Changelog

What shipped, week by week

Every meaningful change, dated and in plain words. You will see how fast we move and what we choose to fix, that’s the point. Updated every Friday.

  1. Out of beta

    Jijenga is open. No invite, no waitlist. Start free and keep everything.

    • AddedJijenga is out of beta. Anyone can sign up and claim a free week of the full product. Every plan gets everything. Paying only changes how long the door stays open.
    • AddedA new jijenga.com: one story, honest numbers, and pricing that says exactly what it costs: week KES 199 (free during launch), month KES 399.
    • AddedBilling that can’t surprise you. No card on file, and nothing renews by itself. Continuing is always your M-Pesa push. One notice before a period ends, one after, a receipt when you pay.
    • AddedBeta members are founders. Everything stays free for them until January 2027.
    • ImprovedEvery email redesigned with the new mark, plain words, and the facts you need up front: what happened, when, and what happens next.
    • ImprovedCleaner spacing across the app and a calmer sign-in screen.

  2. Jijenga Connect

    • AddedJijenga Connect (ai.jijenga.com), bring your own AI assistant. Connect Claude and others to your account and ask about your own money in plain language. Changes only happen propose-and-confirm.
    • AddedThe new Jijenga identity: the Anchor Mark and a calmer, sharper look across the whole app.
    • ImprovedStatement upload redesigned: clearer steps, one PIN moment, honest progress.

  3. Android, reborn

    • AddedThe Jijenga Android app rebuilt from zero, wearing the new identity, get it at get.jijenga.com.
    • ImprovedNavigation reworked across the app: one canvas, clearer active states, search always a keystroke away.
    • FixedMonthly reports failing to generate at month close.

  4. Corrections that stick, everywhere

    • ImprovedCorrect a transaction once and it updates everywhere at once: every open device, every summary, every report, with full history kept.
    • ImprovedThe intelligence suite reworked as one connected system. Tap any figure to open it. Your chosen period follows you between rooms.
    • ImprovedFuliza Shield rebuilt to show what Fuliza costs you over time, not to pass judgement.
    • FixedRare cases where a correction could take minutes to reflect in summaries.

  5. Live progress

    • AddedReal-time updates. Imports report their progress stage by stage, live, and finish without a refresh.
    • ImprovedThe import experience rewritten as an honest narrative: what we’re doing, what we found, what you got.
    • ImprovedSupport goes live in the app, in a redesigned support room with real-time replies.
    • SecurityStrengthened protection around uploads and sessions.

  6. Faster foundations

    • ImprovedPages and reports load noticeably faster after a move to dedicated servers.
    • ImprovedFixes now reach you in minutes, not hours.
    • FixedImports occasionally stalling at the last step after the move.

  7. Hindsight

    • AddedHindsight, your financial story as a hosted report: The Reveal editions, sharable by link, downloadable as PDF.
    • AddedCallsigns. Every member gets an anonymous handle (a Kenyan place + a bird). Your name never appears in Jijenga.
    • ImprovedTransaction categories overhauled top to bottom, cleaner names, honest groupings, loans no longer masquerading as savings.

  8. The money taxonomy, corrected

    • ImprovedIncoming business payments, bank transfers, and international remittances now land as income, the way you’d expect.
    • ImprovedPerson-to-person money is a transfer, not "giving", so your spending no longer looks bigger than it is.
    • FixedDividends and bank inflows occasionally classified as internal moves.

  9. Every transaction accounted for

    • FixedA class of import edge cases where a handful of transactions could be skipped, an import now refuses to finish unless every row is accounted for.
    • ImprovedDuplicate detection across re-uploaded statements.
    • SecurityPlatform hardening across error handling and rate limits.

  10. Corrections, take one

    • AddedCorrect any transaction’s category from its detail panel. Your correction beats the machine, and it sticks.
    • AddedA smart category picker that only offers categories that make sense for the transaction’s direction.
    • ImprovedThe machinery that processes your statements, rebuilt for reliability.

  11. Classification, to the standard

    • ImprovedTransaction classification tuned against a hand-verified standard, direction, fees, reversals, PayBill variants, salary, and small-business flows all sharpened.
    • ImprovedConfidence scoring redesigned so "not sure" is said honestly instead of guessed.
    • SecurityAdded automated edge defenses in front of the platform.

  12. The lab weeks

    • AddedClassification quality is now measured against real (consented, anonymized) data before any change reaches you.
    • ImprovedInsight copy generated from your actual numbers, with data-driven thresholds for what deserves your attention.
    • AddedThe co-builder survey, so members shape what gets built.

  13. Settling in

    • AddedExplorer and Health pages: where your money went, and how the month is going.
    • ImprovedThe home dashboard redesigned card by card: velocity, cost of money, savings, top merchants, category breakdown.
    • AddedThe Android app project begins.

  14. Beta launch

    Jijenga opens to its founding members.

    • AddedStatement import. Upload your M-Pesa PDF and get back your income, spending, fees, Fuliza, savings.
    • AddedGuided onboarding: upload, a first insight, and a dashboard that fills with your real life.
    • SecurityEnd-to-end encryption of your financial data. Zero personal information stored, from day one.

  15. The hardening week

    • FixedDozens of pre-launch defects across payments, imports, and error handling, found by auditing every path before opening the doors.
    • SecurityLocked down every administrative surface. Alerts on every failure.
    • AddedEmail with verified sending, so our mail reaches your inbox, not spam.

First entry 11 Apr 2026 · updated every Friday

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