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Jolems Property Solutions
Kampala · Nairobi · Kigali · Dar · Dubai · New York

Building the Dubai of East Africa, one township at a time.

Jolems Property Solutions is a registered Ugandan operator combining real estate services, construction and the HomeSure platform, the dashboard helping landlords collect rent on mobile money, screen tenants and run their portfolios with confidence.

1,500+

Units landlords manage on HomeSure

From a single dashboard

2.4M

Uganda housing deficit

140K-unit annual gap

8

Active revenue streams

Services · Construction · Platform

$15M+

Year 7 revenue target

East Africa scale

Uganda housing deficit · 2.4M unitsHomeSure · rent collection on mobile moneyAnnual supply gap · 140,000 unitsDiaspora remittances · $1.2B+ annuallyAfCFTA · 90% intra-African tariffs eliminatedMedian age · under 16 yearsKampala growth · 5%+ annuallyAverage rental yield · 8 – 14%Construction cost · among Africa's lowestDFI capital · 5 – 8% vs 22% bank rateUganda housing deficit · 2.4M unitsHomeSure · rent collection on mobile moneyAnnual supply gap · 140,000 unitsDiaspora remittances · $1.2B+ annuallyAfCFTA · 90% intra-African tariffs eliminatedMedian age · under 16 yearsKampala growth · 5%+ annuallyAverage rental yield · 8 – 14%Construction cost · among Africa's lowestDFI capital · 5 – 8% vs 22% bank rate
Why now

Uganda’s housing crisis is the clearest market signal in East Africa.

A 2.4 million-unit deficit. Two hundred thousand units of demand a year against sixty thousand of supply. Twenty million urban residents by 2035. Yields of 8–14% in a region where the median age is under sixteen. The numbers are not subtle, and they are accelerating faster than every formal developer combined can respond.

For a generation, Uganda’s real estate market has been informal, fragmented and trust-poor. Land titles are contested, deposits disappear, and diaspora capital, over $1.2 billion in annual remittances, has no credible digital channel into the asset class it most wants to own.

Jolems was built for this exact moment. A registered operator with a live PropTech platform, a five-phase construction roadmap and a capital architecture that side-steps Uganda’s 22% bank rate entirely. The window is open. We are already inside it.

Read the market thesisSource: UBOS · MoLHUD · Knight Frank
Market indicators2024 – 2025

2.4M units

Housing deficit

200K units

Annual demand

60K units

Annual supply

140K units

Annual gap

20M

Urban population by 2035

Annual gap: 140,000 units of unmet demand every single year. At Jolems’ Phase 1 unit economics, closing one tenth of one percent of that gap is a billion-shilling business.

The three engines

One company. Three compounding engines.

Real estate services fund operations from Day 1. Construction creates the housing stock Uganda desperately needs. HomeSure gives landlords a single dashboard to collect rent, screen tenants, hold deposits and stay in control of every unit.

01Cash flow from Day 1

Real Estate Services

Brokerage, property management, valuations, short-let, land subdivision and diaspora concierge, six services that fund operations before a brick is laid.

  • 3–5% commission on every brokered deal
  • 8–12% recurring on managed portfolios
  • USD-denominated short-let arbitrage
  • Diaspora concierge with 2% management fee
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02Building East Africa's housing stock

Construction & Development

Five sequential phases from affordable mid-market residential to PBSA, mixed-use townships, AfCFTA logistics and certified-green smart infrastructure.

  • Land-for-equity model, zero upfront land cost
  • 30% off-plan deposits held in HomeSure escrow
  • DFI capital at 5–8% vs Uganda's 22% bank rate
  • Retain 20–30% of every block as yielding rentals
Construction strategy
03Built for landlords

HomeSure Platform

The PropTech platform every Ugandan landlord has been waiting for, rent on autopilot, tenants screened, deposits protected and a clear view of every unit in one place.

  • Collect rent on MTN MoMo, Airtel Money and M-Pesa
  • Tenant KYC, leases and statements without paper
  • Deposits held in escrow, protected end to end
  • One dashboard for every unit, meter and payment
See how it helps landlords
HomeSure platform

Everything a landlord needs in one dashboard.

Rent collected on mobile money. Tenants properly screened. Deposits safely in escrow. Leases signed digitally. Vacancies filled faster. HomeSure replaces the WhatsApp groups, paper folders and chasing phone calls with one calm, professional system.

Live · Helping landlords today
Module 01

Protected deposits

Tenant deposits sit safely in escrow, never on the landlord's personal account, never lost in a dispute.

Module 02

Digital leases

Lease templates ready in minutes, signed on a phone, stored forever, searchable when needed.

Module 03

Rent on mobile money

Tenants pay rent over MTN MoMo, Airtel Money or M-Pesa straight into the landlord's account.

Module 04

Tenant KYC

National ID and passport scans verified instantly so every tenant is properly known before they move in.

