Softwarethatrunsrealbusinesses.
We are the engineering team behind ride-hailing, fintech, logistics and gaming platforms used every day across Ethiopia. Web, mobile, bots, ERP and the backends that hold it all together.
- Fixed-scope or dedicated team
- Ethiopian payment rails built in
- We operate what we ship
Prefer to watch? A two-minute look at how we work with clients.
Products and partners we have built for
EMUN
KACHA
MELABOOKS
WATTWAY
EMUNKACHAMELABOOKSWATTWAYWhat we do
Nine disciplines. One accountable team.
From a landing page to a national payments platform, every engagement is staffed by engineers who have shipped it before.
Web Development
Websites and web platforms that load fast, rank well and scale.
- Responsive, mobile-first layouts tested on real devices
- Core Web Vitals in the green: fast first paint and stable layout
Telegram Bots
Put your service where your customers already are.
- 24/7 self-service for orders, bookings and support
- Wallet and payment flows with OTP and transaction history
Mobile App Development
Native-quality apps for Android and iOS, built once, maintained well.
- Flutter or native Kotlin / Swift depending on the product
- Offline-first flows and background services that keep running
Fintech Solutions
Money movement you can audit, reconcile and trust.
- Double-entry ledgers with exactly-once settlement
- Integrations: telebirr, CBE Birr, M-Pesa, EthSwitch, bank cores
ERP System Development
One system for the whole business, shaped to how you actually work.
- Chart of accounts, journals and financial statements
- Inventory, procurement and multi-warehouse stock
IT Consultation
Independent technical advice before you commit budget.
- Technical due diligence and code audits
- Vendor and platform selection with clear trade-offs
System Architecture & Design
Foundations that hold when traffic, teams and features grow.
- Modular monoliths or microservices, chosen deliberately
- Real-time: WebSockets, queues, event-driven workflows
WhatsApp Bots
Verified WhatsApp Business automation for sales and support.
- WhatsApp Business API onboarding and template approval
- Interactive buttons, lists and rich media flows
Database Administration
Your data, always available, always recoverable.
- Performance tuning and query optimisation
- Automated, tested backups with point-in-time recovery
Engagement models
Fixed-scope delivery, dedicated squad, or fractional CTO. Pick what fits the stage you are at.
Why Source Code
Senior engineers who have already solved your problem once
Most agencies learn on your budget. We bring patterns proven on live platforms with real users and real money.
Built for Ethiopian reality
Flaky networks, OTP delays, cash-heavy users, telebirr and CBE Birr, Amharic UI. We design for it from day one instead of patching it in later.
Money-grade engineering
Our fintech and gaming systems move real money. Double-entry ledgers, idempotent payments and audit trails are the default on every project.
Product owners, not order takers
We run our own consumer platforms, so we understand retention, fraud, support load and unit economics, and we bring that to your product.
We operate what we ship
Monitoring, on-call, upgrades and incident response are part of the engagement. You are never left holding code nobody maintains.
Selected work
Platforms people in Ethiopia use every day
Ride-hailing, freight, lending, remittance and gaming: these are production systems we designed, built and still operate.
LiveMobility
Emun Transport
A full ride-hailing platform for Addis Ababa: passenger and driver apps, a real-time dispatch engine, dynamic fares, driver wallets, carpooling, equb savings circles and a complete operations back office.
LiveLogistics
CHENET
A freight platform for Ethiopia: a fleet back office for trucking companies with GPS tracking, trip budgets and settlements, growing into a load board that connects shippers, brokers and drivers.
LiveFintech
Adopay
for DECSI
A digital lending and payments platform for a microfinance institution: loan origination and repayment, customer service, USSD, airtime and integrations with telebirr, M-Pesa and EthSwitch across a microservice architecture.
DeliveredFintech
Kacha
for Kacha Digital Financial Service S.C.
WhatsApp remittance bot and crowdfunding web platform for Ethiopia's first licensed digital financial service provider.
In developmentGaming
AddisMark
A sportsbook and gaming platform: pre-match and live betting, retail cashier panel, virtual games, bingo, Ludo, jackpots, bonuses and promoter programs, backed by payment, settlement and notification services.
In developmentLogistics
Emun Express
Intercity parcel delivery between offices: customers book and track parcels, counter staff manage the lifecycle, and both sender and receiver are notified at every step.
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- Operations
apps, platforms and bots in the field
mobility, fintech, logistics, gaming and more
from strategy to database operations
we monitor and support what we build
How we work
A delivery process that removes surprises
The same five steps on every project, whether it is a two-week bot or a two-year platform.
- 01
Discover
A short, structured discovery: users, workflows, constraints and what success looks like. You get a scoped plan with cost and timeline.
- 02
Design
Flows and screens first, then the system design: data model, integrations, infrastructure. Nothing is built before it is understood.
- 03
Build in sprints
Two-week sprints with a demo at the end of each. You see working software early and steer priorities as you learn.
- 04
Harden & launch
Load tests, security review, store submissions, monitoring and runbooks. Launch day is boring because the work was done before it.
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Operate & grow
We keep running what we built: on-call, upgrades, new features and the data to decide what comes next.
Tooling
A deliberately boring, battle-tested stack
We pick technologies our clients' teams can hire for and operate, and we go deep on each one.
Insights
Notes from building software in Ethiopia
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