About us

We craft solutions built for Kenyan businesses.

From retail shops and clinics to fintechs and NGOs — we bring modern technology to every niche.

Our story

Built in Nairobi. For Nairobi.

OwlDid started where most great things in Nairobi start — frustration with a broken system. A friend's clothing business was losing orders in the DMs. Another's clinic was paying KES 80,000/month for a payroll spreadsheet that didn't work.

We knew the local web "agencies" were either selling KES 5,000 Wix sites, or charging KES 500,000 for templates that wouldn't load on Safaricom 3G. The middle didn't exist.

So we built it. A studio that ships fast, charges fairly, and treats Kenyan businesses like the serious operators they are. Every line of code is written for the conditions our clients actually run in — patchy connectivity, M-Pesa-first payments, Swahili-speaking customers, KES margins.

Today, OwlDid has shipped 150+ projects across retail, hospitality, fintech, healthcare, and NGOs. We've built websites that load on 2G, systems that replaced spreadsheets, and AI tools that take WhatsApp questions off your team's plate.

Our team

Our team,
your vision.

A small, senior Nairobi crew of developers, designers and strategists. No middlemen, no offshore handoffs — you talk to the people building your project.

Sir Oliver Moon
Founder · CEO
James Mahinda
Co-founder
James Kinzu
Co-founder
Allan
Co-founder
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Our values

Four things we never compromise on.

01

Kenya-First

M-Pesa, Daraja, Swahili, low-bandwidth performance — all standard, never extras.

02

Transparent

Fixed quotes. Written scope. No hourly billing surprises. No invoices you didn't expect.

03

On-Time

Real delivery windows agreed upfront. We have never triggered our missed-delivery clause.

04

Results-Driven

We don't close the file until you can point to a business result. Numbers, not noise.

What makes us different

We're not your generic web freelancer.

Five concrete differences from the typical "I can build you a website" pitch.

01

We build for behaviour, not aesthetics

Every page is designed for a user action — book, buy, call, sign up. Pretty is a side-effect of doing this well.

02

M-Pesa is not an "add-on"

We've shipped Daraja integrations to POS systems, e-commerce stores, subscription platforms, and school fee portals. It's a core skill.

03

We answer within 2 hours

Mon–Fri, business hours. Real humans on WhatsApp. No "we'll get back to you in 5 working days."

04

You own everything we build

Code, hosting credentials, design files. No vendor lock-in. If we ever stopped tomorrow, you'd still have a working business.

05

We turn down bad-fit work

We say no to projects we don't think we can succeed at. That's why 98% of clients say they'd recommend us — we filter for the right ones.

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150+
Projects Delivered
98%
Client Satisfaction
60%
From Referrals
40+
Active Monthly Partners

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