🦍 Northriding, Johannesburg

DIGITAL
BRAND
AGENCY

We build powerful, beautiful software products for African businesses β€” from invoicing tools to event platforms and community finance apps.

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BUILDING
AFRICA'S
DIGITAL FUTURE

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.

11
Products Built
3
Expert Team
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Proudly SA
∞
Ambition
Striped Ape

ELEVEN PRODUCTS.
ONE VISION.

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.

🧾 Driving School Finance

DRIVEDESK

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.

  • Learner registration & payment profiles
  • Lesson package tracking & top-ups
  • Outstanding balance alerts
  • K53 test fee management
  • Instructor & vehicle assignment
  • Monthly revenue reports
Production Ready
πŸ“Œ Helper Noticeboard

AUSI

A helper noticeboard for local requests, support, and service updates. Built to make community coordination quick, clear, and easy to browse on mobile.

  • Service noticeboard posts
  • Community updates
  • Mobile-friendly browsing
  • Quick support visibility
  • Simple public access
  • Fast-loading experience
Production Ready
πŸ‘Ά Family Finance

TUMU

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.

  • Per-child spend tracking
  • Monthly budgets & limits
  • Receipt and statement uploads
  • Spending visibility for parents
  • Smart insight summaries
  • Mobile-friendly family dashboards
In Development
πŸ—“οΈ Scheduling

DEV-SCHEDULE

A production scheduling workspace for managing development planning, timelines, and updates. It keeps schedules visible and easy to act on across the team.

  • Schedule planning
  • Timeline visibility
  • Team coordination
  • Task tracking
  • Project updates
  • Clean dashboard layout
Production Ready
🎟️ Church Events

UKUQOKELELA

A multitenant event management platform for African churches. Self-registration, event pages, registrations, and admin coordination all live in one clean system.

  • Multitenant church registration
  • Public event pages
  • Event management workflows
  • Registration coordination
  • Node/Express + PostgreSQL backend
  • React 18 frontend
In Development
β›ͺ Church Community

EKKLESIA

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.

  • Church community messaging
  • Attendance and event tools
  • Giving and ministry support
  • Member communication
  • Simple mobile-first experience
  • Designed for local congregations
In Development
🧺 Laundry Logistics

LAUNDRYRUN

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.

  • Online pickup scheduling
  • Route optimisation
  • Real-time status updates
  • Scalable service workflows
  • Customer communication
  • Operations dashboard
Production Ready
🀝 Community Finance

STOKVEL

Bringing informal savings communities into the digital era without losing trust, human connection, or accountability.

  • Group savings tracking
  • Contribution visibility
  • Enterprise-grade security
  • Financial resilience tools
  • Community accountability
  • Mobile-first savings management
In Development
🧾 SME Documents

VORA

A multitenant SME document platform for quotes, invoices, statements, and receipts, built to keep business paperwork tidy and easy to manage.

  • Quotes and invoices
  • Statements and receipts
  • Client management
  • Document history
  • Tenant-aware access
  • Clean document workflow
In Development
πŸ”§ Workshop Management

FIXDESK

A cloud-native repair and workshop management suite for repair shops, technicians, and small service businesses.

  • Tickets, workflows & invoicing
  • POS and cash register support
  • Inventory monitoring
  • Signature capture
  • Team and location controls
  • KPI dashboards
In Development
🚨 Alerting

FRAMEALERT

A Flutter web app for sending and tracking alerts, keeping teams informed with clean, reliable workflows and a simple admin view.

  • Alert notifications
  • Team visibility
  • Firebase-backed workflows
  • Admin-friendly controls
  • Fast web-first experience
  • Built for operational clarity
In Development

JUST WEB
DESIGN.

We also design sharp, conversion-focused websites for brands that want a stronger presence online.

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Brown Suga Cakes

A warm, product-focused site for cakes and celebration treats, built to show off the brand and make ordering feel easy.

  • Food and product showcase
  • Mobile-first layout
  • Brand-forward visuals
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Wendy Creations

A polished creative portfolio style site for a handmade brand, balancing personality with clear calls to action.

  • Portfolio presentation
  • Contact-focused sections
  • Simple, elegant storytelling
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Mirage Wellness

A wellness-facing website designed to feel calm, premium, and trustworthy while still driving bookings and inquiries.

  • Wellness and service branding
  • Trust-building content flow
  • Clean booking-ready layout
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Bliss On Wheels

A mobile service site with a clear, approachable structure that helps customers understand the offer and take action fast.

  • Service lead generation
  • Friendly mobile presentation
  • Clear next-step messaging

MEET THE
CREW

A small but mighty team of three, building eleven powerful products from Northriding, Johannesburg.

Chief Executive Officer
DECLAN MIDZI

Visionary leader driving Striped Ape's strategic direction, business development, and partnerships. Passionate about building African-first technology solutions.

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Chief Technology Officer
MUFAROWASHE MACHEKA

Architect of Striped Ape's technical infrastructure. Leads product engineering, system design, and ensures our software is scalable, secure, and world-class.

Chief Information Officer
ZURI ADEEA-MAZVIMBAKUPA

Oversees data strategy, information systems, and digital transformation. Ensures our products deliver meaningful insights and real value to our users.

BUILT FOR
AFRICA.

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Africa-First Design

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.

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Mobile-First Always

Africa runs on mobile. All our apps are designed mobile-first with lightweight, fast experiences that work on any device and any network condition.

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Secure & Compliant

Built with POPIA compliance and South African business regulations in mind. Your data and your clients' data is always protected.

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Fast Iteration

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.

LET'S BUILD
TOGETHER.

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.

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STRIPED APE DIGITAL BRAND AGENCY
Fancourt Business Park, Northriding, Johannesburg
πŸ“±+27 69 693 5713
πŸ“Fancourt Business Park, Northriding
πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦Proudly South African