Kenyan-first ERP for finance and operations teams

ERP built around how business actually works.

A unified system for finance and operations, with the governance, compliance and reporting your organisation needs in Kenya.

Finance coreAccounting and reporting
OperationsInventory and workflows
ControlApprovals and permissions
ComplianceKenyan tax-aware design

STEWARDSHIP

Built for people entrusted with other people's businesses.

Finance teams are entrusted with more than recording transactions. They are expected to protect assets, enforce policy, maintain evidence, meet statutory obligations and explain the numbers.

Steward Business Suite was designed around that responsibility.

GOVERNANCEINTEGRITYCOMPLIANCEVISIBILITY
GOVERNANCE

Business policy should live in the system, not in people's memories.

Who is allowed to approve this purchase order? The answer should come from the organisation's policy, not from whoever happens to be raising the transaction.

It may depend on the business process, department, transaction value, approval level, authority grade, role and the sequence of approvals required.

Steward's approval matrix turns those rules into system behaviour, so the transaction follows the organisation's policy.

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Kampuni Kubwa Limited
SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION
Approval Matrix
BUSINESS PROCESS OWNER DEPARTMENT AMOUNT RANGE (KES) LEVEL GRADE TYPE
Payroll People and Culture 0.00 - 9,999,999.99 1 2.00 Sequential
Payroll All Departments 0.00 - 999,999,999.99 2 1.00 Sequential
Purchase Order All Departments 0.00 - 99,999.99 2 2.00 Sequential
Purchase Order All Departments 100,000.00 - 9,999,999.99 1 2.00 Sequential
Stock take Supply chain management 0.00 - 999,999,999.99 1 2.00 Sequential
Greenfields Agro Supplies Limited
GL Account Enquiry (Quick Report)
# Journal No Date Reference Description Doc Debits Credits
311 05-06-24 00225157 PL-KUK-1CHICK-KR x 20,000 chicks 4,335,564.00
312 06-06-24 224894 224894 - Broccoli Branches Limited
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10,500.00
314 10-06-24 00224897 Dairy Meal: Milk Can 20L (20L) 113,000.00
317 12-06-24 00224890 Electrical cable Red 1.5mm 47,000.00
321 13-06-24 00224896 Milk Can 20L (20L); Glyphosate (1L) 21,200.00
REPORTACCOUNTTRANSACTIONEVIDENCE
02 / INTEGRITY

Numbers should carry their evidence with them.

An invoice may support a supplier balance, an expense, VAT, a fixed asset and the eventual payment. You should not need to know how somebody filed it before you can find it.

Steward keeps the route from report to account to transaction to supporting evidence connected, with access governed by permission.

See how Steward preserves the trail →
03 / COMPLIANCE

Compliance obligations should not become surprises.

Kenyan finance teams work with recurring obligations for VAT, PAYE, withholding taxes, corporate tax and other statutory requirements. Knowing that an obligation exists is not enough. Somebody needs to know what is due, when it is due and who is responsible for it.

Steward brings statutory obligations into the workflow so upcoming deadlines are visible before they become compliance problems.

WHAT IS DUE? WHEN IS IT DUE? WHO OWNS IT?
Explore Kenyan compliance workflows →
WORKFLOW

Obligations And Deadlines

Your assigned reminders appear here, and accounting team obligations are visible when you supervise the module.

Overdue Assigned to you
DUE 18 DAYS AGO

VAT Return And Payment

20 Aug 2026 | 07/26
Due soon Assigned to you
DUE IN 2 DAYS

PAYE Return And Payment

09 Sep 2026 | 08/26
Upcoming Assigned to you
DUE IN 13 DAYS

Corporate Tax Instalment

20 Sep 2026 | 09/26
Highlands Agro Supplies Limited WESLEY BOIT Payroll Analytical Review Current Period 01/25 Generate Report Export CSV Total Items 45 Total Variance -77,720.00 Previous Period Total 10,343,189.00 Current Period Total 10,265,469.00 # PAYROLL ITEM DECEMBER 2024 (KSH) JANUARY 2025 (KSH) VARIANCE (KSH) % CHANGE % ACTION 1 Acting Allowance 4,500.00 0.00 -4,500.00 -100.00% 2 Basic Pay 3,947,675.00 3,917,425.00 -30,250.00 -0.77% 3 Duty Allowance 0.00 4,000.00 4,000.00 4 House Allowance 582,825.00 578,950.00 -3,875.00 -0.66% 5 Key Allowance 11,000.00 11,000.00 0.00 0.00% 6 Responsibility Allowance 6,000.00 6,000.00 0.00 0.00% 7 Allowance 10 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00%
04 / VISIBILITY

Don't just report the number. Explain it.

A report is more useful when the next question is already within reach. Steward is designed for drill-down: from balances to accounts, from accounts to transactions, and from changes to the underlying explanation.

Management reporting becomes less about reconstructing the story and more about understanding what changed and why.

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ONE COORDINATED OPERATING SYSTEM

The breadth you expect from ERP. A financial core that keeps it connected.

Start with what your organisation needs. Add complexity only where it earns its place.

AccountingInventoryPayroll & HRMFixed AssetsCRMPOSManufacturing
BUILT FOR KENYA

Local compliance. Familiar finance practice. Serious operational control.

Steward supports Kenyan organisations looking for accounting software, inventory management, payroll, POS and eTIMS-aware finance workflows in one environment.

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FAQ

Before you decide whether Steward fits.

What is Steward Business Suite?

Steward Business Suite is a Kenyan-first ERP platform that brings accounting, inventory, payroll, approvals and reporting together in one coordinated operating system.

Is Steward suitable as accounting software in Kenya?

Yes. Steward is designed for Kenyan organisations that need accounting software with VAT awareness, withholding tax handling, reporting visibility and operational controls.

Does Steward support inventory and payroll workflows too?

Yes. Steward combines finance with inventory management, payroll, approvals and related workflows so teams do not have to keep moving between separate systems.

Is Steward built with KRA and eTIMS-related workflows in mind?

Yes. Steward is being shaped around Kenyan compliance realities, including VAT, withholding tax, payroll controls and eTIMS-aware accounting workflows.

How do I find my company workspace?

Use My Steward on the main site. It helps existing customers identify the most likely workspace URL before heading into sign-in.

Can I try a demo before creating an account?

Yes. The Try Demo route is intended to take you into the demo workspace so you can see the module launcher and product flow before signup.

STEWARD BUSINESS SUITE

See what changes when the system is designed around responsibility.

Bring finance, operations and control into one operating rhythm.