Custom software built from first principles — designed for African infrastructure, users, and business realities. Not adapted from somewhere else. Built here, for here.
What We Build
From customer-facing mobile apps to complex back-end systems and third-party integrations — we work across the full stack, end to end.
Full-stack web apps — customer portals, admin dashboards, booking systems, marketplaces, SaaS platforms, and more.
Native iOS & Android or cross-platform React Native apps optimised for low-bandwidth, diverse devices, and USSD fallbacks.
M-Pesa, Airtel Money, banking APIs, SMS gateways, government databases — we connect your systems to everything they need.
Multi-tenant SaaS platforms with subscription management, onboarding flows, and the scale to serve thousands of customers.
Custom dashboards, workflow automation, and operational tools that replace clunky spreadsheets and disconnected systems.
Automated pipelines, reporting engines, background job processing, and data transformation — keeping your systems running themselves.
Transform aging systems into modern, maintainable software without losing business continuity or disrupting your operations.
Penetration testing, security audits, GDPR/data protection compliance, and hardening for financial and healthcare applications.
Our Technology
We choose technology based on what's right for your project — not what's trending. Every stack decision is made with African deployment realities in mind.
Our Principles
Works on 3G — we build for real African connectivity, not just city fibre.
Offline-capable by default — because power and internet aren't always reliable.
Cost-efficient hosting — we deploy smart, so your monthly cloud bill doesn't kill margins.
Handover-ready — you own the code, the docs, and the knowledge. Always.
How We Work
No black boxes. You know what we're building at every stage, you review it, and you own every line of it.
Two to five days of structured conversations, workflow mapping, and research. We understand your business deeply before a single line of code is written.
Database schema, system architecture diagrams, API contracts, and interactive UI mockups — all reviewed and approved by you before development starts.
Agile, two-week development cycles. You see working software at the end of every sprint, not at the end of six months. Feedback is built in, not bolted on.
Automated test suites, manual edge-case testing, performance testing under African network conditions, and UAT with your own team before a single user sees it.
Staged rollout, monitoring in place, documentation complete. We're on call for the first 30 days post-launch so nothing catches you off guard.
Ongoing maintenance, feature development, security updates, and a team that knows your codebase intimately because they wrote it.
Engagement Models
Not every project is the same. We offer three ways to engage, so you get the right team, the right commitment, and the right price.
You know what you want. We scope it, price it, build it, and deliver on a fixed timeline and budget. Ideal for well-defined products and MVPs.
A senior developer (or full team) embedded into your organisation — fully focused on your product, your priorities, your roadmap. Like hiring in-house, without the overhead.
For startups and founders who need more than just execution — they need a team that thinks like a co-founder. Strategy, architecture, dev, and advice in one relationship.
Why Ongadi
Patchy connectivity, mobile-money payments, feature phones, local compliance — we design for these realities from day one, not as an afterthought.
The people you meet in the pitch are the people who build your software. No bait-and-switch with offshore juniors once the contract is signed.
Full IP transfer, full source code access from day one, and comprehensive documentation. You're never held hostage by your own software.
We've solved the problems of mobile money integration, offline-first data sync, multi-language UIs, and lean infrastructure — so you don't start from zero.
From a recent client
"We had a previous agency that built something that couldn't handle more than 50 concurrent users — and it crashed our launch. Ongadi rebuilt the entire platform in 10 weeks. It handled 4,000 users on day one without a single issue."
Chisom Femi
CTO · Lagos-based Fintech StartupQuestions
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