01 — Thika, Kenya · Est. 2025

Android & fintech products,
shipped from Kenya.

Nicholas Kiragu · Founder, Saint Nico Labs

Saint Nico Labs — founded by Nicholas Kiragu — builds mobile software for real users: USSD automation, M-PESA Daraja API, agritech, and AI.

Fintech Systems

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USSDFlow · Live

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Verdly · Habit Growth

Samaki Care · Beta

1,000+ Play Store downloads 4.5★ USSDFlow rating 5 shipped & in-flight apps Kotlin · Compose · Firebase

years building

apps shipped

downloads

commits

02 — Capabilities

What we build

End-to-end Android — from architecture and UI to Play Store launch and ongoing support.

Android Development

Native Kotlin & Jetpack Compose — offline-first, fast, built to scale.

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Payments & USSD

M-PESA Daraja, USSD automation, and secure payment flows for Kenya.

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AI on Mobile

Gemini AI, OCR, and machine learning integrated where it matters.

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03 — Selected work

Products we've shipped

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USSDFlow

Live

Automating USSD payments for 1,000+ daily active users across Kenya.

Kotlin Firebase

star 4.5 · 1,000+ Downloads

HandCamera

In Dev

Gesture-driven camera with ElevenLabs voice commands and night mode.

MediaPipe ElevenLabs

precision_manufacturing Gesture Engine

Samaki Care

Beta

Agritech platform with Gemini AI insights for fish farmers in the field.

Compose Gemini AI

science Field Testing

04 — Stack

Kotlin

Jetpack Compose

Firebase

Gemini AI

Tailwind CSS database Room Database cloud Cloud Functions payments M-PESA Daraja visibility MediaPipe record_voice_over ElevenLabs AI hub Retrofit groups Firebase Auth Kotlin Jetpack Compose Firebase Gemini AI Tailwind CSS database Room Database cloud Cloud Functions payments M-PESA Daraja visibility MediaPipe record_voice_over ElevenLabs AI hub Retrofit groups Firebase Auth

05 — Clients

What founders say

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Maina K.

Startup founder · Payments

Saint Nico completely overhauled our USSD payment flow. What used to take users 5 steps now takes 1. Incredible engineering.

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Aisha M.

Agritech director

The integration of Gemini AI into our field app was seamless. The app is fast, works offline, and exactly what we needed.

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Saint Nico Labs — Android developer Kenya, founded by Nicholas Kiragu in Thika

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