Western Cape, South Africa
Custom ERP and billing, AI agents, web applications and SaaS for retail and food businesses in Cape Town. Built by Flip Retail in Jaipur, India, and delivered remotely, with working software every two weeks.
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01 — Local economy
Head offices of Shoprite, Pick n Pay and Woolworths, the online retailer Takealot, Naspers and investment managers such as Allan Gray and Coronation sit in and around the city. Fruit and wine from the nearby Winelands and Boland leave through the Port of Cape Town's reefer and container terminals, and tourism and film production centre on the Atlantic seaboard and the V&A Waterfront.
Also known as Kaapstad.
English, Afrikaans and Xhosa
02 — Industries
What we would build first for the industries Cape Town is known for.
04 — Working together
Jaipur is 3 h 30 min ahead of Cape Town all year. A 09:00 start there is 12:30 in Jaipur. Standard 09:00–18:00 office days overlap by 5 h 30 min, which is enough for live calls, demos and same-day answers.
Local time, standard time.
Pranjal was very professional with excellent communication and transparency.
50+ projects for 30+ clients in 11 countries over six-plus years.
05 — FAQ
Yes, remotely. Flip Retail is a software studio in Jaipur, India, with no office in Cape Town; discovery happens on video calls and you get working software every two weeks.
Jaipur is 3 h 30 min ahead of Cape Town all year. A 09:00 start there is 12:30 in Jaipur. Standard 09:00–18:00 office days overlap by 5 h 30 min, which is enough for live calls, demos and same-day answers.
For English and Afrikaans, yes: current language models handle them well, including mixed-language messages. Support for Xhosa is more limited, so we test with real customer messages before committing to it, and route anything the agent is unsure about to your team.
Usually one module that fixes the most expensive problem first. For retail & e-commerce that is often point-of-sale billing and omnichannel inventory. It goes live early, and the rest of the system follows in two-week increments while your team is already using it.
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