Software & Product

Mobile Development

Native and cross-platform mobile apps.

We design and ship mobile apps that work in low-bandwidth environments, with offline-first patterns and accessible interfaces.

The practice

Native and cross-platform mobile apps for African contexts.

PANEOTECH designs and ships mobile apps that work in the connectivity reality of African deployment contexts: intermittent data, expensive bandwidth, mid-range Android devices, and users who cannot tolerate apps that fail when the network does. We engineer for that reality from the first design decision, not as an afterthought during the final test cycle.

Capabilities

Across the mobile development stack.

Native Android

Kotlin-first development, Material Design alignment, and the platform-specific depth needed for the device fragmentation African deployments encounter.

Native iOS

Swift-first development with full SwiftUI fluency, App Store compliance discipline, and the polish institutional clients need when their app sits next to consumer brands.

Cross-platform builds

React Native and Flutter delivery for engagements where shared code economics outweigh native depth, with the trade-off analysis to guide that decision.

Offline-first patterns

Local-first data sync, conflict resolution, queued operations, and the architectural patterns that let apps stay useful when the network is not.

Performance discipline

Cold-start optimisation, memory profiling, battery efficiency, and the relentless engineering needed to make apps usable on the actual devices users have.

Accessibility

WCAG-aligned design, screen reader support, dynamic type, and the accessibility engineering institutional clients increasingly require by policy.

Built for the operating reality

Engineered for African connectivity profiles.

OfflineFirst architecture across all engagement types
Android 8+Baseline support, calibrated to real device distribution
10MBTypical app size budget, optimised aggressively
MultilangBuilt-in support for the working languages of the deployment
Why it matters

Mobile is how Africa connects.

For most users on the continent, mobile is the only digital surface they meaningfully interact with. An app that fails on a 2G fallback network or a 4-year-old Android device is an app that does not reach the audience it was built for. Our practice exists to make sure institutional mobile apps actually work for the users they are intended to serve.

In the field

Where we apply this expertise.

A selection of PANEOTECH projects that draw on this area of expertise.

Somalia

Integrated Seed Certification and Traceability System for SARIS Somalia

A national digital platform for SARIS, the Somali Agricultural Regulatory and Inspection Service, that digitises seventeen regulated processes spanning seed certification and plant variety protection, with offline-capable field inspection, QR-verifiable e-certificates, and a public verification portal. Currently in delivery with a working staging environment.

Mauritania

HydroMet AI, AI-Powered Early Warning System for Hydrometeorological Hazards in the Senegal River Valley

A national early warning system delivered by PANEOTECH for UNDP Mauritania, in joint venture with Effica SYS Co SARL, to anticipate hydrometeorological hazards in the Senegal River Valley. The system combines a stacked LSTM neural network with the SWAT hydrological model and ingests data from seven complementary global sources, including Open-Meteo, NASA POWER, GloFAS via Copernicus, and CHIRPS and SMAP via Google Earth Engine. Alerts are validated by institutional operators before diffusion across SMS, WhatsApp, email, web, mobile, radio, and television channels.

Continental

DiraCore, Pan-African Agricultural Data Infrastructure

A Pan-African agricultural data infrastructure that turns fragmented smallholder data into structured digital assets, supporting financial analysis, EUDR deforestation compliance, voluntary carbon market certification, and credit scoring. Designed for Pan-African Management Services with operations across East and West Africa.

Zambia

Integrated Stakeholder Engagement Platform for the SIFAZ Programme

A national digital platform connecting smallholder farmers, agribusinesses, extension officers, and government institutions across Zambia through USSD, SMS, WhatsApp, and email, built for FAO Zambia's Sustainable Intensification of Smallholder Farming Systems programme.

Togo

e-Agriconseil+, National Agricultural Advisory Platform for Togo

A national agricultural advisory platform for the Institut de Conseil et d'Appui Technique, redesigned for offline-first operation in low-connectivity rural Togo, with audio content in four local languages and a content management system that gives the institution full editorial autonomy.

Burundi

Imbuto, National Digital Platform for the Seed Sector of Burundi

A national platform for the Burundi seed sector that delivers lot by lot traceability, a unified actor registry, a variety catalogue synchronised with the certification authority, and analytical dashboards across all eighteen provinces, in production since May 2025.

Bring this expertise to your next project

Let's build something together.

PANEOTECH has delivered software & product work across the continent. Talk to our team about how this expertise applies to your context.