AI development · Johannesburg
AI development company in Johannesburg
Mobile-first, low-bandwidth products with mobile money built in, from a senior team on overlapping hours.
Clarigo Infotech is an AI development company that designs, builds and runs custom AI software for businesses: AI agents that complete tasks, LLM-powered apps and copilots, chatbots and voice assistants, document and workflow automation, and computer vision. One in-house team handles strategy, design, engineering and support, and a focused AI product usually goes live in 25 to 30 days.
South African companies most often hire us for fintech, healthcare software and AI automation.
10+
Years of delivery
600+
Projects delivered
20+
Countries served
25-30
Days to a live MVP
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Mobile-first and built for real conditions
African businesses need products that work on any phone and any connection, with mobile money and local payments built in.
Works on any connection
Lightweight apps and sites that stay fast on slow networks and older phones.
Mobile money and local payments
M-Pesa, Flutterwave, Paystack and card payments integrated.
Overlapping hours
Two and a half to four and a half hours from India, so most of the day overlaps.
Cost-effective delivery
Senior engineers at offshore rates with full code ownership.
What our AI development covers
AI agents
Agents that read, decide and act inside your tools: CRM updates, ticket triage, scheduling, reporting and follow-ups.
LLM apps and copilots
Custom apps on GPT, Claude, Gemini or open-source models, connected to your data with retrieval and guardrails.
Chatbots and voice AI
Assistants for websites, WhatsApp and phone that answer, book and hand over to a person when needed.
AI automation
Document processing, data extraction and back-office workflows that remove hours of manual work.
Computer vision
Inspection, counting, safety and document recognition from cameras and images.
AI in existing products
Add search, summaries, recommendations and assistants to the software you already have.
How we approach AI development
Start from the business problem
We begin with the process you want to improve and the result you want to measure, then choose the simplest AI that achieves it. Sometimes that is an agent, sometimes a well-designed workflow with one model call, and sometimes no AI at all.
AI software, not just a model
A useful AI product needs more than a model: data pipelines, integrations, a clear interface, permissions, logging, evaluation and cost control. We build the whole system so it works reliably for real users.
Your data stays protected
We use providers configured not to train on your data, mask sensitive fields and can run open-source models on your own cloud. For healthcare we build to HIPAA requirements.
Measured after launch
Every AI feature ships with test sets, monitoring and usage reports, so you can see accuracy, speed and cost and we can keep improving it.
Remote, but close to Johannesburg
Time-zone overlap
South Africa is three and a half hours behind India, so our working days overlap for most of your morning and early afternoon.
The Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA)
We design to POPIA's conditions for lawful processing: purpose limits, security safeguards and data-subject access, with data hosted in South African cloud regions when required. We sign NDAs before work starts.
Billing
Invoices in South African rand (ZAR) or US dollars. Typical senior rates are $25 to $49 (USD) per hour, or a fixed price for a defined scope.
Where we help Johannesburg businesses most
Johannesburg and Sandton companies in finance and insurance use us for platforms, integrations and AI automation, designed to POPIA.
Mining
Mines invest in safety, monitoring and automation systems. We start with one costly process and automate it end to end.
Financial services
Banks and insurers lead in mobile and digital channels. We build AI agents, assistants and automation around these workflows.
Retail
National chains expand e-commerce and loyalty programmes. AI here usually means faster reporting, fewer manual steps and better customer replies.
Tourism and wine
Operators and estates sell to international visitors online. We start with one costly process and automate it end to end.
How the hours line up
Our team's hours, in Johannesburg time
06:30–16:00
Monday to Friday
Overlap with your working day
09:00–16:00
About 7 hours every day
Daily stand-up
09:30
Johannesburg time, plus written updates every evening
What we set up for Johannesburg
Messaging channels
Languages
Local payments
Data hosting
AWS Africa (Cape Town), Google Cloud africa-south1 (Johannesburg) and Azure South Africa North, in your own cloud account, so data stays where your rules require.
How it works
Week 1: discovery and design
A free call to understand your goal, then a written scope, a fixed quote and a clickable design you can test.
Weeks 2-3: build and integrate
Senior engineers build in short sprints, connect your systems and demo working software every week.
Week 4: test and launch
We test with real data, set up monitoring and deploy to your own cloud account, then go live.
After launch: support and grow
The same team stays on for support, improvements and new features, with guaranteed response times.
See what we've built
Try it yourself, free
Free browser tools from our team. No sign-up needed.
AI development company: questions from Johannesburg
Do you work with companies in Johannesburg?+
Yes. Clarigo Infotech works with companies across Johannesburg, including Johannesburg, Sandton, Pretoria, as part of clients in 20+ countries. South African companies most often hire us for fintech, healthcare software and AI automation. We work remotely from India with one in-house team.
What time-zone overlap do we get from Johannesburg?+
South Africa is three and a half hours behind India, so our working days overlap for most of your morning and early afternoon.
How do you handle the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA)?+
We design to POPIA's conditions for lawful processing: purpose limits, security safeguards and data-subject access, with data hosted in South African cloud regions when required. We sign NDAs before work starts.
Which currency do you bill in, and what does it cost?+
We bill in South African rand (ZAR) or US dollars. Senior engineers typically cost $25 to $49 (USD) per hour, and fixed-scope projects such as an MVP in 25 to 30 days are quoted after a free consultation.
Can you build in English and Afrikaans and isiZulu?+
Yes. We build interfaces and content in English and Afrikaans and isiZulu, and test them with native speakers before launch.
Where will our data be hosted?+
Usually in AWS Africa (Cape Town), Google Cloud africa-south1 (Johannesburg) and Azure South Africa North, or wherever your data rules require. Everything runs in your own cloud account, so you stay in control.
Do you support WhatsApp?+
Yes. Customers in Johannesburg often prefer WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger and LinkedIn, so we connect chatbots, notifications and support flows to them.
Do you sign an NDA?+
Yes. We sign an NDA, and a data processing agreement where needed, before any work starts.
What does an AI development company do?+
An AI development company designs, builds and runs software that uses AI: agents, LLM apps, chatbots, voice assistants, automation and computer vision. Clarigo Infotech covers the whole lifecycle, from choosing the use case to monitoring the live system.
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