Zizian
Johannesburg, South Africa

Bespoke software,
booked and built online.

Tell us what you need in 2 minutes. Book, pay, and watch your build progress live. Secure, scalable, human-centred.

We overlay, we don't replace. Your systems stay exactly where they are.
100%
Audit compliance
Sub-100ms
Real-time tracking
10,000+
Concurrent users served
R1,500
Per hour, senior talent
Trusted by
Joburg MarketProject 745ZiziPlatformClient 745
Zero Disruption Architecture

We overlay. We don't replace.

Your ERP works. Your banking ledger works. The problem was never the system of record. It's that nobody can reach it from a phone, a stall, or a truck. So we build the layer above it, and leave the one underneath alone.

The usual proposal
  • Eighteen months before anything works
  • A migration that can fail halfway through
  • Retraining every person who touches it
  • Your ledger, your history, your integrations: all at risk
The Zizian overlay
  • Working software in weeks, not quarters
  • Your systems keep running, untouched, throughout
  • Staff keep the tools they already know
  • Roll it back by switching it off. Nothing was replaced
Three stacked layers: a glass sheet of user touchpoints above a glowing orange API gateway, above a dark slab of existing legacy systems, with data flowing in both directions between them.

User touchpoints

Mobile app, POS, web portal: what people actually touch.

Secure API gateway & orchestration

The layer we build: auth, routing, audit trail, real-time events.

Existing legacy systems

ERP, banking ledgers, databases: untouched, still the system of record.

In production

The Joburg Market digital payments platform runs exactly this way. Traders pay by QR from a phone, while the market's existing finance systems stay the system of record. 100% audit compliance, no infrastructure replaced.

Live
R2.4M
Processed today
18,402
Transactions
0.3%
Exceptions
Throughput, last 10 intervals

Illustrative figures. Your dashboard reads your own systems.

Big Data & Executive Analytics

See what your organisation is actually doing.

Most executives learn how the business performed from a deck somebody assembled by hand, weeks later, from systems only their team can read. The numbers are already there. They are just trapped where nobody senior can reach them.

The overlay already carries every transaction that passes through it. Pointing a dashboard at that is not a new system. It is a read on one you already have.

  • Read from your systems, not from a spreadsheet somebody maintains
  • Current to the second, not to last month's board pack
  • Exceptions surface themselves, so you stop having to ask
  • No migration: it reads what the overlay already carries
From brief to build, online

The whole engagement runs on our platform. Because we run on it too.

Every engagement runs the same loop: discovery, design, two-week sprints, automated QA, deploy, then handover. Steering committees and sprint reviews sit around the outside of it, so nobody has to ask where a build has got to.

The delivery cycle: discovery and requirements, UX and UI design in Figma, two-week development sprints, automated QA and security scanning, CI/CD deployment, then documentation and training, running as a continuous loop with steering committees and sprint reviews around it.

Tell us what you need

A 2-minute guided brief. Six questions, zero forms-fatigue. We learn your goal, assets, timeline, and budget.

Take the quiz

Book your engagement

Pick a service and tier, choose a kickoff slot that suits you. Consultation, discovery sprint, or full build.

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Pay securely online

Ozow, PayFast, or EFT. Fixed prices shown upfront. POPIA-aligned handling, full refund if we cancel.

How payment works

Watch it get built

Your client portal goes live at kickoff: onboarding checkpoints, live sprint boards, deliverables, invoices.

Preview the portal
Client accounts

Open an account before you commit to anything.

You do not need a signed engagement to have somewhere to work from. Create an account and your brief, quotes and (once a build starts) your live sprint board all live in one place.

  • Your brief, kept

    Start a brief today, finish it next week. It stays against your account instead of a browser tab.

  • The board we work from

    When a build starts, the sprint board in your portal is the same one our team moves cards on.

  • Quotes and invoices in one place

    Every estimate, deliverable and invoice, with the payment reference already on it.

  • Two minutes, no sales call

    A company name, an email and a password. Nobody phones you because you opened an account.

Wireframe design panels morphing into a live glowing application interface
Your designs Live system
Design and Design-to-Code

Have designs already? We make them real.

Beautiful Figma files dying in a folder is the most expensive kind of waste. Our Design-to-Code service turns your existing UX and UI into live, production-grade systems with zero interpretation drift.

Starting from scratch instead? Our UX/UI design team researches, maps, and prototypes interfaces your users actually adopt, then the same team codes them.

  • Pixel-faithful to your Figma, XD, or Sketch files
  • Responsive from mobile up, tested on real devices
  • Wired to real data, deployed to production
  • Component library and design tokens handed over
Why Zizian

Digital certainty in an uncertain market.

Zero Infrastructure Replacement

We overlay, we don't replace. Our plug-and-play architecture protects your legacy investments while delivering modern functionality on top.

UX Excellence

We don't build until we understand. Our human-centred design process ensures high user adoption and measurable outcomes from day one.

Proven Enterprise Stack

Enterprise-grade robustness, proven at scale across fintech, logistics, and marketplace platforms that run in production today.

