Data migration · Johannesburg
Data and database migration services in Johannesburg
Mobile-first, low-bandwidth products with mobile money built in, from a senior team on overlapping hours.
Clarigo Infotech migrates data and databases safely: version upgrades, moves between MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server and Oracle, migrations to managed cloud databases, and ETL pipelines and data warehouses. Every migration is planned, rehearsed and reconciled, so nothing is lost and downtime stays minimal.
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 data migration covers
Database upgrades
Older database versions upgraded to supported releases with performance checks.
Database-to-database moves
Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL and PostgreSQL migrations, including schema and query changes.
Cloud database migration
Move to Amazon RDS, Azure SQL, Cloud SQL and other managed services.
ETL and pipelines
Reliable pipelines that move and transform data between your systems on a schedule.
Data warehouses
BigQuery, Redshift or Snowflake warehouses with dashboards your team can use.
Validation and reconciliation
Row counts, checksums and business checks that prove every record arrived correctly.
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.
Built for Johannesburg's key sectors
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. Custom software that fits how these teams already work.
Financial services
Banks and insurers lead in mobile and digital channels. From internal tools to customer platforms, built and supported by one team.
Retail
National chains expand e-commerce and loyalty programmes. We build the platforms, integrations and internal tools this sector relies on.
Tourism and wine
Operators and estates sell to international visitors online. Custom software that fits how these teams already work.
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
Local platforms and setup
Local payments
Languages
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
1. Free assessment
We review your code, dependencies, infrastructure and data, then give you a written migration plan, risks and a fixed quote.
2. Plan and safety net
We add automated tests and monitoring around what exists today, so every change can be checked against the old behaviour.
3. Migrate in small steps
Module by module, with both versions running side by side where needed. You see progress in a demo every week.
4. Cut over and support
A planned switch-over with a rollback path, then the same engineers stay on to fix, tune and keep it current.
See what we've built
Try it yourself, free
Free browser tools from our team. No sign-up needed.
Data and database migration services: 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.
Do you work with mining companies?+
Yes. Mining is one of Johannesburg's key sectors, and we build the platforms, integrations and internal tools this sector relies on.
What time are your meetings in Johannesburg time?+
Our team works 06:30–16:00 Johannesburg 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.
Do you sign an NDA?+
Yes. We sign an NDA, and a data processing agreement where needed, before any work starts.
How do you make sure no data is lost?+
We rehearse the migration on copies of your data, then reconcile row counts, checksums and key business totals before and after the real cut-over.
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