LLM development · Nigeria
LLM 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 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.
Nigerian companies most often hire us for fintech, e-commerce and AI products.
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 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.
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.
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.
Industries we work with in Nigeria
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 build AI agents, assistants and automation around these workflows.
Oil and gas
Energy firms digitise field operations and compliance. AI here usually means faster reporting, fewer manual steps and better customer replies.
Entertainment (Nollywood, Afrobeats)
Creators and studios monetise global audiences online. We start with one costly process and automate it end to end.
Telecoms
Mobile operators drive data, payments and USSD services. We build AI agents, assistants and automation around these workflows.
Meetings in your time zone
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
What we set up for Nigeria
Messaging channels
Languages
Local payments
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.
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.
LLM 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.
Can you build in English and Yoruba and Hausa and Igbo?+
Yes. We build interfaces and content in English and Yoruba and Hausa and Igbo, and test them with native speakers before launch.
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.
Which LLM should we use: GPT, Claude, Gemini or open source?+
It depends on your task, data rules and budget. We test the options on your real examples and recommend the best fit, and we build so you can switch models later.
Can you keep our data private?+
Yes. We use providers configured not to retain or train on your data, mask sensitive fields, and can deploy open-source models on your own cloud when data must not leave your environment.
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