Design Products People Love to Use.

Great products are designed, not just coded. Techhold Developers is Nairobi's UI/UX and product design studio — user research, wireframes, prototypes, design systems, and production-ready handoff for apps, SaaS platforms, and websites.

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Why Poor UX Silently Kills Great Products

Users don't complain about bad design — they just leave. In Kenya's competitive digital market, UX is a business outcome, not a coat of paint.

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Users Don't Engage

Confusing flows, unclear buttons, and buried features lead to abandonment.

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Low Conversion

Weak onboarding and checkout UX cost you revenue you never see in reports.

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Inconsistent Experience

Different teams build different interfaces — the product feels fragmented.

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Dev Rework Costs

Without proper design, engineers rebuild screens 3–4 times to get them right.

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Accessibility Gaps

Poor contrast, no keyboard support, and no screen reader compatibility exclude users.

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No Design System

Every new screen starts from scratch — slowing velocity and bloating UI debt.

UI/UX & Product Design Services

End-to-end design services for startups, SaaS platforms, and enterprises — from research and wireframes to design systems and developer handoff.

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UX Research & Discovery

User interviews, journey maps, personas, and competitive analysis.

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Product & UX Strategy

Information architecture, user flows, and product scoping.

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Mobile App UI/UX Design

iOS and Android apps with native patterns and polished visuals.

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Web & SaaS Product Design

Dashboards, admin consoles, onboarding, and complex workflows.

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Marketing Website Design

Conversion-focused sites with visual storytelling and strong CTAs.

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Design Systems

Tokens, components, and libraries that scale across teams.

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Prototyping & Usability Testing

Clickable prototypes and moderated user testing sessions.

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Accessibility (WCAG 2.1 AA)

Inclusive design audits and remediation for global standards.

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Developer Handoff

Figma specs, tokens, redlines, and QA support during build.

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Design Ops & Audits

UX audits, usability scoring, and improvement roadmaps.

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Brand & Visual Identity

Logos, brand systems, and design language for digital products.

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Ongoing Design Support

Retained design capacity for product teams that ship weekly.

Our UI/UX & Product Design Process

A structured design process that reduces rework, aligns stakeholders, and ships products that users actually love.

01 — DISCOVER

Discover & Research

User interviews, competitive analysis, and journey mapping.

02 — DESIGN

Wireframe & Design

Flows, wireframes, high-fidelity UI, and design systems.

03 — VALIDATE

Prototype & Test

Clickable prototypes, usability testing, and iteration.

04 — HANDOFF

Handoff & Support

Figma specs, developer QA, and design support through build.

Design Decisions Backed by Evidence

Great design isn't guesswork. We start every engagement with structured research — so the product you build solves real problems, not imagined ones.

  • User interviews and stakeholder workshops
  • Personas and jobs-to-be-done frameworks
  • Customer journey maps and pain-point analysis
  • Competitive UX teardown and benchmarks
  • Information architecture and card sorting
  • Opportunity sizing and design principles
UX research and discovery for products in Nairobi

Beautiful, Consistent, Scalable

We design pixel-perfect interfaces supported by a design system — so every screen is consistent, every component is reusable, and every team member moves fast.

  • High-fidelity UI across iOS, Android, and web
  • Design tokens: colors, type, spacing, elevation
  • Reusable component library with variants
  • Dark mode and multi-theme support
  • Iconography, illustration, and motion design
  • Figma library, documentation, and adoption guides
UI design and design systems by Nairobi agency

Test Before You Build

Building the wrong thing is expensive. Interactive prototypes let you validate before a single line of code — and save weeks of rework.

  • Clickable Figma prototypes with realistic transitions
  • Moderated and unmoderated usability testing
  • Task success, time-on-task, and error tracking
  • Heatmap and session replay integration
  • A/B testing plans for design variations
  • Iteration sprints informed by user feedback
Prototyping and usability testing in Nairobi

Designs That Ship Without the Drama

The best designs fail if developers can't build them cleanly. Our handoff is designed to eliminate ambiguity — and speed up your engineering velocity.

  • Production-ready Figma files with named layers
  • Design tokens as code (CSS variables, Tailwind, RN theme)
  • Redlines, spacing, typography, and states documented
  • Component APIs and interaction specs
  • Developer QA reviews during implementation
  • Design support through launch and beyond
Design to developer handoff for products in Nairobi

Products We've Designed

From fintech apps to SaaS dashboards — a glimpse of our design portfolio.

Every UI/UX Engagement Includes

The design outputs and practices that make product design worth the investment.

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UX Research

Interviews, personas, and journey maps.

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Information Architecture

Sitemaps, flows, and navigation design.

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High-Fidelity UI

Mobile, web, and dashboard interfaces.

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Design System

Tokens, components, and documentation.

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Prototype & Test

Clickable prototypes and usability testing.

