AI development · Kenya

AI development company in Kenya

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.

Kenyan companies most often hire us for fintech and mobile-money apps, healthcare and AI.

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10+

Years of delivery

600+

Projects delivered

20+

Countries served

25-30

Days to a live MVP

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What matters to Kenya teams

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.

01

Works on any connection

Lightweight apps and sites that stay fast on slow networks and older phones.

02

Mobile money and local payments

M-Pesa, Flutterwave, Paystack and card payments integrated.

03

Overlapping hours

Two and a half to four and a half hours from India, so most of the day overlaps.

04

Cost-effective delivery

Senior engineers at offshore rates with full code ownership.

What we do

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.

In depth

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.

Working with us from Kenya

Built for Kenyan teams

Time-zone overlap

Kenya is two and a half hours behind India, so our working days overlap for most of the day.

Kenya's Data Protection Act 2019

We design to Kenya's Data Protection Act: lawful processing, consent, security controls and data-subject rights, and we sign NDAs before work starts.

Billing

Invoices in Kenyan shillings (KES) or US dollars. Typical senior rates are $25 to $49 (USD) per hour, or a fixed price for a defined scope.

Sectors · Kenya

Where we help Kenya businesses most

Kenyan startups and businesses use us for fintech and mobile-money integrations, healthcare software and AI, designed to the Data Protection Act.

Mobile money and fintech

M-Pesa made mobile payments the default for most customers. We start with one costly process and automate it end to end.

Agriculture

Tea, coffee and flower exporters adopt agtech and traceability. We build AI agents, assistants and automation around these workflows.

Logistics

Mombasa port serves East Africa through tracking platforms. AI here usually means faster reporting, fewer manual steps and better customer replies.

Tourism

Safari operators sell to international travellers online. We start with one costly process and automate it end to end.

Kenyan time · Nairobi

How the hours line up

Our team's hours, in Kenyan time

07:30–17:00

Monday to Friday

Overlap with your working day

09:00–17:00

About 8 hours every day

Daily stand-up

09:30

Kenyan time, plus written updates every evening

Local setup

Local platforms and setup

Messaging channels

WhatsAppSMSFacebook Messenger

Languages

EnglishSwahili

Local payments

M-PesaAirtel MoneyFlutterwave

Data hosting

Nearest: AWS Africa (Cape Town) or Europe (Frankfurt), in your own cloud account, so data stays where your rules require.

Process

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.

FAQ

AI development company: questions from Kenya

Do you work with companies in Kenya?+

Yes. Clarigo Infotech works with companies across Kenya, including Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu, as part of clients in 20+ countries. Kenyan companies most often hire us for fintech and mobile-money apps, healthcare and AI. We work remotely from India with one in-house team.

What time-zone overlap do we get from Kenya?+

Kenya is two and a half hours behind India, so our working days overlap for most of the day.

How do you handle Kenya's Data Protection Act 2019?+

We design to Kenya's Data Protection Act: lawful processing, consent, security controls and data-subject rights, and we sign NDAs before work starts.

Which currency do you bill in, and what does it cost?+

We bill in Kenyan shillings (KES) 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 Swahili?+

Yes. We build interfaces and content in English and Swahili, and test them with native speakers before launch.

Where will our data be hosted?+

Usually in Nearest: AWS Africa (Cape Town) or Europe (Frankfurt), 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 Kenya often prefer WhatsApp and SMS and Facebook Messenger, 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.