LLM development · Kenya

LLM 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 LLM development company that builds custom applications on large language models such as OpenAI GPT, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini and open-source models like Llama. We design the prompts, retrieval, tools and guardrails, connect the model to your data and systems, and run it in production with monitoring, evaluation and cost control.

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 we build with LLMs

Custom LLM applications

Assistants, copilots and internal tools built around your workflows, not a generic chat window.

LLM integration

Add GPT, Claude or Gemini to your existing product through secure, well-tested APIs.

Open-source and private models

Deploy Llama and other open models on your own cloud when data must stay in-house.

Fine-tuning and evaluation

Tune models on your examples and measure accuracy with test sets before and after launch.

Guardrails and safety

Input and output filtering, PII masking, grounding checks and human review where needed.

Cost and latency optimisation

Model routing, caching and prompt design that keep responses fast and bills predictable.

In depth

How we approach LLM development

Choosing the right model

There is no single best model. We compare OpenAI, Claude, Gemini and open-source options on your real tasks for accuracy, speed, cost and data handling, and design the app so the model can be swapped later without a rewrite.

Grounded in your data

Most business value comes from connecting the model to your documents, databases and tools. We use retrieval (RAG), function calling and agents so answers come from your information and actions happen in your systems.

Built for production, not demos

We add evaluation test sets, logging, monitoring, rate limits, fallbacks and cost alerts from day one, so the app keeps working well after launch and you can see exactly what it is doing.

Security and compliance

Data minimisation, encryption, access control and providers configured not to train on your data. For healthcare we build to HIPAA requirements with BAAs in place for any service that touches PHI.

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

Built for Kenya's key sectors

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. AI here usually means faster reporting, fewer manual steps and better customer replies.

Agriculture

Tea, coffee and flower exporters adopt agtech and traceability. We start with one costly process and automate it end to end.

Logistics

Mombasa port serves East Africa through tracking platforms. We build AI agents, assistants and automation around these workflows.

Tourism

Safari operators sell to international travellers online. AI here usually means faster reporting, fewer manual steps and better customer replies.

Kenyan time · Nairobi

Meetings in your time zone

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

Built for how Kenya works

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

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.

FAQ

LLM 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.

Do you work with mobile money and fintech companies?+

Yes. Mobile money and fintech is one of Kenya's key sectors, and we build AI agents, assistants and automation around these workflows.

What time are your meetings in Kenyan time?+

Our team works 07:30–17:00 Kenyan time, so we overlap with your day from 09:00–17:00. Daily stand-ups are usually at 09:30 your time.

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.

How much does LLM development cost?+

Cost depends on scope, integrations and usage. We give a scoped quote after a free consultation and explain both build cost and monthly running cost.

What does an LLM development company do?+

An LLM development company designs, builds and runs applications powered by large language models: assistants, copilots, document processing, search and agents. Clarigo Infotech handles model choice, prompts, retrieval, integrations, guardrails, testing and production monitoring.