Computer vision · South Africa
Computer vision development in South Africa
Mobile-first, low-bandwidth products with mobile money built in, from a senior team on overlapping hours.
Clarigo Infotech builds computer vision systems that turn cameras and images into decisions: spotting defects on a production line, reading documents, monitoring safety, counting and tracking objects, and analysing video. We deploy in the cloud or at the edge, close to your cameras, and our Clarigo Factory OS product brings vision inspection to the factory floor.
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 we build with computer vision
Quality and defect inspection
Check parts and products on the line in real time and flag defects before they ship.
OCR and document AI
Read invoices, IDs, forms and labels and turn them into structured data.
Safety monitoring
Detect missing PPE, restricted-zone entry and unsafe conditions, and alert supervisors.
Object detection and counting
Count, classify and track items, vehicles or people in images and video.
Video analytics
Turn camera feeds into events, dashboards and alerts.
Edge deployment
Run models on-site so they keep working offline and images never leave your premises.
How we approach Computer vision
Start with the decision, not the model
We begin by agreeing what the system must decide (pass or fail, which category, how many) and how accurate it needs to be, then collect and label the right images to train and test against.
Data and labelling
Good vision AI depends on representative images: different lighting, angles and edge cases. We set up labelling, augment where needed and keep a held-out test set to measure real accuracy.
Cloud or edge
Some use cases suit cloud processing; production lines and sensitive sites usually need edge devices next to the cameras. We design for the latency, connectivity and privacy your site requires.
People stay in control
Uncertain predictions go to a person to confirm, and every decision is logged with the image behind it, so the system improves over time and can be audited.
Remote, but close to South Africa
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.
Industries we work with in South Africa
South African companies use us for fintech, healthcare software and AI automation, designed to POPIA, with a strong daily overlap in working hours.
Mining
Mines invest in safety, monitoring and automation systems. We build AI agents, assistants and automation around these workflows.
Financial services
Banks and insurers lead in mobile and digital channels. AI here usually means faster reporting, fewer manual steps and better customer replies.
Retail
National chains expand e-commerce and loyalty programmes. We start with one costly process and automate it end to end.
Tourism and wine
Operators and estates sell to international visitors online. We build AI agents, assistants and automation around these workflows.
Meetings in your time zone
Our team's hours, in South African 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
South African time, plus written updates every evening
What we set up for South Africa
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
We agree the use case, success measures and data, and show you a clickable design.
Weeks 2-3: build and integrate
We build, connect it to your systems and data, and demo working software every week.
Week 4: test and launch
We test with real cases, add monitoring and guardrails, then go live.
After launch: improve and scale
The same engineers keep tuning quality, cost and features as usage grows.
See what we've built
Try it yourself, free
Free browser tools from our team. No sign-up needed.
Computer vision development: questions from South Africa
Do you work with companies in South Africa?+
Yes. Clarigo Infotech works with companies across South Africa, including Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, 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 South Africa?+
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.
What time are your meetings in South African time?+
Our team works 06:30–16:00 South African time, so we overlap with your day from 09:00–16:00. Daily stand-ups are usually at 09:30 your time.
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.
What can computer vision do for my business?+
Common uses are inspecting products for defects, reading documents, monitoring safety, counting and tracking objects, and turning video into alerts and dashboards.
How many images do we need?+
It depends on the task. Many projects start with a few hundred to a few thousand labelled images; we help you collect and label them and measure whether accuracy is good enough.
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