Enterprise AI 128 x 64and Personalised Apps.

We work alongside enterprises and startups to build software that actually works—embedding AI when it makes sense to work smarter, but understanding your real challenges is what makes the difference.

We've created platforms for Blue Chip clients and the platforms we've built process over $90 million in transactions annually. With offices in the UK and SA, our team spans 5 countries and 4 continents, we are a truly global company.

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Why Catalyst

Our secret sauce is our exerienced people. We believe strong, long term, relationships with our clients are key to all good work whether it be optimising, embracing the latest in technology or building defined solutions and products.

What we do: Embedded AI

Where it makes sense, AI helps us solve your actual problems at speed.

For enterprise clients, our Forward Deployed Engineers understand your business and identify painpoints. You'll see results immediately, then we iterate fast to make it even better.

For startups, we deliver MVP-quality products at warp speed. Same attention to detail, same quality standards, but we get you to market fast, so you can learn, iterate and adapt along with your customers needs.

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What we do: Android & iOS

We've been building applications at scale since the beginning.

We build apps that solve complex problems. Every solution we create focuses on one thing: helping people do what they need to do, when they need to do it.

Complex backend? We handle it. Simple, intuitive frontend? That's our specialty. The result is software that looks great and works brilliantly. We pride ourselves on giving an honest opinion on what you want to build and whether we are the best fit for your solution.

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What we believe

We believe the best results are produced through collaboration, integrating our knowledge and expertise with your industry experience. Once we intimately understand the cause of your problem we apply our focus to engineering the best possible solution.

We build applications focused on delivering results. Nobody understands your specific goals or hurdles better than you. Combining our clients’ business and customer insights with our creativity and technical expertise is a proven path to success.

Think.

A catalyst makes change happen. We think deeply about the challenges our clients ask us to solve, probing the variables creating difficulties, and the elements that can be manipulated to create better results. We figure stuff out. We are restless when it comes to applying new paradigms to how we approach our work. We are confident in who we are and what we do.

Create.

We are creatives. UI and code are our mediums. We act boldly to overcome barriers, and put aside egos to embrace learning when new evidence suggests a better way to do something. Evolution requires experimentation. The boundaries of technology are our inspiration for creativity; there to build around, through or over. We create with purpose, putting our creativity to work and delivering beyond expectations.

Be.

Catalyst is a group of people navigating life AND work, together. We choose to be real and always advocate for authenticity with each other and our clients. We embrace a culture which combines calm and crazy because that’s what life is like.

Meet the crew

We’re a high performance team combining a diverse array of skill sets and personalities. We enjoy what we do, and we love succeeding. We’re normal like that. We do share one exceptional characteristic: an obsession to deliver products that work.

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Iain Mackenzie

Managing Director

Jonathan Turck

Principal Android Engineer, TD

Chris Kilpin

Principal iOS Engineer, CD

Nikita Turck

Managing Director UK

Jemma Badenhorst

Project Manager

Barry Hughes

Business Development Manager

Tristan Currin

Business Analyst

Brendan Stringer

Business Analyst

Riaan Murugan

Senior Tester

Aaron Willie

Tester

Blake Loizides

Senior iOS Engineer

Anro Swart

Senior IOS Engineer

Greg Bales

iOS Engineer

Katherine Chambers

iOS Engineer

Ashveer Munilal

Senior Android Engineer

Ashley Urombo

Senior Android Engineer

Amy van Niekerk

Android Engineer

Joel Dickson

Web Engineer

Savan Padalyia

Full Stack / Magento Engineer

Genevieve Naidoo

UI/UX Designer

Debbie Kitto

Tester

Tom Larson

Intern

Quellon Naicker

Intern

People who trust us

We work with organizations of all sizes in a variety of industries, tackling areas ranging from ecommerce and customer relationship management to logistics and inventory tracking. We can help whether you’re serving customers, clients, communities or colleagues.

Discover Our Featured Work

Explore our curated collection of successful projects

Pick n Pay asap + SmartShopper

Catalyst worked alongside Pick n Pay's preferred design partner to develop and release the new Pick n Pay asap + Smart Shopper app, offering on demand groceries and convenience features to their very large customer base.

Native App Development
Mr Price

Live since 2016, designed and developed in partnership with Mr Price, Catalyst released a single app that allows their extensive customer base to browse, shop and enjoy the Mr Price brand across their 4 verticals in one app.

Native App Development
UI/UX Design

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