Not a real estate company. Not a listings site. A technology company, built for how rentals actually work.
Across Kenya, landlords manage everything from five units to five hundred using notebooks, WhatsApp groups and phone calls. Caretakers track repairs from memory. Tenants pay rent in cash or by M-Pesa, with no record beyond a text message.
It works — but it doesn't scale, and it leaves everyone without the visibility they need: landlords without reliable collections data, tenants without a payment history that counts for anything. We started Makazi to close that gap.
Simplify rental property management across Africa.
To become Africa's operating system for rental housing.
Kenya already runs on mobile money — landlords and tenants trust PayBills and Till numbers more than bank transfers. We started here because the payment rails already exist; what's missing is the system of record on top of them.
From Kenya, we're built to expand across East Africa and, over time, the continent — the same product, the same trust promise, wherever rent gets paid.
We never hold, move or custody rent. We record and reconcile it.
Feature phone or flagship — Makazi meets tenants where they are.
Every design and policy decision starts with what earns trust.
We'd rather do a few things extremely well than everything adequately.
Built alongside real landlords, caretakers and tenants, from day one.
Rent collection, tenant & caretaker management, maintenance tracking, reports.
Technician marketplace, digital leases, expense management, inspections, an AI assistant.
Rental Passport, alternative credit scoring, rent advances, deposit financing, insurance.
Whether you're a landlord ready to switch, or curious about what we're building next.
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