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Malewa.
Food meets community.

A product developed in-house, a previous period of operation, and a new market under consideration.

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An in-house product journey

Malewa is part of Octobytes’ own venture portfolio. Its story spans product development, a previous period of operation and consideration of a future market in Brazil. Food and community remain the themes connecting those chapters.

THE PRODUCT IDEA

Local food.
Closer connections.

Original Malewa Food illustration
01 / THE IDEA

A digital meeting place around food.

Malewa is one of Octobytes’ own products. It was developed and operated before activity stopped. Its story is part of our experience building products ourselves, alongside work for clients.

The product centers on a simple connection: people looking for food and the kitchens and producers around them.

02 / THE PRODUCT VISION

Several ways to bring food closer.

The public Malewa site presents a broad food ecosystem: prepared meals, groceries, chefs, farms, nutrition, recipes, deals, and menus. These describe the product vision; they should not be read as confirmation that each service is currently operating.

Discover

Find the kitchens, people, and food relevant to a local community.

Connect

Bring the different participants in a food experience into one place.

Develop

Keep product direction connected to the realities of operating a service.

03 / THE NEXT CHAPTER

Considering Brazil.

Following the founder’s move to Brazil, a Malewa relaunch is under consideration. This is a possible next chapter, rather than an announced launch or a currently available local service.

Visit the Malewa website
YOUR NEXT CHAPTER STARTS WITH A CONVERSATIONLet’s make
it happen.

Tell us what you need. We can work out the next step together.

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