( the studio ) ABOUT

A STUDIO THAT SHIPS.

AYCAS Studios is an AYCAS Investments studio in Harare. We design and build the operating systems organisations run on, from a single shop to a national enterprise, made for how business actually works here and handed to the people who run it.

[ 01 ] WHY WE EXIST( built because we needed it )

Our founder spent eighteen years running infrastructure businesses in the UK, designing and building fibre optic networks across the country. In all that time no single product did the whole job. Every tool did one thing, and the gaps between them were filled by hand.

He then moved to Zimbabwe, joined Scapes & Décor as a director and shareholder, and met the same problem with a local twist: the software had to understand mobile money, two currencies, a network that drops, and every authority a business here answers to, from ZIMRA and NSSA to POTRAZ, PRAZ and the local councils. Nothing on the market did. So he built it, and that system still runs Scapes & Décor today.

AYCAS Studios exists to close those gaps for everyone else: in Zimbabwe first, then across Southern Africa, then wherever the work is needed. We are a registered supplier with the Procurement Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (PRAZ), listed on the government supplier database and cleared to bid for contracts with ministries, local authorities, parastatals and public schools, and we build at whatever scale the work demands.

[ 02 ] TWO WAYS IN( yours, or ours )

[ A ]

A SYSTEM OF YOUR OWN

A bespoke build, designed around how your organisation works and owned by you outright: the brand, the website, the operating software and the launch comms. Scoped and priced after a consultation, built on a fixed fee, then handed over. A Care Plan keeps it running after.

Bespoke builds
Fixed fee · client-owned

[ B ]

A PRODUCT, READY TODAY

Software we own and run for one kind of operation: churches, gyms, dance studios, retail, lettings and, soon, fuel. You subscribe, we onboard you, and the product keeps improving underneath you. EcoCash, ZiG and WhatsApp built in, and built to the rules of ZIMRA, NSSA, POTRAZ and the other authorities you answer to.

Software products
From as little as $25 a month

[ 03 ] THE MODEL( four clusters · one engagement )

[ 01 ]

BRAND & VOICE

How the venture sounds and what it stands for. One brand book per engagement — positioning, narrative, voice, visual direction, written guardrails — and a copy library written in that voice, used for years.

Brand identity & strategy
Copy & editorial

[ 02 ]

VISUAL & PRODUCTION

How the venture looks — every still and every frame. Concept through retouch, grade, and delivery, with source files and a documented handover. No briefs farmed to stock.

Graphic design & print
Photography & image-making
Film, video & motion

[ 03 ]

OPERATIONS & SYSTEMS

How the venture runs day-to-day. Hand-coded sites on owner-owned domains, and the core deliverable: the operating software your team runs — the till, the stock, the members and the money — wired into your day-to-day tools.

Web, digital & integrations
Operating system · CORE

[ 04 ]

REACH & COMMS

How the venture is heard, seen, and covered. Platform strategy and a published rhythm your team runs after handover; campaigns that publish their performance numbers; personalised press pitches — no mass-blast lists.

Social media & content
Advertising & campaign
PR & media relations

The flagship engagement is the Venture Build — the whole operation stood up as one engagement: brand identity, digital presence, the operating core, enablement, and the first ninety days of comms. Ten to sixteen weeks from signed scope.

[ 04 ] THE TERMS( fixed fee · no hourly )

Every build engagement is fixed scope, fixed fee, milestone billed — the number locks in writing before you sign.

PRICING: Priced to suit any budget. Bespoke builds are scoped and priced after a consultation. Software products start from as little as $25 a month.
FEE MODEL: Fixed fee, milestone billed — 30 / 30 / 30 / 10 across the four phases. Smaller pilots run 50 / 50, deposit and final.
CURRENCY: USD by default.
NOT ON THE MENU: No hourly billing. No drip pricing. No surprise extras.
CARE PLAN: A separately documented monthly retainer in three tiers — Lite, Standard, Growth. Activates on day 31 after handover.

[ 05 ] THE DISCIPLINE( how we protect the work )

The brand book governs every output — everyone builds inside it. A case study publishes only after the client signs a public release; until then the work stays unnamed. Sites are hand-coded, on domains and repos the owner holds. And the handover is real: we build the operating system, your team runs it. These commitments hold on every engagement, regardless of what any individual scope says.

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