Douala & Yaoundé · Launching 2026

Professionals
you can trust,
every time.

Your home. Done right. Guaranteed.

Plumbing, electrical, cleaning, renovation — verified professionals, costs agreed upfront, your payment held in escrow until the job is done right.

✓ Identity verified 🔒 Escrow payment 📋 Scope agreed upfront 💳 Secure payment
Are you a plumber, electrician, or contractor? Apply to join
How a booking looks
Service needed
🔧 Plumbing repair
City
📍 Douala
When
📅 This week
Matched professional
⭐ Jean-Paul M. — 4.9 · 87 jobs
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Anonymous
professionals
80–85%
Earnings
kept by pro
24h
Payment
after job done
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Find the right professional for your home

All categories are available in Douala and Yaoundé. More being added.

🔧
Plumbing
Electrical
🧹
Cleaning
🎨
Painting
🏗️
Renovation
🪵
Carpentry
🔐
Security
🌿
Gardening

Not sure what you need? Tell us your project and we'll scope it for you.

Five layers of protection
in every booking.

Each layer addresses a specific way home service transactions fail. Together, they make bad outcomes structurally rare — not just unlikely.

Layer 01
🪪
Identity

Every professional is verified in person — national ID, home address, judicial record, and a professional guarantor on file. Zero anonymous vendors.

Layer 02
Reputation

Ratings come only from real, completed, paid jobs. No self-submitted reviews. A professional's Lianka record is impossible to fake.

Layer 03
💰
Escrow

Your payment is held by Lianka until you confirm the work is done right. A no-show costs the professional their security deposit and 30 days off the platform.

Layer 04
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Certified Status

Top performers earn the "Lianka Certified" badge — unlocking premium clients and higher-value jobs. Good behavior is socially rewarded, not just financially safe.

Layer 05 New
📦
Materials Verified

For renovation and construction jobs, we track materials from the agreed specification to the actual installation — eliminating the risk of cheaper substitutions without your knowledge.

From first message
to confirmed job done.

Every step is designed to protect you — and to hold professionals accountable.

01
Step 01
📋

Describe your project

Tell us the service, location, and timeline. We scope it and produce a written Statement of Work — agreed by both parties before anything starts.

02
Step 02
🔍

Get matched

Lianka assigns a verified professional. Their identity, judicial record, and full review history are on file. No surprises, no unknowns.

03
Step 03
🔒

Payment into escrow

You pay upfront via secure digital payment. Funds are held by Lianka — the professional is notified but receives nothing until you confirm.

04
Step 04
🏠

Work executed

The professional delivers against the agreed scope. High-value jobs get a Lianka Controller who physically inspects each phase before sign-off.

05
Step 05

You confirm. They're paid.

You send confirmation. The professional receives 80–85% of the agreed fee within 24 hours. Your review becomes part of their permanent record.

Payment protection — how escrow works
💳
You pay

100% upfront, secure digital payment

🔒
Lianka holds

Funds in escrow, pro is briefed

🏗️
Work done

To agreed scope & materials

You confirm

Your approval triggers release

💸
Pro is paid

80–85% within 24 hours

⚠️

No-show protection: A professional who doesn't appear forfeits their security deposit and is suspended for 30 days. Three confirmed violations mean permanent removal. All costs are agreed in writing before work starts — no hidden fees, ever.

Homeowners.
Professionals. Both win.

For Homeowners & Property Managers

Book with complete confidence.

No more navigating WhatsApp groups and hoping for the best. One platform where every professional is verified and your payment is protected until you say the job is done.

  • Verified identity — national ID, address, judicial record on file
  • Costs agreed in writing before work starts — zero surprises
  • Escrow payment — you hold the key to release
  • Physical inspection on high-value renovation jobs
  • Materials tracked from spec to installation
  • Dispute resolution and financial protection if things go wrong
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For Skilled Professionals

Your skills.
Finally visible.

Stéphane is a plumber with 10 years of experience and no digital presence. Lianka gives professionals like him a verified portfolio, guaranteed payment, and consistent access to quality clients.

80–85% You keep per job
24h Payment after job
0 Chasing clients
  • Permanent digital profile and verified track record
  • Guaranteed payment — held in escrow, not in doubt
  • Quality clients: homeowners, corporates, property managers
  • Earn "Lianka Certified" — the badge that unlocks premium work
  • We accept: plumbers, electricians, cleaners, painters, contractors, carpenters, security installers, gardeners
Apply to join →

The trust gap is a
systems problem.

50 to 80% of the effort in any home service project in Cameroon is spent managing trust — not the actual work. Lianka closes the three gaps that cause this.

👤

No identity infrastructure

Vendors can be effectively anonymous. Anonymity breaks the link between behavior today and reputation tomorrow.

📭

No persistent reputation

When a vendor ghosts a client, that information stays in one WhatsApp group. Bad actors face no lasting record.

⚖️

Defection is rational

Without enforcement, every transaction is a calculation where cutting corners often makes economic sense. Lianka changes that math.

"A traveler in China asked a cab driver to deliver luggage to a hotel — unaccompanied. The driver did exactly that, without incident. The same scenario would feel impossible in Cameroon. But the difference isn't culture. It's systems."

The gap vs. competitors

Identity verification ✓ In-person, on file
Escrow payment ✓ Secure payment
Materials oversight ✓ Spec to installation
On-site inspection ✓ Physical controller
Reviews verified ✓ Paid jobs only
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people already on the waitlist across Douala & Yaoundé

🏠 Homeowners 🔧 Professionals 🏢 Corporates
Early validation
🗣️

50+ homeowner interviews conducted in Douala & Yaoundé

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30+ professionals interviewed across 6 trade categories

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Escrow model validated — clients willing to pay upfront with protection

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Incorporated in the United States · Operating in Cameroon · 2026

Built by people who lived the problem.

Lianka is being built from first principles — after years of watching skilled professionals lose clients and families lose money to an industry with no accountability layer. Read the founding story →

A
Aime Ngongang

The 2023 INSEAD trip that revealed a trust gap — and sparked a platform built to close it.

R
Roland Etundi

Deep operational knowledge of the Cameroonian market and what it takes to build accountable service networks.

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