Module 05

Multi-unit dashboard

Every unit, meter, lease, deposit and payment in one clean view, across one block or twenty.

Construction strategy

Five sequential phases. Compounding capital each time.

Affordable mid-market residential funds purpose-built student accommodation. PBSA funds mixed-use townships. Townships seed the AfCFTA logistics REIT. Every phase is designed to be the last project we ever raise traditional debt for.

Phase 01Year 1 – 3

Affordable Mid-Market Residential

Kira · Naalya · Namugongo · Wakiso

Build 20–60 unit apartment blocks at the UGX 80–150M sweet spot for Uganda's working middle class. Funded entirely through off-plan pre-sales (30% deposits in HomeSure escrow) and diaspora JV capital.

  • Land-for-equity JV, landowners contribute land
  • 60% two-bed · 30% one-bed · 10% three-bed
  • 8–10% yield on the 20–30% retained rental units
  • 30% off-plan deposits in HomeSure escrow
Phase 02Year 2 – 4

Purpose-Built Student Accommodation

Makerere · Kyambogo · Nkumba

24–80 room hostel blocks within 1 km of major universities. Across Africa's 1,331 higher-ed institutions, only 30% of student demand is met. PBSA generates 13–14% yields and unlocks alumni-led diaspora capital.

  • 40-room block: UGX 168M annual revenue on UGX 600M build
  • Year 3 unlevered ROI: 28%
  • Alumni diaspora pipeline, emotional + financial fit
  • 1 block per zone Year 2 → 3–5 per zone by Year 5
Phase 03Year 3 – 5

Mixed-Use Township Development

Gayaza · Mukono · Bweyogerere

2–5 acre mini-townships: ground-floor retail, residential apartments, primary school, clinic and green space. The cross-subsidy model funds affordable units with premium and retail income, Kigali Vision City and Kenya AHP playbook.

  • 30% market-rate · 50% mid-market · 20% affordable
  • Anchor school + clinic on every site
  • Government PPP framework via UIA + Lands
  • Transforms Jolems from developer to community builder
Read all five phasesPhase 4 industrial · REIT anchorPhase 5 green · DFI-aligned
Capital architecture

A staircase of capital, each rung de-risks the next.

Bootstrap and seed prove the operating model. Off-plan deposits and diaspora equity fund Phase 1. Series A scales the platform. DFI capital underwrites green at-scale construction. A REIT listing returns liquidity to early backers. Eight stages, one architecture.

01Month 3 – 12

Seed

UGX 75M · $20K

A small, intentional first cheque to staff a team of three, open the Kampala office, onboard the first cohort of landlords onto HomeSure and close the first brokered and managed deals.

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02Year 2 – 3

Series A

$2.5M

Platform marketing, the first wholly-Jolems PBSA blocks at Makerere and Kyambogo, and regional groundwork for Kenya and Rwanda.

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03Year 3 – 5

DFI / Impact

$10 – 20M

Green affordable housing tranches from IFC, AfDB and AFD at 5–8%, a structural cost-of-capital advantage in a market where banks lend at 22%.

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04Year 5 – 7

REIT / USE

$50M+

Anchor industrial and PBSA assets seeded into a Uganda Securities Exchange listing, public liquidity for diaspora and institutional shareholders.

Discuss this stage
Also in the architectureOff-Plan Pre-Sales, UGX 2–4B / projectDiaspora Equity, $200K – $2MLand JV Equity, Land value
Why Jolems wins

Nine structural advantages, six are already irreversible.

A registered operator, a working landlord platform and a capital structure that side-steps Uganda's 22% bank rate. Every day Jolems is in market, more landlords come on board, more units are managed, and the moat widens.

HomeSure for landlords

Landlords across Uganda use HomeSure to collect rent on mobile money, screen tenants, hold deposits in escrow and run their entire portfolio from one dashboard.

Registered company

Jolems can sign contracts, hold property, employ staff and raise regulated investment from Day 1. Most competitors are informal.

Escrow trust weapon

Deposit fraud is Uganda's biggest real estate pain point. HomeSure escrow solves it, and earns 1–2% per transaction doing it.

Zero-capital construction

Off-plan pre-sales + land JV + diaspora equity. We start projects without 22% bank loans, a structural margin advantage.

Mobile money native

MTN MoMo, Airtel and M-Pesa cover 75%+ of Ugandan transactions. Bank-only competitors miss the majority of the market.

Diaspora capital pipeline

$1.2B+ in remittances flow home annually with no trusted digital property channel. HomeSure is the bridge.

From the founder

“Every Ugandan landlord deserves a system that collects rent on time, protects their deposits and respects their time. HomeSure is that system, and it is here today.”

J

Founder & CEO

Jolems Property Solutions Ltd

Build with us

Build East Africa’s Dubai with us.

A registered operator. A landlord platform already at work in Uganda. A 2.4 million-unit deficit. We are raising patient capital from investors who understand that the next decade in African real estate belongs to the operators already in market.