Software development · South Africa

Software development company in South Africa

Mobile-first, low-bandwidth products with mobile money built in, from a senior team on overlapping hours.

Clarigo Infotech is a custom software development company with 10+ years of delivery and 600+ projects. We build web platforms, SaaS products, enterprise and internal systems, integrations and APIs, and we modernise ageing software. One in-house team designs, builds and supports your product, and you keep full ownership of the code.

South African companies most often hire us for fintech, healthcare software and AI automation.

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10+

Years of delivery

600+

Projects delivered

20+

Countries served

25-30

Days to a live MVP

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What matters to South Africa teams

Mobile-first and built for real conditions

African businesses need products that work on any phone and any connection, with mobile money and local payments built in.

01

Works on any connection

Lightweight apps and sites that stay fast on slow networks and older phones.

02

Mobile money and local payments

M-Pesa, Flutterwave, Paystack and card payments integrated.

03

Overlapping hours

Two and a half to four and a half hours from India, so most of the day overlaps.

04

Cost-effective delivery

Senior engineers at offshore rates with full code ownership.

What we do

Software we build

Custom business software

Internal tools, portals and dashboards built around how your team actually works.

SaaS platforms

Multi-tenant products with subscriptions, roles, billing and analytics, ready to scale.

Enterprise systems

ERP, CRM and operations software, including healthcare and manufacturing platforms.

Integrations and APIs

Connect your systems, partners and data with secure, well-documented APIs.

Modernisation

Move legacy software to modern, maintainable code and cloud hosting without stopping the business.

AI-enabled software

Automation, assistants and smart search built into the software from the start.

In depth

How we approach Software development

Clear scope and price

After a free discovery call you get a written scope, timeline and fixed quote, so you know the cost before work starts.

Working software every week

We demo progress every week and give you access to the code from day one, so there are no surprises at the end.

Built to last

Clean architecture, automated tests, documentation and CI/CD pipelines mean your software stays easy to change long after launch.

Support after launch

The same engineers who built it stay on for support, monitoring and new features, with guaranteed response times.

Working with us from South Africa

How we work with South Africa clients

Time-zone overlap

South Africa is three and a half hours behind India, so our working days overlap for most of your morning and early afternoon.

The Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA)

We design to POPIA's conditions for lawful processing: purpose limits, security safeguards and data-subject access, with data hosted in South African cloud regions when required. We sign NDAs before work starts.

Billing

Invoices in South African rand (ZAR) or US dollars. Typical senior rates are $25 to $49 (USD) per hour, or a fixed price for a defined scope.

Sectors · South Africa

Built for South Africa's key sectors

South African companies use us for fintech, healthcare software and AI automation, designed to POPIA, with a strong daily overlap in working hours.

Mining

Mines invest in safety, monitoring and automation systems. Custom software that fits how these teams already work.

Financial services

Banks and insurers lead in mobile and digital channels. From internal tools to customer platforms, built and supported by one team.

Retail

National chains expand e-commerce and loyalty programmes. We build the platforms, integrations and internal tools this sector relies on.

Tourism and wine

Operators and estates sell to international visitors online. Custom software that fits how these teams already work.

South African time · Johannesburg

How the hours line up

Our team's hours, in South African time

06:30–16:00

Monday to Friday

Overlap with your working day

09:00–16:00

About 7 hours every day

Daily stand-up

09:30

South African time, plus written updates every evening

Local setup

Built for how South Africa works

Local payments

PayFastYocoOzow (Instant EFT)SnapScanPeach Payments

Languages

EnglishAfrikaansisiZulu

Data hosting

AWS Africa (Cape Town), Google Cloud africa-south1 (Johannesburg) and Azure South Africa North, in your own cloud account, so data stays where your rules require.

Process

How it works

Week 1: discovery and design

A free call to understand your goal, then a written scope, a fixed quote and a clickable design you can test.

Weeks 2-3: build and integrate

Senior engineers build in short sprints, connect your systems and demo working software every week.

Week 4: test and launch

We test with real data, set up monitoring and deploy to your own cloud account, then go live.

After launch: support and grow

The same team stays on for support, improvements and new features, with guaranteed response times.

FAQ

Software development company: questions from South Africa

Do you work with companies in South Africa?+

Yes. Clarigo Infotech works with companies across South Africa, including Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, as part of clients in 20+ countries. South African companies most often hire us for fintech, healthcare software and AI automation. We work remotely from India with one in-house team.

What time-zone overlap do we get from South Africa?+

South Africa is three and a half hours behind India, so our working days overlap for most of your morning and early afternoon.

How do you handle the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA)?+

We design to POPIA's conditions for lawful processing: purpose limits, security safeguards and data-subject access, with data hosted in South African cloud regions when required. We sign NDAs before work starts.

Which currency do you bill in, and what does it cost?+

We bill in South African rand (ZAR) or US dollars. Senior engineers typically cost $25 to $49 (USD) per hour, and fixed-scope projects such as an MVP in 25 to 30 days are quoted after a free consultation.

What time are your meetings in South African time?+

Our team works 06:30–16:00 South African time, so we overlap with your day from 09:00–16:00. Daily stand-ups are usually at 09:30 your time.

Can you build in English and Afrikaans and isiZulu?+

Yes. We build interfaces and content in English and Afrikaans and isiZulu, and test them with native speakers before launch.

Where will our data be hosted?+

Usually in AWS Africa (Cape Town), Google Cloud africa-south1 (Johannesburg) and Azure South Africa North, or wherever your data rules require. Everything runs in your own cloud account, so you stay in control.

Who owns the code?+

You do. You get full source-code ownership, and everything is deployed on your own cloud account.

Do you sign an NDA?+

Yes. We sign an NDA, and a data processing agreement where needed, before any work starts.