We build powerful, beautiful software products for African businesses β from invoicing tools to event platforms and community finance apps.
Who We Are
Striped Ape is a digital brand agency born in South Africa, building software products that solve real problems for real people β SMEs, churches, stokvels, families, and workshops alike.
Our Products
Purpose-built software for the African market. Practical, powerful, and designed for the people who need it most. Live production links are shown where available.
A dedicated payment tracking system built for driving schools. Manage learner payments, lesson packages, outstanding balances, and K53 test fees β all in one place.
A helper noticeboard for local requests, support, and service updates. Built to make community coordination quick, clear, and easy to browse on mobile.
A straightforward family finance hub for children's spending. Parents can track every expense, define monthly budgets, upload statements and receipts, and keep the whole household aligned.
A production scheduling workspace for managing development planning, timelines, and updates. It keeps schedules visible and easy to act on across the team.
A multitenant event management platform for African churches. Self-registration, event pages, registrations, and admin coordination all live in one clean system.
The all-in-one church management app for South African congregations. It replaces the WhatsApp group, the paper register, the spreadsheet, and the separate giving platform.
Modern service logistics for growing laundry businesses. From pickup scheduling to route optimisation and real-time status updates, it is built for scalable premium operations.
Bringing informal savings communities into the digital era without losing trust, human connection, or accountability.
A multitenant SME document platform for quotes, invoices, statements, and receipts, built to keep business paperwork tidy and easy to manage.
A cloud-native repair and workshop management suite for repair shops, technicians, and small service businesses.
A Flutter web app for sending and tracking alerts, keeping teams informed with clean, reliable workflows and a simple admin view.
Web Design
We also design sharp, conversion-focused websites for brands that want a stronger presence online.
A warm, product-focused site for cakes and celebration treats, built to show off the brand and make ordering feel easy.
A polished creative portfolio style site for a handmade brand, balancing personality with clear calls to action.
A wellness-facing website designed to feel calm, premium, and trustworthy while still driving bookings and inquiries.
A mobile service site with a clear, approachable structure that helps customers understand the offer and take action fast.
The People
A small but mighty team of three, building eleven powerful products from Northriding, Johannesburg.
Visionary leader driving Striped Ape's strategic direction, business development, and partnerships. Passionate about building African-first technology solutions.
Architect of Striped Ape's technical infrastructure. Leads product engineering, system design, and ensures our software is scalable, secure, and world-class.
Oversees data strategy, information systems, and digital transformation. Ensures our products deliver meaningful insights and real value to our users.
Why Choose Us
Every product we build is designed with the African context in mind β local payment methods, relevant use cases, and real community needs. Not a copy-paste of Silicon Valley.
Africa runs on mobile. All our apps are designed mobile-first with lightweight, fast experiences that work on any device and any network condition.
Built with POPIA compliance and South African business regulations in mind. Your data and your clients' data is always protected.
We ship fast and improve constantly based on real user feedback. As a lean team we move quickly, adapt to your needs, and never stop building.
Get In Touch
Have a project in mind? Want to use one of our apps? Partner with us? We'd love to hear from you. Drop us a message on WhatsApp.