Government digital systems
Registries, licensing and e-service portals, MIS platforms and reporting systems for ministries, agencies and regional bureaus.
RegistriesE-servicesMIS
We build modern software for African institutions.
SAYNIS builds custom software and AI systems for governments, NGOs, hospitals, schools and businesses in Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa. You own everything we build.
- Custom software & AI
- Works on slow connections
- You own everything we build
Services
Everything from first idea to running system.
One team handles strategy, design, engineering and deployment — so you are not managing three vendors to get one system live.
Software development
Custom web, backend and internal systems built to your process — not configured from a template.
AI solutions
Practical AI: reading and sorting documents, forecasting, and assistants that work inside the tasks your staff already do.
Web development
Websites, portals and web applications that stay fast on limited connections.
Mobile development
Android and iOS applications, including offline-first field data collection.
Cloud solutions
Setting up and running the servers your system needs — in the cloud, on your own hardware, or the mix your policy allows.
System integration
APIs and integration layers that connect the systems your organisation already runs.
Digital transformation
Process mapping, digitisation and rollout, with the training that makes adoption stick.
UI/UX design
Research, interface design and design systems — clear enough for first-time users.
Technical consulting
Architecture review, vendor assessment and a second opinion before you commit budget.
Solutions
Systems built around the way your organisation actually works.
Every engagement starts with your process, not our template. The result is software your team adopts instead of works around.
Discuss your requirementsNGO management systems
Programme management, beneficiary records, field data collection and donor reporting — designed to work where connectivity does not.
Field dataM&E reportingOffline-first
ERP & business systems
Operations, inventory, finance and HR systems for companies that have outgrown spreadsheets and disconnected tools.
ERPWorkflowFinance
AI automation & agents
Automating document handling, sorting, routine correspondence and internal support — with AI assistants that hand a case to a person when they should.
AI agentsChatbotsAutomation
Data platforms & dashboards
Pipelines that consolidate scattered data, and dashboards leadership can read without a training session.
PipelinesDashboardsAPIs
SaaS product engineering
For founders and institutions launching a product: architecture, build, and the operational setup to run it.
SaaSMulti-tenantCloud
Products
What we are building in-house.
We are an early-stage company and we say so plainly. Each product below carries its real status — nothing is presented as launched before it is.
SAYNIS AI Suite
A workspace that reads institutional documents, automates the routine steps around them, and runs AI assistants — including in Somali, Amharic and Arabic.
Join the early-access list
SAYNIS GovSuite
A modular management information system for public bodies: records, workflow approvals and reporting in one place.
Register interest as a pilot
SAYNIS FieldOps
Offline-capable field data collection with programme reporting for NGOs working in low-connectivity areas.
Request a preview
Want early access, or a pilot in your organisation? We work with a small number of design partners per product.
Apply as a design partner How we work
Fixed-scope discovery first, then delivery in short increments you can see and test. You own the code, the documentation and the accounts throughout.
- 012–3 weeks
Discovery
We map your current process, users and constraints, then define scope in writing.
You receive: scope, architecture outline, fixed proposal - 022–4 weeks
Design
Interface and data design, reviewed with the people who will use the system daily.
You receive: clickable prototype and design system - 036 weeks+
Build
Delivery in two-week increments, each one testable, with progress visible throughout.
You receive: working increments and source access - 04Ongoing
Launch & support
Deployment, training and documentation, then optional support at a level you choose.
You receive: handover pack and training
Why SAYNIS
Local team, modern engineering, no black boxes.
A local team that works where you work
We work in Ethiopia and the Somali Region, in the languages and conditions our clients operate in — including intermittent power and bandwidth.
Senior people on your project
We are deliberately small. The engineers and designers in the discovery call are the ones who build the system.
Modern engineering practice
Version control, code review, automated testing, documented deployment. Standard elsewhere, still rare in the region.
No lock-in, no black boxes
Open standards, your accounts, your code, documentation written for another team to pick up.
How we build
- React, TypeScript, modern CSS — accessible interfaces that perform on low-end devices.
- Node.js, Python, PostgreSQL, REST and GraphQL APIs.
- Custom models where they earn their cost, established providers where they do not. Every AI feature can hand the task to a person.
- Docker, CI/CD, cloud or on-premise deployment with monitoring and backups from day one.
- Code review on every change, automated tests, written documentation, handover as a deliverable.
Questions
The things clients ask first.
Anything not answered here, ask us directly — you will get a straight answer, including when the answer is no.
Discovery takes two to three weeks. A focused system — a dashboard, an internal tool, a website — is usually six to twelve weeks after that. Larger platforms run in phases, with something usable at the end of each phase rather than one delivery at the end.
You do. Source code, documentation, cloud accounts and data remain your property, handed over as part of delivery. We do not lock clients into hosting or licences they cannot leave.
Yes — most of our work involves integrating with software that is already in place rather than replacing it. Where an existing system has no API, we build the integration layer around it.
Both, honestly. We build custom models and agent workflows where they earn their cost, and we integrate established providers where that is the sensible choice. We will tell you which one your problem needs.
Yes. We offer a maintenance and support retainer, and we train your team so you are not dependent on it. Either arrangement is written into the contract, not assumed.
Yes. We supply the documentation, security information and formal quotations procurement processes require, and we can work through a local partner where regulations call for one.
Tell us what you need built.
Send a short description of your organisation and the problem. We reply within two working days with honest scope and next steps.
- Phone
- +251 930 735 543
- Head office
- Jigjiga, Somali Region, Ethiopia
- Hours
- Saturday – Thursday
8:30 AM – 5:30 PM EAT (UTC+3)
Not sure what you need yet? A discovery call is free, and if the work is not a fit for us we will say so.