astarios

WEST AFRICA’S LEADING WHOLESALER AND DISTRIBUTOR OF SOLAR RELATED EQUIPMENT

Our team was engaged with creating a website for SolarQuick by improving the overall site architecture and navigation to enable easier browsing and make the entire experience more convenient.

We created the ability to conveniently manage the catalog of products and to track transactions and stock reservations.
We also created the opportunity to view statistics on the website including the number of sign-ups during a specific period and the most visited pages using the ChartJS library.

The design was improved based on the needs of the Nigerian market as well as with the goal to enhance the shopping experience.

The core tech stack that we utilized:

• Back-end: NodeJS

“FlutterWave Api” (local credit/debit operations with credit cards and bank accounts) and Zoho were integrated.

• Front-end: React JS

We implemented a fully responsive solution backed by the ReactJS framework.

ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY DRYING

Suter AG is a Swiss pioneer in the field of building drying. As an ecological alternative to oil heating systems, Sutter offers heating modules that are operated by wood pellets. By using pressed sawdust as fuel, these devices are CO2-neutral and without pollutants. Suter AG has its finger on the pulse of the times as more and more clients are focusing on sustainability. These heating modules guarantee low energy consumption of the building during operation while using environmentally friendly materials and construction methods.

astarios developed an operating tool for Suter AG, which covers all operational aspects, from the offer to the billing of services. Using M2M technology, both the silos and the connected heaters are integrated, continuously monitored, and controlled by the Web UI.

• CTO as a Service, Managed Team
• Fullstack Javascript (MEAN), MongoDB, OpenVPN, Ubuntu

FinGuide is a Swiss platform that helps wealthy individuals find the perfect partner for investing their assets. We developed an online questionnaire with an evaluation tool for FinGuide AG in order to connect the needs of the customers with an optimal financial institution.

The search for a suitable private bank or an independent asset manager can be enormously time-consuming. Swiss Private Banking is not transparent because relevant facts such as costs or returns are not publicly available. FinGuide AG simplifies the process as it identifies the best providers, collects their data in detail, and makes the information available to you.

astarios developed an online questionnaire with an evaluation tool for FinGuide AG in order to connect the needs of the customers with an optimal financial institution.

• Fixed Price Project
• PHP/Laravel Framework, MariaDB

NIGERIA’S #1 LOGISTICS PLATFORM

WareNext is Nigeria’s first digital marketplace providing freight forwarding, warehousing storage and fulfilment, and last-mile delivery. A one-stop-shop solution for warehousing storage, fulfilment, last-mile delivery, and freight.

When creating the scope of the WareNext website, our dedicated team implemented various features for merchants, such as:

-creating jobs for shipping;

-printing fulfilment order details;

-providing the ability to calculate shipping fees;

-adding the ability to accept or decline quotes from contract drivers and hauliers;

-allowing the addition of Serial Numbers for pallets (using QR codes);

-creating fulfilment orders.

Our developers implemented various features for truck drivers, such as:

-the ability to sign up as a truck driver;

-the ability to see the list of available jobs and send quotes for the jobs;

-the ability to see the list of jobs for which they submitted quotes.

We implemented various features for warehousing, such as:

-the ability to track new orders and change the status of existing orders;

-the ability to change warehouse information.

The core tech stack that we utilized:

• Back-end: NodeJS/TypeScript

“FlutterWave Api” (local credit/debit operations with credit cards and bank accounts) and Zoho were integrated.

• Front-end: React JS

We have implemented a fully responsive solution backed by the ReactJS framework.

 INSIGHT ENGINE

Aleacta is a cognitive search and document management platform. The Insight Engine provides intelligent and configurable workflow support, ranging from continuous data collection and monitoring to automated analysis and assessment of results. We developed Blogpost, a machine learning analysis tool for Aleacta to assess the chances of success of startups for VCs.

astarios developed Blogpost, a machine learning analysis tool for Aleacta to assess the chances of success of startups for VCs.

• Engineering
• Tensorflow, ArangoDB, Grakn

Rensource Energy is a leading renewable energy and merchant services company revolutionizing energy provision in Africa by building and operating clean energy-based micro utilities.

It is Nigeria’s fastest-growing provider of off-grid energy, powering the productivity of small and medium-size enterprises.
We work together with a Nigeria-based development team to be fully integrated with the services they provide.

When creating the scope of the Spaces mobile web application for Rensource Energy, we integrated numerous local Api’s and services such as:

“Africa Talking”

(allowing the ability to send and receive SMS and USSD calls);

“FlutterWave Api” 

(adding the ability to do operations with local credit cards and bank accounts, the ability to send bills for services and payments, “mobile Airtime”, DSTV, etc.).

The core tech stack that we utilized:

• Back-end: Java8, Spring, PostgreSql, AWS hosted solutions:

 
– We created a Swagger-documented Rest-full Api which can integrate with a number of local African third parties.

– We also implemented the ability of in-house authorization from swagger.ui so the user does not need third party tools.
– We created a simple way for customers to sign-up and sign-in.
In the initial step, the application can collect mobile phone numbers only.

– For meet customers’ needs, we implemented addition sign-in channels.
For example, if customers have a “do not disturb” mode activated on their mobile phones, they have the ability to send the registration code in USSD or Whatsapp with further additional data requests during their journeys through the app.

• Front-end: modern ReactJS framework and progressive web app approach.

 
The approach simplified the installation of the app for customers with Android OS and iOS without developing a native application for each operating system. Ultimately, this approach reduced support costs and saved Rensource Energy time.

We work as an extended team, and our people are involved in the development of BlueSpice extensions, reduction of technical debt, and correction of bugs in the existing code.

By adding extra resources to the client’s project, the projects are now more flexible and can deliver faster results.

The goal of Hallo Welt!’s producers is to optimize the Wikipedia software MediaWiki for organizations and companies. Through this platform, communities are provided free knowledge from developments happening in the business world.

BlueSpice wiki is based on MediaWiki, the software that also runs the Wikipedia online encyclopedia. Just like Wikipedia, BlueSpice empowers people to share and find information quickly and efficiently. In addition to the typical and robust collaboration features of MediaWiki, BlueSpice includes important quality management and maintenance tools that enable companies and organizations of all sizes to use the wiki for a variety of important business functions. As a flexible knowledge base and documentation platform, BlueSpice supports efforts to collaboratively grow and distribute information.

As a result, BlueSpice has developed into a solution that puts particular emphasis on company knowledge: finding relevant information, collecting knowledge centrally, giving it context and structure, and securing its quality.

• ExtJS
• PHP 7+
• MySQL
• Elasticsearch
• LDAP
• Parsoid
• Git, Gerrit