Our story

Why we exist

Our purpose is to help small businesses in Africa become discoverable, trusted and to get them paid more easily. We aim to champion, empower and guide these businesses with better ways of getting and staying online with smart effective digital tools.

We believe that businesses who showcase specific services and connect to customers quickly on mobile will be more successful.

Look professional, gain trust, generate leads and get paid. It's that simple.

Who we are

We’re a team of software professionals that are passionate about building solutions that can help businesses to thrive. Our team has decades of experience working with businesses of all sizes. Talking to them, guiding them, and helping them to make informed decisions based on their goals.

The problem we found

Just before COVID, our parent company AUX STUDIO worked on a couple of projects that opened our eyes to the type of solutions that many small and micro businesses were being offered. The challenge is not uniquely South African, it is regional. We found that many solutions were over-priced, confusing and complicated. Old technology is widely prevalent. Large Saas companies and corporates dominate, with costs that are high or based in $USD – the solutions are not particularly focused on African needs either.

For small businesses, it's a difficult landscape to navigate. Solutions require a large financial or time investment. Solutions take weeks or sometimes months to complete. Not only that, but many solutions have painful surprise costs (looking at you WordPress) and then they are also slow and difficult to use on mobile, unless you employ an expert to further optimise them.

The truth is that many solutions are way too complex and have an out-dated approach or technology. It doesn't need to be this way.

A simpler solution

Lightning fast, mobile-friendly websites that showcase your business, and that your customers will love. Get online and stay online.

This is what our Savvy solutions provides:

• Simple, smart, and hassle-free

• Zero maintenance

• Lower cost

• Don't need a domain, to get started

• Ranks in search engines

• Get found, rather than lost on social media

• Leverage free digital products to connect to your customers

• Democratise (African) payment solutions