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Custom T-Shirts for Nairobi Startups, Tech Teams & Hackathons Order with M-Pesa

Get custom t-shirts for your Nairobi startup, tech team, or hackathon. Fast turnaround, M-Pesa payments, bulk pricing from KES 650/piece. Design Yangu Kenya's design platform.

You've got 48 people coming to your hackathon. Your startup is doing its first team photo. Your co-working space is hosting a demo day and wants everyone looking like they're on the same team.

You need custom t-shirts. You need them fast. And you'd really prefer to not spend three weeks emailing a middleman who replies with "kindly revert."

If you've been to any tech event in Nairobi in the last five years iHub, MEST Africa, Swahilipot, Antler Kenya, any Nairobi startup weekend you know the uniform: branded t-shirts.

It's not just aesthetics. Custom merch does real work for your team and your brand:

Investor meetings: Walking into a pitch as a team wearing your logo says "we take ourselves seriously" - Demo days: Makes your team instantly identifiable. Judges remember the team, not just the product. - Team culture: Nothing builds belonging like wearing the same thing while shipping code at 2AM - Recruitment: Your team wearing merch at meetups is the cheapest talent-attraction campaign you'll run - Social proof: That KOT photo from your product launch does more than any paid ad

The question isn't whether you need custom merch. It's how to get it without the usual Kenya printing headaches.

The traditional process: Find a printer in Industrial Area they want a physical design file back and forth over WhatsApp bank transfer two weeks pick up yourself some shirts are wrong.

The Design Yangu process: Upload your design preview it on a t-shirt pay with M-Pesa delivery in 13 business days. Done.

Ready to create yours?

Order custom merch via WhatsApp

Browse products, pick your design, and place your order on WhatsApp in 2 minutes. We'll send M-Pesa payment instructions β€” no app download, no sign-up required.

βœ“ From KES 1,200βœ“ Pay with M-Pesaβœ“ Delivered across Kenyaβœ“ No minimum order

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Design Yangu makes it easy to turn your ideas into real products β€” no inventory, no minimum orders. Pay with M-Pesa.