Software engineering studio · working across South Africa

We build the platforms businesses run on.

Marketplaces, fintech products, operations systems, data platforms and connected devices — designed, engineered and run by one team, as the core of how a business works.

CarShareNova — a car listing with pricing and location

CarShareNova — a marketplace we designed, built and run, from the app to the cloud behind it.

10+ years

Engineering experience behind the team

Six industries

Mobility, fintech, legal, housing, property, data, IoT

Nationwide

And clients abroad

End to end

Apps, cloud and devices

What we build

Whole systems, from the database to the device.

One team across architecture, backend, web and mobile, data, hardware and the cloud — so your product works as one thing, not five suppliers' parts.

Platforms and marketplaces

New products where the software is the business — from first idea to paying users.

BookingsVerificationPaymentsMobile apps

For example: CarShareNova, Msaada

Operations systems

The system an established business runs its day on, replacing spreadsheets, paper and WhatsApp groups.

DispatchField appsCase managementPortals

For example: NSFAS, NUM, ResidentMan

Data and analytics

When the numbers live in six systems and a dozen spreadsheets, nobody can answer a simple question without a week of work. We pull it into one place and make it answer back.

PipelinesDashboardsForecastingAI features

For example: reporting built into every system we ship

Connected devices

Software that reaches into the physical world — and keeps working when the network doesn't.

IoTAccess controlTelematicsAutomation

For example: Smart home automation

More of our work

Platforms people rely on every day.

Used by drivers, car owners, students, attorneys, landlords and households.

Gig economy · fintech

Msaada

Device and parts financing plus earnings tools that keep delivery and ride-hailing drivers on the road.

msaada.app

Education · public sector

NSFAS Student Accommodation

Allocates and tracks NSFAS-funded student housing — availability, placement, accreditation and reporting.

Labour union · legal

NUM Legal Case Management

Case intake, allocation to attorneys, advocates and arbitrators, and outcome tracking.

Legal tech · Germany

Smartvokat

Matter, document and deadline management for German law firms, in one place.

Property

ResidentMan

Rent, maintenance requests, tenant communication and reporting for landlords and managing agents.

IoT · connected home

Smart home automation

Lighting, power, gates and climate on one app, with local control when the network or grid goes down.

Who we build for

Different industries, same engineering.

If your business runs on a process, we can build the platform behind it.

Marketplaces and platforms

For founders and companies launching a product where the software is the business — rentals, bookings, services and on-demand.

Your users get

A polished app with verified users, secure payments and support built in.

Listings and search

Availability, filters and maps

Bookings

Calendars, rules and cancellations

Identity and trust

Verification, ratings and reviews

Payments and payouts

Split payments, deposits, refunds

In-app messaging

Real-time chat between both sides

Admin and operations

Disputes, approvals and reporting

Cloud and digitisation

Off the office server. Off the paper. Onto something you can run.

Two jobs that usually arrive together: moving what you have into the cloud, and replacing the parts of the business that still run on paper, Excel and WhatsApp.

Move to the cloud

Systems on a server in the office, or on hosting nobody has touched in years, moved to AWS without stopping the business.

  • Assessment of what you run and what it depends on
  • Phased migration with a tested rollback
  • Backups, recovery and uptime you can rely on
Talk about a migration

Cut what the cloud costs

A bill that climbs every month while usage doesn't is an architecture problem, not a billing one.

  • A review of where the money actually goes
  • Tagging, right-sizing and autoscaling
  • Savings plans and budget alarms
Book a cost review

Digitise how you work

Paper job cards, Excel registers and WhatsApp approvals, turned into software your team will actually use.

  • We map the process as it really runs
  • Mobile apps for the people doing the work
  • Spreadsheets imported, not re-typed
Start with one process
  1. 1

    Assess

    What you run, what it costs and what depends on it.

  2. 2

    Plan

    An order of work, a cutover plan and a rollback we have tested.

  3. 3

    Move

    Migrated in phases, verified before anything is switched off.

  4. 4

    Optimise

    Right-sized, monitored and alarmed, so cost stays honest.

How we work

From idea to a system people rely on.

Every stage ends in something you can see, use and sign off.

  1. 1

    Discover

    We map the business, the users and what success looks like.

  2. 2

    Design

    Flows and screens prototyped in Figma, tested with real users.

  3. 3

    Engineer

    Short cycles, working software you can use at the end of each.

  4. 4

    Launch

    Migration, onboarding and a monitored rollout.

  5. 5

    Evolve

    We run, support and grow the platform after go-live.

Ways to work with us

Wherever you're starting from.

Three routes in, depending on what you already have.

Build a new platform

A product or business idea that lives or dies on its software. We take it from scope to launch.

  • Product discovery and scoping
  • Design, engineering and cloud
  • Web and mobile apps
Talk about your idea

Replace how you operate

Your business has outgrown spreadsheets, paper and WhatsApp. We build the one system your team works from.

  • Product discovery and scoping
  • Design, engineering and cloud
  • Web and mobile apps
Book an operations review

Extend or rescue a system

Software that's stalled, slow or held together with tape. We take it over and move it forward.

  • Product discovery and scoping
  • Design, engineering and cloud
  • Web and mobile apps
Talk about your idea
Questions

How we can help

The questions people ask us most when they first get in touch.

We need a website. Can you help?

Yes. We build websites that do real work for the business — booking, applications and customer portals — connected to the systems behind them.

We're not sure exactly what we need. Where do we start?

With discovery. We map the business, the users and what success looks like, then come back with a scope you can decide on.

Our data is scattered across systems and spreadsheets. Can you help?

That is most of what we do. We pull the numbers into one place, build the pipelines and dashboards on top, and make the result answer questions in seconds rather than a week.

Can you build a mobile app?

Yes — web and mobile are one team here, alongside the backend and cloud the app talks to, so the app is not a separate supplier's problem.

We already use software that isn't working. Can you help?

Yes. Taking over software that has stalled, slowed or is held together with tape is one of the three ways people start with us.

Can we start with one part of the business?

Usually the best way in. We start where the pain is, ship something your team uses, then extend it once it is earning its place.

Who owns what you build?

You do — the code, the data and the infrastructure. We run it for as long as it is useful to you.

Tell us what you're building.

A conversation with our technical team, not a salesperson. Bring an idea, a process that's breaking, or a system that's stuck.

What are you looking for?