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Accessibility

WCAG 2.1 AA audits and remediation.

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Developer Handoff

Figma specs, tokens, and QA support.

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Post-Launch Support

Iteration sprints and design retainer.

Industry-Standard Design Stack

Figma-first workflows, complemented by the best research and handoff tools.

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Figma

Design & prototyping

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FigJam

Workshops & mapping

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Adobe CC

Illustration & motion

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After Effects

Motion & interactions

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Zeroheight

Design system docs

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Maze

Usability testing

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Hotjar

Heatmaps & replays

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Useberry

User testing

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Notion

Docs & collaboration

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Zeplin

Developer handoff

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Storybook

Component library

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Axe / WAVE

Accessibility audits

UI/UX Project Deliverables

Every engagement produces documented, production-ready design outputs.

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Discovery & Research Report

Interviews, personas, journey maps, and insights.

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Information Architecture

Sitemaps, user flows, and navigation structures.

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Wireframes & Flows

Low-fidelity layouts for key screens and states.

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High-Fidelity UI Designs

Pixel-perfect screens for mobile, web, or dashboard.

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Design System

Tokens, components, and adoption documentation.

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Interactive Prototypes

Clickable Figma prototypes for testing and pitching.

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Usability Test Findings

Task success, insights, and prioritised fixes.

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Developer Handoff Pack

Figma specs, tokens, and interaction documentation.

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Accessibility Report

WCAG 2.1 AA audit and remediation roadmap.

UI/UX Case Study

How we redesigned a Kenyan fintech app and lifted activation by 62%.

UI/UX case study for Nairobi fintech app

Nairobi FinTech App

Problem: A Kenyan fintech app had a strong concept but weak activation. Users abandoned during onboarding and struggled to complete basic tasks like sending money or paying bills.

Solution: Techhold Developers ran UX research, redesigned onboarding, rebuilt the information architecture, created a full design system in Figma, and shipped a validated new flow after 3 rounds of usability testing.

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What Our Clients Say

Real outcomes from Techhold Developers' UI/UX and product design engagements.

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"The redesign lifted activation by 62% — but what really stood out was the research process. Techhold understood our users better than we did and shipped a design system our engineers actually love."

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"Techhold designed our SaaS dashboard from scratch — research, wireframes, prototypes, design system, and handoff. Our engineering velocity doubled because designers and developers finally spoke the same language."

UI/UX & Product Design FAQs

Answers to the questions we hear most from Kenyan startups and enterprises.

How much does UI/UX design cost in Kenya?
UI/UX and product design in Kenya typically ranges from KES 150,000 for a focused website or single-screen redesign to KES 3,000,000+ for a full product design engagement with research, design system, and multi-platform handoff. Pricing depends on scope, platforms, and complexity. Techhold Developers provides fixed-scope proposals after a discovery workshop.
Do you design both mobile apps and web platforms?
Yes. We design iOS apps, Android apps, responsive web platforms, SaaS dashboards, admin consoles, marketing websites, and design systems — unified across platforms with a shared design language.
Do you hand off designs to developers?
Yes. We deliver production-ready Figma files with design tokens, component libraries, specs, and redlines — plus optional developer handoff workshops, QA reviews, and design support during build.
Do you do user research and usability testing?
Yes. Discovery and validation are core to our process. We conduct user interviews, journey mapping, moderated usability testing, and A/B testing plans — with clear, actionable insights.
Can you redesign our existing product?
Yes. We do UX audits, heuristic evaluations, and usability scoring — then design and roll out a redesign in phases that avoid disrupting live users.
Do you build design systems?
Yes. We design and document full design systems in Figma — tokens (color, type, spacing, elevation), components, patterns, and adoption guidelines. We can also support Storybook implementation with your engineering team.
Do you design accessible products?
Yes. Accessibility (WCAG 2.1 AA) is built into our design process, not an afterthought. We audit for contrast, keyboard navigation, focus states, screen reader support, and inclusive typography.
How long does a design engagement take?
A focused website redesign takes 3–6 weeks. An end-to-end mobile app or SaaS platform design typically takes 8–16 weeks, delivered in phased sprints so you can see progress and iterate.
Do you provide ongoing design support?
Yes. We offer monthly design retainers covering design system upkeep, new screens and features, UX iteration, and design QA. Ideal for product teams that ship weekly.
Do you work with clients outside Nairobi?
Yes. We work with clients across Kenya — Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru, Eldoret, Thika — and internationally (US, UK, EU, Middle East, Africa). All work is delivered remotely with regular video reviews and shared Figma files.

Book Your UI/UX & Product Design Audit

A 60-minute session with a senior product designer to review your current product, identify UX opportunities, and outline a design roadmap. No obligation.

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UX heuristic review
UI consistency check
Accessibility snapshot
Onboarding & flow review
Design system readiness
Effort & timeline estimate
Budget guidance
Prioritised design roadmap