The problem
A car owner in Kigali who needs a spare part today has no structured way to know which exact part fits their car, beyond a mechanic's personal knowledge. Two cars sold under the same model name can need different parts depending on their generation, engine, or even which country they were originally built for, something no shop sign or price list tells you.
There is also no way to compare price across shops before buying, and no reliable way to know whether a part offered to you is genuine, a safe alternative, or a counterfeit. Counterfeit parts, especially brakes, filters and suspension components, are a real safety concern, and Rwanda has no verification mechanism for this today.
What Vinzuu does
Vinzuu identifies your car from its VIN, resolves the exact manufacturer part number for your car's specific build, shows which shops in Kigali have it in stock with price and distance, and lets you book installation at a nearby garage. A part is only ever labelled Verified Genuine when we are confident in both the part match and the shop selling it, not simply because a shop claims it.
Where this started
Vinzuu began as a final project for the Smart Computing programme at Kyungdong University, built by Ngoga Innocent after researching the platforms already serving car owners in Korea, the United States and Rwanda, and finding that none of them combined exact vehicle-to-part matching, multi-shop price comparison, and genuine-part verification in one place for a Rwandan driver. It is currently piloting with a small number of Kigali shops while real fitment data is verified, make by make.
Scope today
Vinzuu currently covers Toyota, Hyundai and Kia, the three makes most common on Kigali's roads, chosen because manufacturer reference catalogues exist to verify part data against. More makes are added as that verified data is built up.