CYST is a software innovation company that specializes in mobile payment, artificial intelligence and blockchain technologies to create simple and easy to use technology solutions which are relevant to local markets while adhering to international standards. With this in mind; Mazzuma, our flagship product, is a mobile money payment system that utilizes a distributed secure infrastructure and cryptocurrency to enable instant seamless payments. CYST also has a research arm called CRI (CYST Research Institute), which focuses on artificial intelligence based research and development such as natural language processing. The company was founded in 2013 and it's co-founders have been listed in the Forbes Africa 30 under 30, 2018 technology category.