MVP development for East African startups that real users can pay on day one
Skip the 12-month build. We ship your core features, wire in live Mobile Money and M-Pesa, and put a working product in front of real users in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda so you can learn what to build next.
Custom quote Fixed scope, fixed price. 50/25/25 payment plan. No hourly surprises, no "contact us" runaround.
What a real MVP includes, not a demo
An MVP is not a slideshow and not a half-finished app you can never launch. It is the smallest real product that lets a paying user complete the one job your startup exists to do. Here is what we build and why.
One core flow, done properly
We pick the single action that proves your idea (book, order, pay, list, match) and build that flow end to end. Everything else waits for version two.
Real Mobile Money, not a mockup
Live MTN and Airtel in Uganda and Rwanda, M-Pesa in Kenya, Tigo Pesa and Airtel in Tanzania. Real payments in and out, so your MVP can actually take money from day one.
Built for a mid-range Android on slow data
Fast first load, small pages, works on 3G and a UGX 400,000 phone. Most of your users are not on an iPhone with fibre, and we build for the phone they actually hold.
Instrumented to learn from real users
We add basic analytics and event tracking so you can see where users drop off, what they use, and what to build next instead of guessing.
An admin view you can run the business from
A simple dashboard to see orders, users and payments and to change things yourself, so you are not calling a developer every time you need a number.
Clean code you can hand to any team
Standard stack, documented and handed over with the repo. If you raise and hire engineers, they can pick it up. No lock-in to us.
How the build runs, start to launch
One fixed scope, one quote, milestones you can see. You always know what is being built, what it costs and when it ships.
- Scope workshop first. We agree the one core flow and write the feature list down. That document is the quote, and the quote does not move unless you change the scope.
- Fixed price, milestone plan. You get a written schedule with what ships at each stage, not an open hourly meter.
- 50/25/25 payments. 50% to start, 25% at the mid build review, 25% at completion. You pay as you see it working.
- A review you actually click. At the 25% review milestone you use a working build on your own phone, not a screenshot in a deck.
- You own everything. Code, accounts, data and design are yours at handover. We hand over the repo and walk your team through it.
Proof we build products that take real money
We do not just talk about SaaS and payments, we run them. These are our own live builds, cited as evidence of what we can build for you.
MVP questions founders actually ask
It is a custom quote because scope varies, but you get one fixed price before we start, not an hourly meter. We write down the exact features first, then quote that. Business websites start at UGX 1,000,000 (about KES 35,000, TZS 700,000, RWF 400,000 or $1,500); an MVP with real payments and an admin sits above that and we scope it with you on WhatsApp.
Most MVPs go from agreed scope to a live product real users can pay on in about 6 to 10 weeks, depending on how many flows and payment integrations are involved. We keep it lean on purpose so you launch and learn fast instead of polishing for a year.
Every project runs on 50/25/25: 50% to start the build, 25% at the mid build review when you test a working version, and 25% at completion and handover. You are paying against something you can see and click, not a promise.
Yes, fully. At handover the code, hosting accounts, payment accounts, data and design are all in your name. We give you the repo and walk your team through it, so if you raise money and hire engineers there is no lock-in to us.
Yes, that is the point. We wire in live MTN MoMo and Airtel Money in Uganda and Rwanda, M-Pesa in Kenya, and Tigo Pesa, Airtel and M-Pesa in Tanzania, so your first users pay with the wallet already on their phone, not a card they do not have.
Tell us the one thing
your users must be able to do
Message us on WhatsApp with your idea and the single action that matters most. We will tell you what the lean MVP looks like, what it costs and how fast it can be live.
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