We build the products we wish existed.
An independent lab based in Dodoma, Tanzania. We design, build and run our own software — no customer roster, no billable hours, no consultancy. Just products we believe in enough to stay with.
No briefs, no billable hours.
We choose what we build. Nobody hands us a scope document, and nobody signs off before we ship.
We are the customer.
Every product exists because we believe it should — not because someone paid us to make it.
Built to last, not to launch.
We stay on as the people who run it, long after a contractor would have moved to the next job.
Products we’ve designed, built and still run ourselves
Company-owned — no outside customers, no contracts
Independent lab, based in Dodoma, Tanzania
Software we design, ship and operate ourselves.
Yakwetu
A local marketplace platform connecting communities and businesses across East Africa.
Abvents
An events booking and management platform for organizers and attendees, from listing to check-in.
Mkulima Rafiki
Swahili for “Farmer’s Friend” — giving smallholder farmers market access and farming resources.
A small team, working on its own terms.
Notice
We start from a problem we run into ourselves, not a request that lands in an inbox.
Build
A small team, fast iteration, and real users from day one — not a committee-reviewed roadmap.
Run
We operate what we ship — uptime, support and updates are ours to own, indefinitely.
Reinvest
What one product earns and teaches feeds the next one — the lab compounds on itself.
Building something adjacent — or want to back it?
Get in touchEverything here is ours.
Designed, built and run by Delap Labs — not delivered to a customer and handed off. Alongside our own portfolio, a handful of platforms we still operate day to day.
Yakwetu
A local marketplace platform connecting communities and businesses across East Africa — ours from the first line of code.
Visit yakwetu.com ↗Abvents
An events booking and management platform for organizers and attendees, from listing to check-in.
Visit abvents.com ↗Mkulima Rafiki
Swahili for “Farmer’s Friend” — a platform giving smallholder farmers market access and farming resources.
Visit mkulimarafiki.com ↗Want to build alongside us?
Get in touchAn independent lab, not an agency.
Delap Labs designs, builds and operates its own software products. We don’t take outside briefs, run billable engagements, or offer consultancy — every product on this site exists because we chose to build it, and we’re still the ones running it.
Contract work optimizes for the brief. We optimize for the product.
Agency work ends at handoff. We wanted outcomes that don’t end — products we use ourselves, iterate on for years, and stay accountable for long after an invoice would have been paid. That’s the only way we build now.
Principles we don’t compromise on.
Ship, then refine
We put real software in front of real users early, and improve it with evidence — not endless internal review.
Own the outcome
If a product doesn’t work, that’s on us — there’s no customer to hand the blame, or the fix, to.
Plain talk
No jargon for its own sake — we say what we’re building and why, plainly.
Long-term maintenance
We maintain what we build — for as long as it’s running, not just through launch.
Dodoma, Tanzania — and wherever the work takes us.
The lab is based in Dodoma, Tanzania. Async by default, always reachable when it matters.
Want to build alongside us, or back what we’re doing?
Get in touchFor collaborators and investors.
Delap Labs doesn’t take on contract projects. If you want to build alongside us, or you’re interested in backing what we’re building, tell us about it below.
Tell us who you are and what you have in mind — collaboration, investment, or something else entirely.
If it looks like a fit, we set up a call to go deeper.
No fixed process — every collaboration looks different.
Thanks — message sent.
We read every message and will get back to you if it’s a fit.
Common questions.
Do you take on contract work?
No. Delap Labs builds and runs its own products exclusively — we’re not available for hire.
What kind of collaboration are you open to?
Anything adjacent to what we’re building — shared products, distribution partnerships, or people who want to build with us directly. Tell us what you have in mind.
How does investment work?
Tell us a bit about your background and what you have in mind — we’ll follow up if it looks like a fit.
How fast do you reply?
Within a few business days. We read every message that comes in.