Meet the people
behind Payzaapi
Two people. One shared obsession. We built what we wished existed for the businesses we grew up around.
"Technology should be the great equaliser. If a shop in Westlands can run a slick online store, so should a mama mboga in Nakuru. That's what Payzaapi is about."
Clinton is the founder and driving force behind Payzaapi. A graduate of Egerton University where he studied Agriculture Education and Extension, he is a qualified teacher of Biology and Agriculture and a certified extension officer — disciplines that gave him a rare ability to take complex systems and make them approachable for everyday people.
His passion for technology runs deep. What started as curiosity became conviction: that African entrepreneurs were being underserved by tools designed elsewhere, for someone else. Clinton designs Payzaapi's product direction, leads merchant relationships, and ensures every feature serves the person actually running a business — not just the one pitching to investors.
"I don't overthink it. If something needs to be built, we build it. Fast, clean, and it has to actually work for the person using it — that's the only standard that matters."
Mike is the engine room of Payzaapi. Clinton's blood brother and closest collaborator, he is the technical force that turns product ideas into live, working software — fast. Self-taught and relentlessly driven, Mike has a natural engineering instinct that formal education rarely produces.
He handles the backend architecture, payment integrations, database design, and the thousand small decisions that make a platform reliable at scale. Where others see blockers, Mike sees a build list. He brings an infectious, casual energy to the team — the kind that makes hard problems feel approachable and keeps the pace high without burning out.