Zephra is a small, senior product studio for startup founders. We design and build MVPs, web and mobile apps, and AI features — one scope call, one fixed price, and a real product your users can touch two weeks later.
Industries we build for: Fintech, HealthTech, SaaS, EdTech, E-Commerce, AI & Automation, PropTech, Logistics, Media
Mostfoundersdon'tneedanotheragency.Theyneedapartnerwholistens,tellsthemthetruth,andshipsthething—sotheycanfinallyputitinfrontofrealpeople.That'stheonlyjobwedo.
3 AI actions on every email
An AI inbox that unifies multiple Gmail accounts and sorts every email into Urgent, Opportunity or Noise — with a short summary and a suggested reply for each.
Every school gets its own branded portal
A multi-tenant school operating system for Nigerian schools — branded dashboards, CBT exams, attendance, term results, fee billing and an AI study assistant.
4 networks · 3 TV providers · 1 wallet
A wallet for everyday Nigerian bills — fund it once, then buy airtime and data, pay electricity and renew cable TV in a couple of taps, without touching a card again.
Ready for Production in 2 Weeks
A production-ready SaaS dashboard with tiered subscriptions, revenue analytics, CSV exports, Stripe billing, and Google OAuth.
We go deep on the things that get a startup to market fast. Everything else we do well, but these four are why founders call us.
From a napkin sketch to a live product real users pay for — frontend, backend, auth, payments and deployment, done properly.
iOS and Android apps that feel native, load fast and survive the App Store review first time.
LLM features that actually earn their place — copilots, document intelligence, RAG search and workflow automation.
A sharp outside look at your app’s code, performance and UX — with a prioritised roadmap you can act on Monday.
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Four clear phases, a fixed price and a date on the calendar. No scope creep, no disappearing acts — you see progress every single week.
Day 0 · Free
One honest hour about your idea, your users and your constraints. No sales pitch — if we're not the right fit, we'll tell you.
Days 1–3
Flows, wireframes and a visual direction you sign off, plus the database and API plan that keeps v2 easy.
Days 4–12
You watch the product take shape in a live staging link. Weekly demos, direct chat with the engineer writing your code.
Day 14 →
We ship to production, wire up analytics, and stay close while your first users arrive and the real feedback starts.
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You work directly with the person building your product. No account managers, no hand-off to a junior after the first call.
One quote, locked in. If scope changes, we talk before a single extra hour is billed.
A live staging link from week one and a weekly demo. You will never have to chase us for an update.
Clean, typed, documented code in your own repo — ready for the team you hire next.
They delivered our dashboard in under six weeks and it handled 10,000 users without a single issue. Honestly shocked by the quality at this price point.
Adewale Kolade
CEO, FlowAnalytics
Zephra was born out of frustration with agencies that overpromise, underdeliver and disappear after the invoice. We're a small, sharp team of engineers and designers who treat your product like it has our name on it — because it does.
We work with startups, SMEs and growing businesses who want a real technical partner, not an order-taker. Based in Nigeria. Working with founders everywhere.
Clarity
Plain language, written scope, no surprises.
Speed
Weeks, not quarters. Momentum is a feature.
Craft
Details users feel even when they can't name them.
Honesty
We'll tell you when an idea needs rethinking.
Our toolkit
Engineering
React / Next.js · TypeScript · Node.js · Python · PostgreSQL
Mobile
React Native · Flutter · iOS · Android
Cloud
AWS / GCP · Docker · CI/CD · Vercel
AI
OpenAI · Claude · LangChain · RAG
Design
Figma · Design systems · Branding · Shopify · WordPress
Ifeanyi Onyekwelu
Founder & Lead Engineer
“When you work with Zephra, you work with me — from the first call to launch day and beyond.”
I've spent over five years building web and mobile products across fintech, edtech and SaaS. I started Zephra because I kept meeting founders with great ideas who'd been burned by slow, vague, expensive development.
So we do it differently: a straight conversation, a fixed price, and a product in your hands in two weeks. No hand-offs to a junior developer after the sales call. If I can't help you, I'll tell you who can.
Something else on your mind? Email [email protected] — a human replies within 24 hours.
Yes — for a well-scoped MVP. The free discovery call exists to cut your idea down to the version that proves demand. Most of our MVPs ship in 14 days; larger platforms are split into 14-day milestones so you always have something live.
Every project gets a fixed quote after the discovery call, based on scope rather than hours. You'll know the exact price and delivery date before any work starts, and it won't change unless you change the scope.
Completely. Everything lives in your GitHub repository from day one, and you own all intellectual property once the project is paid for.
Every build includes a post-launch support window for fixes and small tweaks. After that, most founders keep us on a flexible monthly retainer for new features — or we hand over cleanly to your in-house team.
Yes. We're based in Nigeria and work with founders globally — fully remote, overlapping with your working hours, with communication over Slack, WhatsApp and weekly video demos.
That's where most founders start. We handle product thinking, UX and UI design as part of the build, so you only need to bring the problem you want to solve.
Tell us about your idea. Within 24 hours you'll get a personal reply to set up your free one-hour scope call.
Response time
Within 24 hours
Location
Nigeria · Working globally