Small Business · South Africa · Digital Platform

Kasi Books

A digital platform that helps small and local South African businesses manage and simplify important business and financial workflows.

Industry

Small Business / Finance

Product Type

Digital Platform

Platform

Web + Mobile

What Foundry Did

Product Strategy, UX/UI Design, Platform & Mobile Design

9:41●●●● 5G

Good morning

Nomsa

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Available balance

R 24,650

+12% this month

Invoice
Expense
Customer

Recent activity

Thandiwe Catering+ R 4,800
Stock purchase- R 1,200
Mpho Transport+ R 2,300
The challenge

The problem we were solving.

Small and local South African businesses juggle invoices, expenses, customers and cashflow on paper, in WhatsApp messages, and in their heads.

Existing tools are built for accountants, not for business owners. They are expensive, complex, and assume a level of financial fluency that most owners do not have time for. The result is missed payments, lost records, and no clear picture of how the business is actually doing.

The solution

Turning complexity into simplicity.

We built an accessible, intuitive platform that meets business owners where they are, with practical tools that support everyday operations.

Invoicing, expenses, customers and cashflow live together in one place, designed to be understood at a glance, on a phone, in the middle of a working day.

How we approached it

  • 01Product thinking
  • 02User experience
  • 03Interface design
  • 04Business workflows
  • 05Platform structure
  • 06Mobile and responsive design
Key features

What makes it work.

01

Invoicing and payments

Create, send and track invoices in seconds, with clear status on what has been paid and what is still outstanding.

kasibooks.co.za/invoices

Overview

Last 7 months

New invoice
+12%

R 184k

Total revenue

3 invoices

R 22k

Outstanding

-4%

R 61k

Expenses

+9

128

Customers

Revenue

Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Recent invoices

INV-0312

Thandiwe Catering

R 4,800Paid

INV-0311

Mpho Transport

R 2,300Overdue

INV-0310

Sipho Hardware

R 6,150Paid
02

Cashflow at a glance

Your balance, income and spending in one view, designed to be read on a phone during a busy day.

9:41●●●● 5G

Good morning

Nomsa

N

Available balance

R 24,650

+12% this month

Invoice
Expense
Customer

Recent activity

Thandiwe Catering+ R 4,800
Stock purchase- R 1,200
Mpho Transport+ R 2,300
03

Customer management

Every customer, their history and their outstanding balance in one place, so nothing slips through the cracks.

kasibooks.co.za/customers

Overview

Last 7 months

New invoice
+12%

R 184k

Total revenue

3 invoices

R 22k

Outstanding

-4%

R 61k

Expenses

+9

128

Customers

Revenue

Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Recent invoices

INV-0312

Thandiwe Catering

R 4,800Paid

INV-0311

Mpho Transport

R 2,300Overdue

INV-0310

Sipho Hardware

R 6,150Paid
Product gallery

Designed in the details.

kasibooks.co.za/overview

Overview

Last 7 months

New invoice
+12%

R 184k

Total revenue

3 invoices

R 22k

Outstanding

-4%

R 61k

Expenses

+9

128

Customers

Revenue

Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Recent invoices

INV-0312

Thandiwe Catering

R 4,800Paid

INV-0311

Mpho Transport

R 2,300Overdue

INV-0310

Sipho Hardware

R 6,150Paid
9:41●●●● 5G

Good morning

Nomsa

N

Available balance

R 24,650

+12% this month

Invoice
Expense
Customer

Recent activity

Thandiwe Catering+ R 4,800
Stock purchase- R 1,200
Mpho Transport+ R 2,300
What we delivered

Foundry's contribution.

Product Strategy
UX Strategy
User Experience Design
User Interface Design
Design Systems
Responsive Web Design
Mobile Application Design

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