Our story

Why we started CYTO

Businesses in Africa don't need another disconnected dashboard. They need the documents, payments, and compliance work around them to stay connected as the business moves.

Built for the work that happens between tools

The problem

Running a company used to mean juggling between platforms. Most business tools still assume you have a full team: payments live in one place, invoices in another, receipts scatter across inboxes and folders, and statements stay locked inside bank portals. To understand how the business is really doing, you jump between tools, reconcile numbers by hand, and piece the story together manually — losing hours every week. You are not lacking information; you are lacking a system that keeps everything connected.

The idea

We did not set out to build another finance tool. We set out to build a system where everything stays connected without you having to hold it together. CYTO keeps the moving parts of your business — invoices, receipts, transactions, taxes, and documents — connected as things change, so they reinforce each other instead of living in silos. Instead of making you pull information out, CYTO pushes the right information to you: clear summaries and signals about what changed, what needs attention, and what is on track. It does not replace your accountant — it sits in between and keeps everything organized and ready, so conversations are easier and decisions are based on up-to-date information.

What we are focused on

CYTO is built for the businesses that run lean — teams that want to stay on top of their company without spending their days managing admin. We focus on reducing manual, repetitive work, keeping business data consistent and reliable, surfacing the right information at the right time, and making it easy to understand what is happening and why. Most importantly, we build software that works quietly in the background. When you run the whole company yourself, your business should stay organized and explain itself as it runs.

The people and places behind CYTO

From Luanda to Paris and New York, CYTO is being built close to the finance teams, institutions, accelerators, and customers shaping the next chapter of African business infrastructure.