Audit Ready from Day 1

Security and compliance built into the architecture from the first commit. POPIA-aligned, OAuth 2.0, immutable audit trails, not bolted on later.

What we build

Comprehensive digital capabilities.

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Design to Code: Your UI, Live

You invested in UX and UI design. We make it real. Your existing Figma files, prototypes, or even screenshots become live, responsive, production-grade web and native mobile applications. Pixel-faithful implementation, real data wiring, real deployments. No redesign tax, no interpretation drift.

Figma to ProductionDesign SystemsPixel-Faithful BuildsWeb PlatformsNative Mobile
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UX and UI Design

Human-centred product design: research, user journeys, wireframes, and high-fidelity interfaces your users actually adopt.

User ResearchJourney MappingFigma

Custom Software Development

Tailor-made web, desktop, and native mobile applications aligned with specific business goals.

Web PlatformsDesktop ApplicationsNative Mobile

Staff Augmentation

Supplement your internal teams with Senior Full Stack Devs, UX/UI Designers, and DevOps Engineers.

Senior DevelopersUX/UI DesignersDevOps Engineers

Systems Integration

Connecting APIs, legacy databases, and third-party tools into a seamless, unified workflow.

REST APIsRealtime APIsWebhooks

Big Data and Executive Analytics

A live dashboard of what your organisation is actually doing, read straight from your systems, not from someone's monthly slide.

Real-Time DashboardsStreaming AnalyticsData Mining

Product Strategy

Discovery workshops, user journey mapping, and technical roadmapping to validate before you build.

Discovery WorkshopsUser Journey MappingFigma Prototyping
How we deliver

UX-led Agile Scrum, from discovery to handover.

01Weeks 1 to 2
Discovery

Requirements and User Journey Mapping

We immerse in your business context, map every user touchpoint, and document requirements with precision.

02Weeks 3 to 5
Design

UX/UI Design in Figma

High-fidelity wireframes and interactive prototypes. You see and approve the product before any code is written.

03Weeks 6 to 16
Build

Sprint Development

Iterative 2-week sprints with steering committee reviews. Continuous delivery, zero surprises.

04Ongoing
QA

Automation and Security Testing

Automated test suites and security scanning on every build. Audit-ready from day one.

05Sprint End
Deploy

Automated Zero-Downtime Deployment

Zero-downtime deployments to your chosen cloud environment, fully automated.

06Final Phase
Handover

Training and Knowledge Transfer

Full documentation, admin training, and workshops. Your team owns the product completely.

Governed throughout by steering committees and sprint reviews. We mitigate risk by visualising the solution in high fidelity before development begins.

How to engage

Flexible models, built around your risk appetite.

Engagement

Project-Based Delivery

End-to-end execution. We take the brief, build the solution, and hand over a turnkey product. Ideal for MVP launches.

Fixed scope. Fixed price. No ambiguity.

Engagement

Staff Augmentation

We provide vetted, senior technical resources to join your existing team. Short-term or long-term contracts.

Month-to-month or annual. Immediate start.

Recommended

The Discovery Sprint

A low-risk, fixed-cost engagement to define architecture and design before committing to a full build.

1 to 2 months. Tangible deliverables. Zero regret.

Discovery Sprint deliverables

Tangible output before a single line of code.

Validate your idea and reduce risk. Everything you need to pitch to stakeholders with confidence.

1 to 2Months. Phase 1: Discovery.
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User Journey Mapping and Requirements

Deep understanding of your users and the exact problem being solved.

High-Fidelity Figma Prototypes

See and interact with the product before committing. Stakeholder-ready.

Technical Architecture and API Strategy

Full system design, stack decisions, integration blueprint, and security considerations.

Accurate Cost and Timeline Estimation

Realistic numbers based on real architecture, not guesswork.

Book a session

Bring the problem. Leave with a direction.

An hour with a senior engineer or designer — not a sales call. We look at what you have, say what we would do about it, and send you the write-up afterwards whether or not you work with us.

  • R1,500 / hourPaid up front
  • From 2 days outTime to read your brief
  • Written summaryYours to keep
Capabilities and security

Enterprise-grade stack, audit-ready by design.

What we deliver

applications
Web platformsDesktop applicationsNative mobile apps
data
Executive dashboardsData miningBig data pipelinesLive reporting
connectivity
Realtime APIsREST APIsSystems integrationLegacy connectors
operations
Cloud infrastructureAutomated deliveryMonitoring and alerting
security
POPIA-alignedRole-based accessEncryption at rest and in transitAudit trails

Security pillars

Data Security
  • POPIA-aligned
  • Encryption at rest and in transit
  • Immutable audit logs
Access Control
  • OAuth 2.0
  • Role-based access (RBAC)
  • Least-privilege design
Compliance
  • PCI-DSS aligned
  • Immutable audit trails
  • Compliance reporting

What we have learned building this

Notes on modernising systems that cannot be switched off, and on the parts of delivery nobody writes down.

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info@zizian.co.za
Johannesburg, South Africa