Papohapo

Papohapo is a Kenya-focused event planning platform and marketplace for event organisers, professional planners, and event service providers who need a single place to plan, book, and run events.

Key capabilities include:

• Event Plan workspace with suggested tasks, budget lines, timelines, and collaborators (family, committee members, or a planner) to coordinate planning in one dashboard.
• Event services marketplace to browse services and ready-priced packages (the site lists 288 services across 25 categories) and send requests for quotation (RFQs); providers respond with itemised quotes (including VAT and proposed payment plans) that can be compared side by side.
• Digital service agreements and payment tracking where an accepted quote becomes a service agreement signed online by both parties; agreements include payment milestones (for example deposit and balance) with paid and outstanding amounts tracked per cost item.
• Guest and event-day tools such as event pages, RSVPs, guest lists, gift registries and contributions, QR passes, door check-in, plus seating planning and run sheets.

Available on Web.

Built for a B2B2C audience in Kenya, it serves consumers planning weddings, harambees, graduations, corporate events, holidays, and other occasions, as well as providers such as caterers, venues, décor teams, DJs, photographers, tent hire companies, and professional event planners managing client events.

Notable in the Kenyan market for its Papohapo Verified provider checks (identity and business documents reviewed by the team) and its pricing model, organisers plan and request quotes at KES 0, while providers can join and quote for free and pay a commission only when they win work, shown on each agreement. The platform is operated by Ericsoft Technologies in Kitengela, Kenya.