Studio
A small studio for products that last.
Asraya Labs designs, builds and runs software for iOS, Android, macOS and the web. Some of it is ours; some of it we make with the people who will use it.
The studio
Asraya Labs was founded by Ibrahima Ciss, a designer and engineer who has spent years building apps and platforms end to end. The studio grew out of a simple conviction: the best products are made by people who care about every layer, from the first sketch to the database schema.
We build our own products and we build for others, with the same standards for both. Our own apps keep us honest: we live with every decision we make, long after launch.
The company is registered in England and Wales. The work happens in Dakar, Senegal, in French and in English, with people wherever they are.
The name
Āśraya
/ ash-RAH-ya /
In Sanskrit, āśraya means a shelter: the thing that supports, the ground something rests on. That is what good software should be for the people who rely on it. Our mark is an arch sheltering a point.
What we care about
The details people never notice, and always feel.
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Native where it matters
Platform conventions, accessibility and speed are not polish added at the end. They are where we start.
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Made for real conditions
Patchy networks, older phones, French and English, mobile money. We build for the places people actually live.
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Private by default
We collect what a feature needs and nothing more. PinKeep, for one, keeps every saved place on the device, with no account.
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Built to be maintained
Tested code, a clear architecture and written decisions, so the product keeps growing well past version one.
At a glance
- Founder
- Ibrahima Ciss
- Company
- ASRAYA LABS LTD
- Company number
- 17565375
- Registered in
- England and Wales
- Studio
- Dakar, Senegal
- Languages
- French, English