Software built right, from the first line.
Upeo Afrika designs, builds and runs software for African businesses. We build custom systems, automate the routine work that fills your team's day, create SaaS products, and keep everything running on secure, well-managed hosting.
- 2 weeks
- Between demos of working software
- You steer
- Your feedback decides what we build next
- 1 team
- From the first sketch to support after launch
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Less routine work. More room to grow.
A lot of daily work follows the same steps every time. We set up systems that do those steps for you, accurately and around the clock, and hand over to a person when something needs judgement.
See what we automateAI automation
- Reports delivered on schedule
- Invoices sent when a sale closes
- Payments matched to invoices
- Customer questions answered
- Documents read and filed
We connect the tools you already use
- Payments
- Payment providers and banks, reconciled automatically
- Accounting & tax
- Invoices and records kept in sync with your systems
- Messaging
- Email, SMS and chat, answered at any hour
Four services from one team.
Choose one, or let us combine them. Most projects start with one of these and grow into two or three, from a first system to the automation and hosting around it.
Custom software
Systems shaped around how your business works: customer portals, booking and payment platforms, internal tools, dashboards, and connections between the tools you already use.
More about Custom softwareAI automation
Payments that reconcile themselves, invoices that go out the moment a sale closes, customer questions answered at any hour, and documents read and filed without anyone retyping them.
More about AI automationSaaS products
Ready-to-use software for specific industries, and the experience to help you build and launch a product of your own.
More about SaaS productsCloud hosting
Fast, secure hosting for websites and applications, with backups, monitoring, security and updates taken care of.
More about Cloud hosting
How we buildIn short cycles, with a demo of working software every two weeks, so you can steer as it takes shape.
Built for organisations across Africa
Every sector runs differently. We learn how yours works before we design anything, then build around it.
- Retail & e-commerce
- Healthcare & clinics
- Schools & training
- Finance & SACCOs
- Churches & faith groups
- NGOs & non-profits
- Logistics & transport
- Hotels & hospitality
- Farming & agribusiness
- Property & real estate
- Manufacturing
- Professional services
- Government & public bodies
- Startups & founders
- Small & growing businesses
- Retail & e-commerce
- Healthcare & clinics
- Schools & training
- Finance & SACCOs
- Churches & faith groups
- NGOs & non-profits
- Logistics & transport
- Hotels & hospitality
- Farming & agribusiness
- Property & real estate
- Manufacturing
- Professional services
- Government & public bodies
- Startups & founders
- Small & growing businesses
Don't see yours? If your organisation has work that could run better, we'd like to hear about it.
Built for the way business runs here
Software made for somewhere else often stumbles on the details. We build for the phones, networks and habits your customers actually have.
- Phones firstMost of your customers and staff will use what we build on a phone. We design for small screens from the first sketch, not as an afterthought.
- Patchy connectionsPages stay light and quick, and forms don't lose what someone typed when the signal drops halfway through.
- The payments people useMobile money, cards and bank transfers, connected so each payment is confirmed and recorded the moment it lands.
- Data handled with carePersonal details are kept secure, access is limited to the people who need it, and records are handled the way data protection law expects.
How a project runs
We work in an agile way. Here's what that means, and the six stages every system goes through, from the first idea to the day it's replaced.
In plain words
What does “agile” mean?
Agile is a way of building software a little at a time. Instead of disappearing for months and showing you everything at the end, we build a small piece, show it to you working, and use what you think of it to decide what to build next. Then we do it again.
It's a bit like cooking for guests: you taste as you go and adjust, rather than finding out at the table that it needed more salt.
All at once
- Everything is decided up front
- You see the result months later
- Problems show up at the end, when they cost the most
The agile way
- Decisions are made as you learn
- You see working software every two weeks
- Problems show up early, while they're cheap to fix
Step 1 of 6
Concept
Is this worth building?
We talk through what you want to achieve, what matters most and what it's worth to your business. Together we decide whether to go ahead, and what to tackle first.
- A free first conversation
- The problem, in your words
- What success looks like, and what comes first
Why work with us
Agile from start to finish
We plan in short cycles and go over priorities with you at each one, so the work can change when your needs do.
You see progress every two weeks
Not slides or status reports. Working software you can click through, try with your team and comment on.
You talk to the people building it
No chain of account managers. Questions go straight to the developers doing the work.
We stay after launch
The people who built your system are the ones who host it, support it and improve it.
Not sure which service you need? Tell us what you're trying to do and we'll suggest where to start.
Straight answers before you ask
How we work
Most askedHow do you run a project?
In short, agile cycles. We agree the goals with you, build a small piece, show it to you working, and use what you think of it to plan the next piece. You're never more than two weeks away from seeing real progress.
Getting started
What do you need from us to begin?
A conversation about what you're trying to fix, and time with the people who will use the system. We'll take it from there.
Existing systems
Can you work on a system someone else built?
Yes. We review the code and the hosting, then tell you plainly what to keep, what to fix and what to replace.
Support
What happens after launch?
We can host the system, keep an eye on it, fix issues and keep improving it in the same short cycles.
Have something in mind?
Tell us what you need. We'll come back with questions, then a plan for the first steps.