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Who we help
Organisations of a few people up to a few hundred, where the work has outgrown the tools. The size matters less than the sign: people are spending their day keeping records instead of doing the job.
ADA Lab builds software for small and medium organisations in Namibia and abroad: shops and wholesalers, lodges and tour operators, schools, clinics, NGOs and churches, workshops and contractors, transport and field teams, public bodies, and founders testing an idea. The usual first system replaces one spreadsheet or paper form, from N$6,499.99.
By kind of organisation
Each card names the problem we hear most from that kind of organisation, and the usual first build.
Shops, traders and wholesalers
Stock that matches, reorder lists, and sales by branch.
Usual first build: booking or stock system, from N$12,999.99
Lodges, guest houses and tour operators
Bookings that cannot be doubled, deposits, and a calendar every member of staff trusts.
Usual first build: booking or stock system, from N$12,999.99
Schools and training centres
Learner records, fees owed and paid, attendance and reports for parents or a board.
Usual first build: record system, from N$6,499.99
Clinics, pharmacies and practices
Appointment lists, stock with expiry dates, and records limited to the people who should see them.
Usual first build: booking or stock system, from N$12,999.99
NGOs, churches and associations
Members or beneficiaries, contributions, and the figures a funder asks for without a week of counting.
Usual first build: record system, from N$6,499.99
Workshops, contractors and service teams
Job cards from first call to payment, with photos, parts used and who did the work.
Usual first build: record system, from N$6,499.99
Transport, farms and field teams
Trips, deliveries and collections recorded on a phone where there is no signal, and sent when there is.
Usual first build: record system, from N$6,499.99
Councils, authorities and public bodies
Applications and permits that people can follow, with a record of every decision.
Usual first build: portal, from N$19,999.99
Founders with an idea
A prototype people can hold, and a first version that proves or disproves the idea cheaply.
Usual first build: prototype, from N$3,999.99
Clients in other countries
Software is built and delivered online, so distance changes very little.
- Scoping, demos and handover by video call, WhatsApp and email
- Prices quoted in Namibian dollars, equal in value to the South African rand, or invoiced in US dollars on request
- Working hours on Central Africa Time, the same as much of southern and central Africa and close to Europe
- Written in plain English, with a second language on the screens available as an extra
- Accounts opened in your own name, in your own country where the provider allows it
If your users are in a country with its own data protection law, tell us at the start. It affects where records are stored and what must be asked of each user.
When we are not the right choice
- You need a website, not a system. ADA Web builds those for far less.
- A ready-made product already fits. Buy it. Build or buy helps you check.
- The process itself is not agreed yet. Software cannot settle an argument about how the work should be done. ADA Consulting can help with that first.
- You need it next week. Good software takes weeks. A spreadsheet takes an afternoon, and we will help you set one up properly.
Describe the problem. We will send back a scope.
Say what is slowing the work down and who is affected. You get a one-page scope in plain words: what would be built first, how long it takes and what it costs. It is free, and you owe nothing if you do not go ahead.