile payment integration with Digicel MonCash. The company had 8,000 active buyers and 400 merchant partners at its peak. Haiti's cascading crises from 2019 onward made operating the business increasingly dangerous and economically unviable: the murder of President Jovenel Moise in July 2021 triggered a political vacuum, gang activity expanded to control 50% of Port-au-Prince by 2022, and the logistics network the company depended on became impossible to operate safely. Two team members were displaced by gang violence in their neighborhoods. Operations became impossible to sustain.
Lesson
“When gang activity begins displacing your team members, the business has already ended. The formal shutdown is just paperwork.”