kenya’s first islamic bank, rebuilt to global benchmarks

ux & ui overhaul content rewrite cms seo hosting & managed services
Gulf African Bank
client

Gulf African Bank

sector

islamic banking

timeline

six months, end to end

01 · the challenge

Gulf African Bank is Kenya’s first and leading Islamic bank — a pioneer of Shariah-compliant finance in East Africa. Its website needed to serve a demanding brief: match the standards of the world’s best banking experiences, communicate complex Shariah-compliant products with clarity and accessibility, and give the bank’s own team full editorial control — all without interrupting a live banking operation, and all inside six months.

02 · the approach
complete ux & ui overhaul Information architecture, journeys and interface redesigned from zero — benchmarked against the world’s best banking experiences, fully mobile-responsive.
accessibility-first copy rewrite Every page rewritten for clarity — complex Shariah-compliant products explained in language customers actually use.
shariah-compliant visual content A visual system produced to the bank’s values and compliance requirements — imagery, iconography and layout.
modern cms & self-service editorial A CMS enabling the bank’s team to publish and update content independently — no agency bottleneck.
seo, secure hosting & management Search foundations built in from day one, with secure hosting and ongoing managed services after launch.

the outcome

03 · the outcome
6

months from kick-off to launch — end to end

100%

of pages rewritten accessibility-first, to Shariah-compliant standards

1st

Islamic bank in Kenya — now with a digital experience to match

Live at gulfafricanbank.com — with Dotsavvy providing secure hosting and ongoing management .

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