Harare, Zimbabwe Gaborone, Botswana
Our Story

About Code Labs Alliance

A decade of engineering measurable outcomes for organisations across Zimbabwe, Botswana and the wider SADC region.

Our Vision

To be the most trusted engineering partner in SADC — known for shipping fast, shipping right, and standing behind every system we build for as long as our clients run them.

Our Mission

To engineer reliable, secure and ambitious technology that gives African organisations a real, measurable competitive edge — and to do it as a partner, not a vendor.

Our Values

Engineering excellence. Honest communication. Security by default. Long-term partnership. And a relentless focus on outcomes that move the business, not just metrics that move the dashboard.

Code Labs engineers at work
The Code Labs Story

From a Harare workshop to a cross-border engineering partner

Code Labs Alliance was founded in 2015 by a small group of senior engineers who shared a simple frustration: too much of the technology African businesses were buying was built somewhere else, for someone else, and bolted onto problems it was never designed for.

So we started building differently — close to the problem, close to the people using the systems, and accountable for the outcome long after launch.

Ten years later we have grown into two offices, a senior multi-disciplinary team and a portfolio that spans banks, telecoms, government agencies, healthcare providers, retailers, NGOs and high-growth SMEs across SADC. We have shipped 400+ projects and we still answer every single new enquiry the same way we did on day one — with a real engineer, on a real call, talking about the real problem.

That, we think, is the entire difference.

Milestones

A decade of building, shipping, scaling

2015

Founded in Harare

Code Labs Alliance opens its first office with a focus on custom software for financial services and SME digitisation in Zimbabwe.

2017

First enterprise contracts

Signed multi-year managed-IT and software engineering retainers with two of the country's largest financial institutions.

2019

Cybersecurity & cloud practice

Launched a dedicated security and cloud practice — penetration testing, SOC operations and AWS/Azure migration for regulated environments.

2021

Regional expansion

Began delivering cross-border engagements across South Africa, Zambia, Namibia and Mozambique, plus remote delivery into the UK and EU.

2023

Botswana office opens

Opened our Gaborone office at The Hub iTowers CBD to serve clients in Botswana and the wider Southern African market.

2024

AI & data practice

Stood up a full AI/ML and data analytics practice — production model deployment, MLOps, and decision-grade dashboards.

2026

10+ years. 400+ projects.

A decade in. Two offices, a senior team, and over two hundred shipped projects — and we're just getting started.

10+
Years of SADC Delivery
400+
Projects Shipped
98%
Client Retention
24/7
Support Available
Our Team

Senior engineers, designers and security specialists — in one room

No project gets handed off to juniors after the contract is signed. The people you meet in the kick-off are the people who design, build and operate your system.

Engineering

12+ specialists

Senior full-stack engineers across Node.js, .NET, Java, Python, mobile (Flutter, native) and modern front-end frameworks.

Product & Design

4+ specialists

Product managers, UX researchers and visual designers focused on making software that people actually enjoy using.

Security & Operations

6+ specialists

Cybersecurity specialists, cloud architects, DevOps engineers and 24/7 support operators keeping production systems alive.

Why teams trust us

The advantages of working with Code Labs Alliance

10+ Years of Delivery

Founded in 2015. Hundreds of projects shipped across SADC. We've been doing this for a decade.

Senior Team, No Junior Hand-offs

The engineers you meet in the kick-off are the ones who design, build and operate your system.

Security-First Engineering

Every system we ship is hardened, monitored and ready for audit from day one — not as an afterthought.

Two Offices, One Team

Harare and Gaborone. Plus remote delivery anywhere in SADC, the UK, EU and Middle East.

Long-term Partnership

98% client retention. We stay with you through launch, scaling and into long-term operation.

Transparent Pricing

Fixed-price for fixed-scope work. Hourly only when you genuinely need it. No surprises.

Ready to build something that actually works?

From idea to production — software, AI, cybersecurity and managed IT delivered by a SADC team that's been shipping for over a decade.