Elemental

High Quality Software. Delivered.

Elemental is a software consultancy in Nairobi, Kenya. We build and run software for organizations doing serious work across Africa.

Misrak Makonnen

It was a great partnership that was based on Elemental’s extremely positive attitude of “We can make it happen!” And Elemental did.

Misrak Makonnen · Country Director, Amref Health Africa in Ethiopia
Mathias Tenaye

They are available 24 / 7 providing support without reservation.

Mathias Tenaye · Business solutions advisor, Marie Stopes International

We partner with program and operations teams to turn field realities into dependable software.

Our clients are program and operations people, not developers. They engage us for full builds and long-running support of systems used in the field, from health extension workers in Ethiopia to voucher programs running across four countries.

Engagements span Kenya, Ethiopia, and a multi-country partnership with Marie Stopes International. Every claim on this page traces back to shipped, supported software.

  • Full-stack development
  • Mobile-first, Android and iOS
  • Consulting
  • Support and maintenance

Work

MultiChoice Messaging

MultiChoice Ethiopia

An SMS campaign console for MultiChoice Ethiopia’s DStv operation. Staff compose campaigns in English or Amharic, an approver signs off, and an approval queue hands sends to the SMS middleware. Built by Elemental and in production at messaging.dstvethiopia.com.

Field
SMS campaign management
Reach
DStv subscribers, Ethiopia
The MultiChoice Messaging campaigns screen: a list of SMS campaigns with sent, sending, approved, and pending-approval states The new-campaign composer with message text and CSV recipient import The campaigns list on a phone

LEAP for Ethiopia

Amref Health Africa

Adapted Amref’s global LEAP health-worker training platform for Ethiopia in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Training travels as voice episodes, SMS and interactive voice sessions over ordinary GSM, in the trainee’s own language, so it reaches health extension workers on the basic phones they already carry, no internet required.

Field
Health-worker training
Channel
Voice, SMS and IVR on basic phones
Reach
40,000+ learners, all regions of Ethiopia
The LEAP admin dashboard: a completion-rate gauge at 57.64 percent with 38,973 registered trainees, beside a trainee-count-by-episode chart Bar chart of registered, enrolled and completed trainees across Ethiopia's regions, led by Oromia and Amhara

MSI Connect

Marie Stopes International

An electronic voucher and waiver management system used in the MSI partnership across four countries. Built up and supported by Elemental around the clock since 2018.

Field
E-voucher and waiver management
Reach
Four countries, supported 24/7 since 2018

What clients say

Misrak Makonnen

It was a great partnership that was based on Elemental’s extremely positive attitude of “We can make it happen!” And Elemental did.

Working with Elemental was a great opportunity for Amref Health Africa in Ethiopia in adapting our global LEAP platform for Ethiopia in response to COVID 19 pandemic. The Elemental leadership worked very closely with our program teams to really understand what our needs are in developing this platform for health extension workers and our urgency to transfer knowledge through our mobile platform. It was a great partnership that was based on Elemental’s extremely positive attitude of “We can make it happen!” And Elemental did.

Misrak Makonnen · Country Director, Amref Health Africa in Ethiopia
Mathias Tenaye

pleasure working with them

Elemental has been supporting MSI connect, an electronic voucher and waiver management system we use in our MSI partnership in four countries. It has been a pleasure working with them as they are quick to understand programmatic operations and translate it to usable features within the solution. They are available 24 / 7 providing support without reservation. it’s been a pleasure working with them since 2018.

Mathias Tenaye · Business solutions advisor, Marie Stopes International
Adam Abate

[They] deliver high quality software even under a tight deadline.

We have collaborated with Elemental on a project and they have delivered Software that exceeded our expectations. We are impressed by their ability to deliver high quality software even under a tight deadline. They have my highest recommendation.

Adam Abate · Managing Partner, Apposit LLC

Company

The record, as procurement and vendor registration will find it.

Legal name
Elemental Softworks Limited
Company No.
PVT-DLULYBMY, registered in Kenya
Brand
Elemental Makes
Office
KAM House, Mwanzi Road, Westlands, Nairobi
Post
P.O. Box 2087, Sarit Centre, Nairobi
Email
team@elementalmakes.com
Telephone
+251 912 105 829