Caktus Group

Caktus Group builds and maintains custom Python and Django web applications, with a focus on complex, data-intensive projects. It has been developing web apps since 2007 and takes on work for businesses, health care, higher education, non-profits and social-good programmes.

What Caktus Group offers

• Custom web application development: architecture and build of reliable, scalable Django applications.
• Team augmentation: developers who join a client's team to meet deadlines and raise code quality.
• Offline data capture: tools that collect data securely without an internet connection.
• Bare metal and on-premises deployment: hosting on a client's own hardware for more control and security.
• Discovery workshops: sessions to agree product requirements and solutions.
• Upgrades, DevOps and cloud: keeping software current and secure, and running it on cloud services.

Clients

Caktus has built a national SMS voter registration system for Libya, a data integration for COVID-19 contact tracing in Philadelphia, SMS tools that sped up infant HIV results through Project Mwana, and licensing infrastructure for Creative Commons. UNICEF's Global Innovation Centre is among its clients.

Key facts

• Founded: 2007
• Specialism: Python and Django