Secvate Solutions

Secvate Solutions is a Kenya-based software solutions company that develops customised applications and provides information security consultancy across a range of industries. Its stated service lines are custom web design and web-based systems, mobile and desktop application development for iOS, Android and Windows Phone, and IT security work centred on vulnerability assessments and penetration testing, in which identified weaknesses are actively exploited to validate them and gauge the potential impact on the target organisation. Development work uses native programming languages such as Objective-C, Java and C# alongside related technology stacks.

The company frames its work around applying information technology to day-to-day business processes to improve efficiency and profitability and to improve the end customer's experience of a product or service. Engagements typically conclude with a responsive website, web-based system or mobile application intended to give the client direct access to their business data and to support decision-making through business intelligence. Its stated mission is delivering secure and innovative solutions with quality and ethics, and its vision is enabling enterprises to leverage technology for business growth. Beyond application and security work, reporting on the company also describes data analytics services.

Founding story

Co-founder Terry Macharia had intended to become a technology entrepreneur and initially worked at another tech startup offering customised software solutions; that company closed down, an experience she has described as formative. Citing a Steve Jobs quotation about focusing on the product rather than the profit — the same quotation displayed on the company website — she co-founded Secvate Solutions in 2018. The name is derived from the phrase 'Secure Innovation'.

Business model

Project- and consultancy-based technology services: the company builds customised web, mobile and desktop software for clients and delivers IT security consultancy such as vulnerability assessments and penetration tests. It also states that it continues to manage and support client sites after build, indicating ongoing maintenance engagements alongside initial delivery.

Revenue is generated from client engagements for custom software development and IT security consultancy, together with post-implementation site management and support.

Traction

The website features a clients section and states that the company supports customer sites after build. Public disclosure of customer numbers, revenue or funding is limited.

Latest developments

A December 2020 profile of the company and its co-founder was published by Techub, describing its focus on customised software, cyber security consultancy and data analytics for SMEs in the medical, real estate and microfinance sectors.