How Dimbl Became A
Smarter Way for Giving
Dimbl is a donation-matching app that sends the right help to the right people—fast, and across borders.
Dimbl is a donation-matching app that sends the right help to the right people—fast, and across borders.
Nearly half of all pledged donations never reach their destination. The resources are there, but they get lost in delays, misdirection, or inefficiency. That disconnect is what drove Demba Dieng, a Senegal-born entrepreneur living in France, to act. He came to us with one question: “What if giving could be smarter so no one gets left behind?” Dimbl was the answer.
Donation platforms fail where it matters most - matching the right help to the right person, at the right time. Demba knew an off-the-shelf solution wouldn’t cut it. He needed a developer who could own the logic end to end, build for two countries, three user roles, and real-time urgency. That’s why he hired Abhishek (senior full-stack developer) from VE.
Dimbl wasn’t a job for templates or guesswork. So, Abhishek built it from the ground up: matching engine, role flows, real-time sync, and regional logic -all delivered in a single codebase for both iOS and Android.
Dimbl’s core logic connects donations to real needs using four filters: cause, urgency, division, and subdivision. Donors can choose what they want to support and where while recipients list their needs by category and region. The engine continuously processes new data, resolves overlaps, and ensures no donation is wasted or misdirected.
Logic Breakdown:
Dimbl supports three distinct user types, each with a fully customized flow. Every screen, form, and function adapts to the user’s role, making the experience focused and seamless.
User Roles & Flows:
Dimbl needed to work for both France and Senegal—two very different regions in terms of geography, infrastructure, and donation behavior. We built flexible country-level logic that supports different administrative hierarchies and allows for localized matching, even within deep subdivisions.
Localization Strategy:
Every donation, update, and role interaction had to happen without delay. Dimbl uses Firebase’s real-time architecture to ensure no data lag and backend logic was built to handle the toughest edge cases on the fly.
Performance Stack:
The Result
Because slow apps kill intent. In most platforms, donors drop off before completing the flow. Dimbl keeps them engaged, from start to finish.
Delayed donation confirmations create doubt. Dimbl shows
donors their impact in real-time - no lag, no silence.
Most systems depend on manual sorting or generic pooling.
Dimbl does the matching by urgency, cause, and location in real time.
No vague promises. No black-box algorithms. Donors know where their money goes. Recipients know what to expect.
“Abhishek brought experience, commitment, and
technical excellence to the Dimbl app. Thanks to his
work, it’s more efficient, user-friendly, and reliable.
He’s not just a great developer...he’s a true team player.”
Demba Dieng
Founder of Dimbl
