Technology, software and digital products

Tech Tutorials & How-Tos

How to Calculate Net Salary in Kenya (2026): PAYE, NSSF, SHIF and Housing Levy

See how Kenya's 2026 PAYE bands, Year 4 NSSF, SHIF and Housing Levy shape take-home pay, with checked examples from KSh 30,000 to KSh 200,000.

B Bob Mwenda

Sep 19, 2026 · 8 min read

Industry Insights & Case Studies

How to Choose a Business Workflow to Automate First

Compare candidate workflows by frequency, cost, failure impact, rules, measurement and readiness using a weighted example.

B Bob Mwenda

Sep 18, 2026 · 4 min read

Software Development

M-Pesa API Integration in Kenya: A Pre-Production Checklist

Use this checklist to decide whether an M-Pesa integration is ready for production. Each critical check has evidence, an owner, and a clear pass rule.

B Bob Mwenda

Sep 18, 2026 · 5 min read

Software Development

How to Scope Custom Software in Kenya: A Practical First-Release Checklist

A worked first-release brief for a hypothetical distributor, including peak usage, hosting ownership, migration and measurable acceptance checks.

B Bob Mwenda

Sep 18, 2026 · 6 min read

Software Development

When Does Your Business Need Custom Software?

Compare process improvement, configured software, integration and custom development against your real workflow, costs, constraints and support capacity.

B Bob Mwenda

Jun 14, 2026 · 4 min read

AI & Emerging Tech

Planning a WhatsApp Business Bot with M-Pesa in Kenya

A planning guide to the WhatsApp bot and M-Pesa journey, inbound and delivery-status webhooks, secure event handling, payment confirmation and human handoff.

B Bob Mwenda

Feb 21, 2026 · 6 min read

Software Development

M-Pesa API Integration in Kenya: Callbacks and Reconciliation

A product-aware guide to M-Pesa callback states, idempotent processing and reconciliation for duplicate, late, unmatched, mismatched and reversed payments.

B Bob Mwenda

Feb 08, 2026 · 7 min read

Tech Tutorials & How-Tos

How to Deploy Laravel with GitHub Actions and SSH

An updated Laravel 12 deployment guide with a workflow outline, repeatable release directories, shared storage setup, health checks and rollback steps.

B Bob Mwenda

Jan 29, 2026 · 13 min read