Fanisi

Software for the way East Africa works.

We build and run our own products, Tenga and Knotly among them, and we build platforms for brands like MR UK and Skywood.

tenga.tz
The tenga.tz home page: "Laundry day is the new rest day."

Our product

Tenga

Laundry pickup and delivery from verified laundries, on iOS, Android and the web.

knotlyafrica.com
The Knotly home page: "Plan less. Enjoy more."

Our product

Knotly

Guest list, contributions and photos for East African weddings.

mruk.co.tz
The mruk.co.tz home page showing a deep water pump

Built for MR UK Corporation

MR UK

An online store for generators, appliances, TV and farm equipment.

skywood.co.tz
The skywood.co.tz home page: "Beyond Limits"

Built for Skywood

Skywood

A storefront and support hub for a home appliance brand.

Our products.

We build them, run them and look after their customers every day.

E-Chapa

Appliance trade, in one place.

Brands, distributors and retailers share one catalogue, then quote and order through it.

  • One shared catalogue
  • Dealer ordering
  • Quotation to invoice

Client work.

Online stores we designed and built for appliance brands.

MR UK CorporationMR UK Corporation

An online store for an electronics and appliance brand

  • Product catalogue and categories
  • Cart, checkout and customer accounts
  • Order tracking
  • Service centre locator
  • Find a retailer
SkywoodSkywood

A storefront and support hub for a home appliance brand

  • Product catalogue
  • Cart and order tracking
  • Warranty registration
  • Manual downloads
  • WhatsApp support

Problems we solve.

Where our software already runs, and the industries we’re building for next.

Already live

Retail and e-commerce

Online stores for appliance and electronics brands.

MR UK, Skywood

Home services

Booking laundry pickup, and running a laundry business.

Tenga

Events and celebrations

Guest lists, contributions and photos for weddings.

Knotly

Trade and distribution

Catalogues, dealer orders and quotations for brands.

E-Chapa

Building next

Agriculture

Tools that help farmers and agro-dealers buy, sell and plan. We already sell farm equipment online for MR UK.

Finance

Payments, savings and credit tools for people and small businesses, built around mobile money.

IoT and energy

Connected devices and smart meters, with dashboards and apps that turn their readings into decisions.

Working in one of these? Let’s talk.

What we do.

One team for design, engineering and launch, which then stays on to run what it built.

Software development

Custom systems for the way your business works: dashboards, back offices and the APIs that connect them.

Web and mobile apps

Apps for iOS, Android and the web, published to the App Store and Google Play and kept up to date.

E-commerce for brands

Online stores with catalogues, order tracking, retailer locators, warranty and after-sales support.

Payments and messaging

Mobile money, cards, SMS and WhatsApp connected to your system, so customers pay and hear from you where they already are.

How a project runs.

  1. 1

    Discover

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

  2. 2

    Design

    You see and click through the screens before we build them.

  3. 3

    Build

    We ship in short rounds, and you test each one.

  4. 4

    Launch

    We handle hosting, domains and the app store listings.

  5. 5

    Support

    We stay on to fix, improve and grow what we built.

What we build with.

The tools behind the products and stores that are live today.

Web

  • Next.jsMR UK, Skywood, Knotly, Tenga dashboard
  • ReactEvery web product we run
  • Astrotenga.tz
  • Tailwind CSSKnotly, fanisitechnologies.com

Backend

  • Python and DjangoKnotly
  • PostgreSQLKnotly
  • Redis and CeleryBackground jobs and reminders

Mobile

  • iOSTenga on the App Store
  • AndroidTenga on Google Play
  • Installable web appsKnotly, on any phone

Infrastructure

  • VercelMR UK, Skywood, Tenga
  • CloudflareKnotly
  • DockerKnotly

What our clients say.

A product company that also builds for clients.

Fanisi is Swahili for success and prosperity. We started in Dar es Salaam in 2023 believing the best way to build software for East African businesses is to run some of our own.

Running Tenga, Knotly and E-Chapa teaches us what works here: slow connections, Swahili and English, and customers who would rather send a WhatsApp than fill in a form. Our clients get software built on that experience.

Founded in Dar es Salaam
2023Founded in Dar es Salaam
Products and platforms built
6Products and platforms built
Products we own and run
4Products we own and run
App stores carrying Tenga
2App stores carrying Tenga

From the team.

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The people behind Fanisi.

Engineers and designers in Dar es Salaam who build and run everything on this page.

Have a project in mind?

Tell us what you’re building or what’s slowing your business down. We reply within one working day.