Entrepreneur Rahim Bah, who arrived in the UK from Guinea aged 15 penniless and unable to speak English, has launched a tech platform for businesses looking to source photographers and videographers.
Mr Bah has already attracted 1,600 verified photographers and videographers across the UK to his new venture FrameGo. The platform is designed for small businesses, event and hospitality venues, wedding suppliers and marketing teams who need professional images or video at short notice, often without an agency budget. It also gives freelance photographers and videographers, including many based in Wales, a new route to paid work.
Free to join, revenue from bookings
FrameGo is free for both businesses and creators to join. It earns revenue on each booking made through the platform, charging a small fee on both sides of the transaction. Mr Bah is focused on building its UK network over the next 12 to 18 months before expanding internationally, and expects revenue to scale in line with booking volumes as more businesses come on board.
Mr Bah, 35, established Cardiff-based Bah Properties in May 2016, managing his own homes and those of other landlords, and has grown it into a multimillion-pound portfolio with 15 people working across the business. Through his training business, Property Investments Blueprint, he has taught more than 2,500 professionals to use property to build extra income.
From property to platform
He said: “Bah Properties came from managing my own properties, then a few for other landlords who asked. Property Investments Blueprint came from helping one friend buy a house, then another. “FrameGo follows the same pattern: spot a problem people have stopped noticing, then build the fix.
“There is a huge amount of work ahead. But I want to build something that started in Cardiff and changes how people book professional content, and how creative people find work.”
The entrepreneur said the idea for his latest business venture came from a frustrating experience. Needing a videographer for a short shoot in Edinburgh in 2025, and unable to find anyone local in time, Mr Bah ended up flying someone up from Cardiff instead, at a much bigger cost.
Turning point in Cardiff
He added: “Sitting on the flight home I kept thinking, why can I book a taxi in seconds, but I can’t book a photographer or videographer when I actually need one?” he says. “There are talented people everywhere, with no simple way for someone like me to find and book them.”
For Guinea-born Mr Bah, moving to Cardiff was a turning point. He arrived in the UK alone at 15 with no money and unable to speak English, before going on to graduate with a degree in accountancy and finance and moving to Cardiff in 2015 to build his career.
He said leaving London gave him the space to reset. He added: “Moving to Cardiff didn’t solve everything overnight, but it gave me room to change my habits, focus on my future and start making different choices.
“I couldn’t control what brought me to the UK, but as I got older I realised there were decisions I could make for myself. Leaving London was one. Learning about property was another. Starting my businesses was another.”
