Product thinkers, designers
and engineers. One table.
We are collaborators before we are colleagues. Different disciplines, different backgrounds, and the same habit of staying with a problem until it is solved.
- Founded
- 2017
- Products shipped
- 25+
- People, Johannesburg
- 20+
Leadership.
Bridge Labs was founded in 2017 to build technology for people the digital world too often leaves out.
Musa Kalenga
Co-founder, CEO
Kola Olajide
Co-founder, CTO
The whole squad.

Benjamin Adebowale
Head of Product

Felicia Mayeyane
Project Manager

Phelokazi Mntwini
UI/UX Designer

Adebola Olowolafe
Software Engineer

Peniel Tesfaye
Software Engineer

Lehlohonolo Radebe
Software Engineer

Nkandu Lukeshi
Software Engineer

Tinashe Jecha
Software Engineer

Kwenziwe Bhekiswayo
Software Engineer
Cynthia Mahofa
Software Engineer

Michelle Ramela
QA Tester
How we got here.
From two founders in 2017 to a studio building products across the continent.
- 2017
Kola Olajide and Musa Kalenga found Bridge Labs.
- 2017
First multi year digital transformation project signed.
- 2017
Clock launches, a learning platform for the workplace, with Microsoft, the Clinton Global Initiative and Telesure as clients.
- 2018
Partnership with the University of Johannesburg to grow the next generation of engineers. Its top four graduates join the team.
- 2020
Zoie Health launches, a women’s and family health platform for South Africa.
- 2021
The African Leadership Academy digitises how it manages its people.
- 2022
Partnership with SAVA to design and build a banking platform for African businesses.
- 2024
Three products for the African Foresight Group, across education and consulting.