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Software for the phone people already own.

We build products for the people most software skips: workers on feature phones, small businesses without IT teams.

See our work

Job matching over USSD, on any phone.

KaziConnect: dial a short code, build a profile in about two minutes, and apply for jobs. Free for workers, always.

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Built with partners, for everyone else.

We take on a few builds each year with organisations working on access, work and livelihoods.

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Built for 7 sectors that most software skips

  • Construction
  • Security
  • Retail
  • Hospitality
  • Manufacturing
  • Domestic work
  • Transport
Minutes to build a worker profile.2min
Get to know us

A Nairobi software studio: building products for the people most software skips.

KaziConnect
1. Ujenzi
2. Ulinzi
3. Rejareja
4. Hoteli
5. Zaidi
0. Rudi
  • PK
  • SK
  • BM

Free for workers, always.

Sectors KaziConnect covers7
People on every decision2
What we do

Our own products, and builds with partners.

Our own products

We find a problem we can see from the street, build the product, and run it. KaziConnect is the first.

  • Found on the street
  • Built and run by us
  • Free for workers

Partner builds

We take on a few builds each year with organisations working on access, work and livelihoods.

  • Access
  • Work
  • Livelihoods

USSD and SMS

Flows in English and Swahili that work on a basic handset with no data, five options per screen at most.

  • Any phone, no data
  • Short menus, plain words
  • Confirmation by SMS

Low-bandwidth web

Portals and the systems behind them: post, shortlist, invite and track from one screen.

  • Employer portal
  • Matching engine
  • SMS notifications
Our work

What we're building, and who with.

Own product · In developmentKaziConnectJob matching over USSD for Kenya's blue-collar workforce.
In researchNext productWe're testing a second idea. It goes here when there's something real to show.
By arrangementPartner buildsA few builds a year with organisations working on access, work and livelihoods.
Own product · In developmentKaziConnectJob matching over USSD for Kenya's blue-collar workforce.
In researchNext productWe're testing a second idea. It goes here when there's something real to show.
By arrangementPartner buildsA few builds a year with organisations working on access, work and livelihoods.
How we work

How we decide what to build, and how we build it.

Six habits, written down so we can be held to them. These are the first three.

  1. Start with the cheapest phone

    If it doesn't work on a basic handset with no data, it isn't done. Smartphone features come after.

  2. Two people on every decision

    Every engineering call, deal and contract has a second person on it. Nothing gets built or signed solo.

  3. Earn trust before we charge

    Our products prove their value first, and the people we serve pay nothing where we can manage it.

Hear from our partners.

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Meet our team

People behind LogicNest.

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    Philip Kairu

    CEO

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    Shadrack Karanja

    Co-founder · CTO and Lead Engineer

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    Brian Munene

    Co-founder · Backend Developer

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    Joan Kamau

    Operations Manager and Company Secretary

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    Jasmine Wakini

    Business Development Lead

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    Tedd Kamami

    Advisor

Field notes

Notes from the field.

What we learn at site gates, markets and stage offices, written down.

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