Building the operating system for African rentals

Software for the way Africa rents.

Nsava builds focused products for the rental economy — a market still run on notebooks, paper receipts, and unanswered calls. Our first product, KRIB, brings landlords, managers, and tenants into one clear system.

M-Pesa-native · Built in Kenya
KRIB · Landlord dashboard
Sunrise Apartments
19 units · Eldoret
● Live
Collected this month
KES 0
0% collectedof KES 342,000
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Mary Wanjiru · Unit B4
M-Pesa · just now
KES 18,000
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James Kiptoo · Unit A2
M-Pesa · 2h ago
KES 18,000
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Achieng Otieno · Unit C1
M-Pesa · 5h ago
KES 18,000
Rent received · KES 18,000
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Why now

A massive market, barely served by software.

Kenya's rental economy is enormous and almost entirely manual. Nsava is building for the market that actually exists here — not the one global software was designed for.

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urban rental households across Kenya
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About Nsava

A focused company, starting with property.

Nsava builds practical software for sectors where trust, records, payments, and coordination matter most. Our first focus is the rental and real estate economy, where landlords and tenants still rely on scattered chats, paper records, and manual follow-ups.

Global property software was built for large agencies and corporate portfolios — it lands here too expensive, too rigid, and too far from how money actually moves. We start with rent because rent is where people, money, and shelter meet. Get that right, and everything adjacent becomes possible.

We're small, deliberate, and based where the problem is. That's the work.

How KRIB works

Three steps from notebook to running system.

Add & invite

Set up your properties and units, then invite managers and tenants. Everyone gets the right access for their role — nothing more.

Collect rent

Tenants pay over M-Pesa. Payments are matched, recorded, and receipted automatically — no more chasing screenshots or reconciling by hand.

Manage everything

Leases, documents, arrears, maintenance requests, and landlord payouts all live in one place, with a clear record everyone can trust.

Products

Our first product is KRIB.

Built to solve real operational problems for African landlords, managers, and tenants — starting with property management and rent collection.

● First product · Live
KRIB

A property management platform helping landlords and property managers organize tenants, leases, rent payments, documents, payouts, and day-to-day rental operations — designed for how buildings are actually run in Kenya.

Tenant & landlord roles M-Pesa rent collection Leases & documents Arrears tracking Maintenance Landlord payouts
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A second product, deeper into rental finance.

We're quietly building something that sits next to KRIB in the same economy. It expands carefully — based on problems we understand deeply and customers we can serve well. More when there's more to share.

Mission

Make rental operations clearer, faster, and more reliable.

Built for real estate

We focus on the rental economy, where better systems can reduce confusion, delays, and manual follow-ups.

Payment-first thinking

Rent collection, records, balances, and payouts should be clear, reliable, and easy to verify by everyone involved.

Trust by design

Nsava products are built around accountability, clean records, and operational visibility you can rely on.

Questions

Good to know.

Who is KRIB for?

Landlords and property managers who run rental buildings, and the tenants who live in them. KRIB is built especially for small and mid-size property owners across Kenya who currently manage everything by hand.

How does rent collection work?

Tenants pay rent through M-Pesa, and KRIB matches each payment to the right unit and tenant, records it, and issues a receipt automatically — so there's no manual reconciliation or chasing of payment screenshots.

Is Nsava a Kenyan company?

Yes. Nsava is based in Kenya and builds for this market first. We believe the best products for African rentals come from being close to the people who use them.

How do I get started or partner with you?

Email us at hello@nsava.com. Whether you're a landlord interested in early access, a potential partner, or press, we read everything that lands in that inbox.

Let's build better rental systems.

For early access, partnerships, product inquiries, or press — reach Nsava through our official email.