From a first step to software that runs every day.

Thuba means to begin. We run utility apps that businesses and households subscribe to, and we build custom apps for companies, deployed on Google Cloud, AWS or Azure.

Two ways to work with us

Subscribe to an app we already run, or have us build one around the way your business works.

Utility apps on a monthly plan

We build and run focused apps for everyday jobs. You sign up, pay a monthly subscription and use them on the web and on your phone. We handle hosting, updates and support.

  • Start with a free trial, no setup project
  • Cancel or change plan whenever you need to
  • New features arrive without you lifting a finger

Custom apps built for you

When off-the-shelf software doesn't fit, we design, build and deploy an app for your business: web portals, mobile apps, APIs and the systems behind them.

  • Deployed on Google Cloud, AWS or Azure
  • Built around your rules, your data and your users
  • We can keep running it for you after launch

How a custom build goes

Short steps, working software early, and no surprises at the end.

  1. Talk it through

    We learn how your business works today and what the app has to change.

  2. Scope and price

    You get a written scope, a plan and a fixed price for the first release.

  3. Build and demo

    We build in short cycles and show you working software every two weeks.

  4. Launch and run

    We deploy to your cloud, train your team and keep the app healthy.

Deployed on the cloud you choose

Already on a cloud provider? We deploy there. Starting fresh? We'll recommend one and set it up properly from day one.

  • Google CloudCloud Run, Cloud SQL, Firebase
  • Amazon Web ServicesECS, Lambda, RDS
  • Microsoft AzureApp Service, Container Apps, Azure SQL

Selected work

The apps we run ourselves and the systems we've built for other businesses, from the first conversation to the cloud they run on.

Our own apps

Built, hosted and supported by us, sold on monthly plans.

Request My Service

Bookings and business tools for salons

Online booking with a multi-staff calendar, reminders and campaigns, deposits to cut no-shows, and revenue reports for the owner.

Google Cloud, Kotlin and Spring Boot, Next.js, mobile apps

requestmyservice.com

GPSA

Practice management for general practitioners, launching soon

Patient records, appointments, consultations, vitals and billing in one system, with WhatsApp appointment reminders and screens for each role in the practice.

AWS Cape Town, Kotlin and Spring Boot, PostgreSQL

FuneralEase

Funeral policies and claims for families, launching soon

Keeps a family's funeral policies in one secure vault and walks them through a claim, with portals for burial societies and funeral parlours.

.NET, PostgreSQL, Next.js, Android

WatchWise Africa

Movie and TV discovery for South Africa, in development

Shows what is actually available on Netflix, DStv Stream, Prime Video and Disney+ in South Africa, and tells you when a title on your watchlist arrives.

Google Cloud Johannesburg, Kotlin, Android and iOS

Thuba billing platform

Subscriptions for all our apps

One service handles trials, monthly plans and Paystack payments for every app we run, so each new app launches with billing already in place.

Google Cloud, Kotlin, PostgreSQL, Paystack

Built for other businesses

Designed and built with the people who run them.

Mondmorrea Scent

Luxury fragrance retail

An online store with its own back office and shopping apps on Google Play and Huawei AppGallery, with the App Store next. Its books run on Ledgr.

Kotlin and Spring Boot, Next.js, PostgreSQL, Android, iOS

Get it on Google Play

Ledgr

Accounting for small businesses

Each business keeps its own books: journals, trial balance, balance sheet, cash flow, VAT reports, bank reconciliation, fixed assets, budgets and year-end close, with currencies revalued as rates move.

Google Cloud, Kotlin and Spring Boot, Next.js, PostgreSQL

ledgr.solutions

ETIS

School management for secondary schools in the DRC

One platform each school runs under its own name: classes, attendance, two-semester report cards, fees in dollars and francs, and messages to parents, in French and English.

AWS, .NET, PostgreSQL, React

See it live

Mzansi Fashion

Fashion e-commerce in South Africa

A storefront and admin dashboard backed by separate services for catalogue, cart, orders and payments, with monitoring on every service.

Linode, Django, FastAPI, RabbitMQ, Keycloak

DKJ

Hair and beauty salon and academy, Johannesburg and Pretoria

The brand and logo, the website with online booking, the business admin the owner runs day to day, and the academy's course certificates.

Astro, React, Node.js, SQLite

dkjsalon.co.za

Hairitage Studio

Natural hair salon, Johannesburg

A website clients book from, with the price list, a gallery of the salon's work, a blog and a contact form, all updated by the team from their own admin.

Google Cloud, Django, PostgreSQL

Have something you want built?

Send us a few lines about the problem, who will use the app and when you need it. We'll reply with next steps.

info@thubadigital.co.za