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Design & technology studio — Mogadishu, Somalia

Ideas deservealtitude.

Elevates combines design, technology and strategy to help ambitious organisations — in Somalia and around the world — build brands, websites and software that move them forward.

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Mogadishu 2°02′N 45°20′E

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About Elevates

We're a ten-person studio of designers, engineers and strategists. We believe good digital work is equal parts clear thinking, careful craft and reliable engineering — built to the same standard, wherever you are in the world.

  • Clarity before code

    Every project starts with the business problem. Design and technology decisions follow from it — never the other way round.

  • Craft is not optional

    Typography, performance, accessibility, the last pixel of a layout: details are where quality becomes visible.

  • Local roots, global standard

    We're headquartered in Mogadishu and set up to work with organisations anywhere, to international standards.

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Services

Six disciplines. One team.

Strategy, design, engineering and marketing under one roof — so ideas move from first conversation to finished product without getting lost between handovers.

  • Brand Identity & Creative Design

    Strategy-led identities that make organisations recognisable and coherent wherever they appear.

    • Brand strategy
    • Logo design
    • Visual identity systems
    • Brand guidelines
    • Graphic design
  • Website Design & Development

    Custom websites and web applications — designed around your users, engineered for speed.

    • Custom website design
    • UI/UX design
    • Corporate websites
    • E-commerce websites
    • Web applications
    • Responsive development
  • Digital Marketing & Growth

    Search, social and content strategies that connect your brand with the right audience.

    • Search engine optimisation
    • Digital marketing strategy
    • Social media strategy
    • Content strategy
    • Campaign development
  • Software & Technology Solutions

    Custom software, integrations and automation that make your operations run better.

    • Custom software development
    • Business applications
    • Digital transformation
    • Automation and integrations
    • Technical consulting
  • Digital Strategy & Consulting

    Clear plans for technology, products and customer experience — before you invest.

    • Business technology strategy
    • Digital transformation consulting
    • Product strategy
    • User experience consulting
  • Creative & Multimedia

    Motion, content and visual storytelling that bring your brand to life.

    • Motion graphics
    • Digital content
    • Visual storytelling
    • Creative campaigns

Our work

Selected work

Our client case studies will be published here as projects launch, with our clients' permission. Until then, these self-initiated studio concepts show how we think and what we build.

Everything on this page is a self-initiated studio concept, created by Elevates to demonstrate our approach. None of it is client work, and no real organisation is depicted.

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How we work

Every project is a climb.

Five stages, each building on the last. You'll always know where we are, what's next and why.

  1. 01

    Discover

    We learn how your organisation works — its goals, audience, constraints and what success should look like.

    • Stakeholder interviews
    • Audience research
    • Review of what exists

  2. 02

    Strategize

    We turn what we've learned into a clear direction: priorities, scope, success measures and a plan.

    • Strategy and scope
    • Success measures
    • Project roadmap

  3. 03

    Design

    We shape the experience and the identity, testing ideas early and refining them with you.

    • Concepts and prototypes
    • Visual design
    • Usability testing

  4. 04

    Develop

    We engineer reliable, secure and fast solutions — built to be maintained, not just launched.

    • Front-end and back-end
    • Quality assurance
    • Documentation

  5. 05

    Launch & Evolve

    We launch carefully, measure what happens and keep improving with you.

    • Launch and training
    • Measurement
    • Ongoing support

Why Elevates

What you can expect from us.

  • Design-led thinking

    We start with people's needs and design the experience before choosing the technology.

  • Technology at the core

    Our engineers are involved from day one, so what we design can be built, maintained and scaled.

  • Strategy, then execution

    Every deliverable traces back to an agreed goal. If it doesn't serve the goal, we question it.

  • Collaboration you can see

    You work directly with the people doing the work, with regular check-ins and shared progress.

  • Attention to detail

    Typography, accessibility, performance, copy — we care about the details others skip.

  • Performance and quality

    Fast, accessible and secure by default. Quality is built in from the start, not added at the end.

  • Long-term partnerships

    We're still here after launch — to support, measure and improve what we've built together.

Our team

The people behind Elevates.

Ten designers, engineers and strategists, led by a five-person leadership team.

  • Portrait of Qasim, Chief Executive Officer at Elevates

    Qasim

    Chief Executive Officer

  • Portrait of Abdullah, Chief Technology Officer at Elevates

    Abdullah

    Chief Technology Officer

  • Portrait of Dina, Chief Client Officer at Elevates

    Dina

    Chief Client Officer

  • Portrait of Maryam, Chief Growth Officer at Elevates

    Maryam

    Chief Growth Officer

  • Portrait of Ahmed, Chief Strategy Officer at Elevates

    Ahmed

    Chief Strategy Officer

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    Designers, engineers and specialists

    The rest of our ten-person team will be introduced here soon.

Meet the team

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Launching something new or improving what you have? We'd like to hear about it.

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