AI development · Nigeria

AI development company in Nigeria

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.

Nigerian companies most often hire us for fintech, e-commerce and AI products.

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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 Nigeria 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 Nigeria

Remote, but close to Nigeria

Time-zone overlap

Nigeria is four and a half hours behind India, so our working days overlap for most of your morning and early afternoon.

The Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023 (NDPA)

We design to the NDPA: lawful basis, consent, security controls and data-subject rights, and we sign NDAs before work starts.

Billing

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

Sectors · Nigeria

Where we help Nigeria businesses most

Nigerian fintech, e-commerce and services companies work with us on platforms, payment integrations and AI products, designed to the NDPA.

Fintech and payments

Lagos fintechs build payments for a fast-growing digital market. We start with one costly process and automate it end to end.

Oil and gas

Energy firms digitise field operations and compliance. We build AI agents, assistants and automation around these workflows.

Entertainment (Nollywood, Afrobeats)

Creators and studios monetise global audiences online. AI here usually means faster reporting, fewer manual steps and better customer replies.

Telecoms

Mobile operators drive data, payments and USSD services. We start with one costly process and automate it end to end.

Nigerian time · Lagos

Your working day with us

Our team's hours, in Nigerian time

05:30–15:00

Monday to Friday

Overlap with your working day

09:00–15:00

About 6 hours every day

Daily stand-up

09:30

Nigerian time, plus written updates every evening

Local setup

What we set up for Nigeria

Messaging channels

WhatsAppInstagramX (Twitter)

Languages

EnglishYorubaHausaIgbo

Local payments

PaystackFlutterwaveOpay

Data hosting

Nearest: AWS Africa (Cape Town) or Google Cloud africa-south1 (Johannesburg), 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 Nigeria

Do you work with companies in Nigeria?+

Yes. Clarigo Infotech works with companies across Nigeria, including Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, as part of clients in 20+ countries. Nigerian companies most often hire us for fintech, e-commerce and AI products. We work remotely from India with one in-house team.

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

Nigeria is four and a half hours behind India, so our working days overlap for most of your morning and early afternoon.

How do you handle the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023 (NDPA)?+

We design to the NDPA: lawful basis, 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 Nigerian naira (NGN) 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.

Where will our data be hosted?+

Usually in Nearest: AWS Africa (Cape Town) or Google Cloud africa-south1 (Johannesburg), 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 Nigeria often prefer WhatsApp and Instagram and X (Twitter), so we connect chatbots, notifications and support flows to them.

Do you work with fintech and payments companies?+

Yes. Fintech and payments is one of Nigeria's key sectors, and aI here usually means faster reporting, fewer manual steps and better customer replies.

How much does AI development cost?+

It depends on scope, integrations and usage. You get a fixed quote after a free consultation, plus an estimate of monthly running costs. Dedicated AI developers are typically $25 to $49 (USD) per hour.

Can you add AI to our existing software?+

Yes. We regularly add assistants, search, summaries and automation to existing products and internal tools through secure APIs.