01 — Kampala, Uganda

We build the systems institutions run on.

Payments, identity and access for schools, lenders and universities — designed around the institution, then run by us.

Working with institutions and operators across Uganda
MTN Uganda
Nkumba University
HCH Financial Services
E-Bus Xpress
Pegasus Technologies
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Every business runs on a process. Most run on a process nobody wrote down. We build the software that makes it explicit, repeatable and countable.

01
Explicit

The rule stops living in one person's head and starts living in the system — where it can be read, argued with and changed.

02
Repeatable

The same input produces the same outcome on a Tuesday in March as it does at year end, whoever is on duty.

03
Countable

Every step leaves a number behind, so the question “what actually happened?” has one answer instead of three.

Three products, all in production.

Nothing here is a prototype. Each one is carrying real transactions for a real institution today.

A wristband and a booth on campus. Parents send pocket money from their phone; students tap to check in at the gate, buy lunch at the canteen and call home. Schools watch it happen live, and parents see exactly what the money went to.

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  • Gate check-in and check-out
  • Cashless canteen
  • Pocket money wallet
  • Calls home from campus
  • School bus passes
  • Parent statements

Where it’s running.

What each institution stopped doing, and what it does instead.

130 schoolsHelloBooth · MTN Uganda258 booths approved
Before

Cash carried to school, spent unaccounted, and a queue at the payphone.

Now

Parents send money from their phone; students tap for lunch and call home.

Nkumba UniversityARIA · finance officeLive
Before

Bank statements reconciled against student ledgers by hand, months later.

Now

Feeds matched automatically; unmatched receipts surface the same day.

HCH Financial ServicesFinstra · lendingLive
Before

Loan files across spreadsheets, with payout and bureau reporting done beside the system.

Now

Application through recovery in one place, with mobile money payout built in.

How we build.

We are a small engineering team, so we build on things that keep working when nobody is watching them.

PostgreSQLSystem of record for every product
NestJS & SvelteKitApplication and interface layer
MIFARE DESFire EV3Encrypted NFC wristbands and cards
Mobile moneyMTN MoMo and Airtel Money via Pegasus
SIP telephonyOn-campus voice booths
Self-hostedInfrastructure we operate and monitor

Tell us what your institution is trying to fix.

Email

info@sparklabstech.net

Office

Level 2, Lloyd Mall
Entebbe Road, Kampala

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