A rental marketplace built around how Kenya actually rents.
NyumbaTrace connects renters with verified agents across Nairobi—whether you’re a comrade on a budget or a working professional looking for your next home.
Verified first
Featured homes are inspected by our team before they go live — no bait listings.
Fair pricing
One small browsing fee, and you get to find your ideal house. No hidden charges.
Built for Kenya
Real neighbourhoods, real agents, real M-Pesa payments — not a global template.
Mobile-first
Most of Kenyans own a phone. So we built NyumbaTrace for a phone first.
Two founders, two very different jobs.
One of us builds the thing. The other makes sure people hear about it.
Joseph Mokua
Co-founder — Developer & Systems Designer
Joseph designed and built NyumbaTrace end to end — from the database and payments plumbing to the interface you're using right now. He works as a developer, data analyst, and systems/software designer, and leans on that data-analyst side to keep NyumbaTrace's pricing, verification flow, and listing quality grounded in what the numbers actually show about how Kenyans search for a home, not just what looks good on a slide.
Allois Kago
Co-founder — Marketing & Growth
Allois leads how NyumbaTrace reaches renters, landlords, and agents. An upcoming marketer, motivational speaker, and public speaker, he brings an energy for connecting with people directly — on stage and in conversation — into how NyumbaTrace talks about itself: straightforward, encouraging, and built on trust rather than hype.