Built with African students in China

Find your people.
Find your way.

Community, trusted answers, a local marketplace, and practical guides—everything you need to feel at home while studying in China.

Free for students · No payments · Privacy by design

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🎓 Tsinghua Community

Where do you buy a student metro card?

The office near the east gate now accepts passports. Go before 4 PM and bring your admission letter...

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Made for students from across Africa

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One app. The useful parts.

Less searching. Less guessing.
More living.

Kondo brings the parts of student life that usually live across group chats, old documents, and word of mouth into one calm, trusted place.

Community

Find your people

University, city, country, and topic communities where the advice actually fits your life.

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Student guides

Know what comes next

Short, practical checklists for arrival, residence permits, Alipay, healthcare, and more.

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Marketplace

Buy from students nearby

Find rooms, bicycles, books, furniture, and devices—without in-app payment or hidden fees.

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Help center

Get answers that are lived

Ask the community, learn from students who solved it, and highlight the answers that work.

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Trust is a product feature

Built to feel safe from day one.

Clear identity, useful moderation, privacy-aware profiles, and marketplace guidance help the community protect itself without making Kondo feel cold.

No integrated payments
Role-based moderation
Privacy-first profiles
Useful notifications only
Report and audit foundations
Secure session management

Arrive with questions.
Never face them alone.

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