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Neocube — Custom Software for African Businesses

The software studio I founded in Harare. This is what I spend most of my working hours on: finding clients, scoping and building the systems they actually need, and keeping the pipeline of work moving.

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Neocube Technologies — custom software studio for African businesses
2023
Founded, based in Harare
4–12 wks
Typical delivery window
3
Industries served: healthcare, logistics, retail
2-wk
Sprint cycle, with live demos

What Neocube does

Neocube builds bespoke software for African businesses that have outgrown spreadsheets and WhatsApp groups but don't need — or can't afford — an off-the-shelf enterprise platform built for a different market. The work ranges from a single-workflow app that replaces one painful spreadsheet, up to multi-user platforms with reporting and integrations into local payment rails.

  • Business OS Starter — a single-workflow web app that replaces a spreadsheet or a manual process, built and shipped fast.
  • Custom system builds — multi-user platforms with reporting, dashboards, and third-party integrations.
  • Software rescue & support — auditing and fixing failed or stalled projects, then keeping them maintained.
  • Industry-specific builds — solutions shaped for particular sectors, including healthcare, logistics, and retail point-of-sale.

Every engagement is built for African operating conditions specifically — offline-tolerant systems that keep working through load shedding, multi-currency support, and WhatsApp-first workflows where that's how the business actually communicates.

Technology

Modern, production-tested tools, chosen for what they let a small studio ship reliably.

Next.js Node.js Express PostgreSQL React Native Flutter Docker Stripe AWS Firebase EcoCash / Paynow / M-Pesa

What I actually do here

Neocube isn't a side project — it's the thing I work on every single day. That means finding clients and understanding what they actually need (which is usually not what they first ask for), scoping and building the systems myself, and constantly looking for the next piece of work to keep the studio moving.

1
Finding and qualifying clients
Most engagements start as a vague problem — "our spreadsheet is a mess," "we keep losing track of orders." Part of the job is turning that into a scoped, fixed-price build before any code gets written.
2
Building the systems
I design and ship the actual product — schema, backend, frontend, integrations with local payment rails — in short sprints with live demos along the way, so a client sees working software early instead of waiting weeks for a reveal.
3
Finding additional work
Between builds, the job is business development — staying visible, following up on leads, and making sure there's always a next project lined up. Running a studio is as much about that as it is about the code.

Have something Neocube could build?

If you're running an African business and a manual process is costing you time, I'd like to hear about it.

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Come for the ideas.
Leave with clarity.

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