VygramMahran Samtouni
Founder & Developer of Vygram
Tunisia · Building Vygram since 2025
Who he is
Mahran Samtouni is the founder and lead developer of Vygram — a social platform for live streaming, short videos and stories. He designed and built the entire product himself: the live streaming engine, the PK battle system, the creator wallet, the messaging layer and the safety and moderation tools.
Vygram
Mahran Samtouni started Vygram in Tunisia with a single conviction: creators in the Arab world and North Africa generate enormous value on social platforms and capture almost none of it. Vygram was his answer — an app built around the principle "we pay you, we don't sell you."
Vygram does not sell user data and does not run ads in the feed. Creators earn directly from their audience through gifts, and Vygram takes a share of that revenue instead of a share of anyone's privacy.
What he built
- Live streaming & PK battles — real-time video with guest seats, gifts and head-to-head creator battles
- Creator wallet — coins, gifting and a payout path designed for markets the big platforms ignore
- Short videos, posts, stories and messaging
- Safety systems — in-app reporting on every surface, a moderation review queue, and child-safety protections
- Full internationalisation — English, Arabic and French, with RTL support built in
Contact
For press, partnerships or interview requests: press@vygram.com