Why we start every build at the quayside, not the boardroom
What we learned watching stevedores tally vehicles before we wrote a single line of code
The Stevedoring App — order, track and tally every RORO shipment
Built for stevedores by the people who watched them work. Offline-first, glove-friendly software, live at South African ports — 700,000+ vehicles tallied.
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RORO software built for the quayside, not the boardroom
The Stevedoring App digitises tallying, manifests and stowage at the port — accurate, auditable, and ready even when the connection isn't. Three steps ahead.
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An African Software OEM — we build our own software, and yours
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Major clients since 2012Pace Online is an African Software OEM. We design, build and operate our own software products — the Stevedoring App, SunSeek, Uniflo and Govermate — and the same teams build custom software for the clients, partners and investors who commission us.
Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Midrand, we have shipped software for South African government, parastatals and private companies for more than a decade. Offline-first, AI-first where it earns its place, and built for the realities of the African field.
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AI-first
We use AI where it earns its place — reading documents, flagging anomalies, answering in plain language. Real productivity, not buzzwords.
Field investigation
We watch the work before we write the code. Every build starts at the quayside, the yard or the depot — not the boardroom.
Agile development
Small, accountable teams shipping in short cycles. We build, measure and adjust, so you see working software fast.
Continuous enhancement
Software is never finished. The Stevedoring App alone shipped hundreds of releases in a single year — and keeps improving.
We ship working software, then keep making it better — three steps ahead of the brief, release after release.
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/ Software that works · Three steps ahead · Built in Africa, for Africa. / Software that works · Three steps ahead · Built in Africa, for Africa.
what we do
We build, install and support the software your business runs on
Custom software, our own products, and the training to make them stick — built for the realities of the African field.
From first site visit to live software and beyond, Pace Online designs, builds and runs systems that earn their keep — three steps ahead, every release.
- Custom software
- Product installation
- Team training
- AI-first builds
- Offline-first apps
- Support & upgrades
how it works
How a Pace build goes from first site visit to live, working software
projects
Real software, shipped for South African ports, municipalities and public entities
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Projects
blog
Notes from the field, the yard and the workshop
Where AI earns its place in our products — and where it doesn't
We ship AI where it cuts hours, kilometres or errors, not where it looks good in a demo
clients
Trusted by the organisations we build for