- Lower Kabete Rd, Nairobi 00100, Kenya
- Mon-Fri, 08:00am - 06:00pm
- +254 (798) 586113
- info@afriqsilicon.com
We build the software institutions run on, and we stay to keep it running.
That means custom platforms, system integration, mobile applications, and the data infrastructure underneath them. We are a software engineering firm in Nairobi, Kenya, and our own work includes ACTS ML, a no-code machine learning platform that research scientists use to train and deploy models.
Who We Build For
Our work suits organizations with real operational complexity, wherever they are based. These are the sectors we are set up to serve.
- Public Sector & Parastatals
- Nonprofits & Donor-Funded Programmes
- Higher Education & Research
- Banking, SACCOs & Fintech
- Healthcare & Insurance
- Agriculture & Agribusiness
- Manufacturing & Logistics
- Energy, Water & Utilities
- Retail & E-Commerce
- Professional Services
We've Worked With Some Of The Best
Built On Every Major Framework
- TypeScript
- JavaScript
- Python
- Go
- PHP
- Node.js
- React
- Vue.js
- Astro
- Laravel
- PostgreSQL
- Directus
- Keycloak
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Grafana
- Prometheus
And whatever else your project calls for. We build in the stack your team already runs.
Working With You Is Our Passion
Our team at Afriq Silicon is a fusion of visionary creators and technical wizards. With boundless passion and expertise, we're dedicated to bringing your digital dreams to life.
Software Development Company in Nairobi, Kenya
Afriq Silicon is a software engineering firm based on Lower Kabete Road in Nairobi, Kenya. We build and maintain enterprise systems for institutions, enterprises, and the organizations serving them: custom platforms, system integration, mobile applications, and the data infrastructure behind them. Our strength is turning complex operational requirements into systems that stay reliable as they grow.
20+
Projects Delivered+4 Yrs
Years Building Software8+
Engineers On The TeamWhat we do
Expertise & Capabilities
Our amazing software is born from the synergy of functional products and cross-functional teams. It's how we redefine possibilities.
Product Design & Implementation
End-to-end product delivery, from discovery and interface design through backend engineering, testing, and deployment. We hand over a documented, monitored system your team can operate.
System Orchestration
We design and run the infrastructure your applications sit on: cloud architecture, containers, CI/CD, databases, monitoring, and security hardening, documented so your own team can operate it.
Team as a Service
Senior engineers who join your existing team, work in your tools, and ship to your roadmap. Contracts start at one month, so you can add engineering capacity for a program or a peak period without making a permanent hire.
Project Restoration
We take over stalled or partially built software, audit what exists, fix what is blocking release, and bring the system to a documented, maintainable state your own team can run.
Strategic Consultancy
Independent technology advice on build-versus-buy decisions, vendor selection, RFPs, and transformation planning. Every engagement ends with a reasoned recommendation your board or procurement committee can act on.
Machine Learning & AI
We build practical AI solutions: predictive models, no-code ML platforms, and NLP for under-resourced languages. Proven through ACTS ML, our production machine learning platform used by research scientists.
Mobile App Development
Native and cross-platform mobile apps that are offline-first, payment-integrated, and optimized to stay fast on mid-range devices and unreliable connections.
Web Development
Custom websites, portals, and web applications that load quickly on any connection, meet accessibility expectations, and let your own team publish updates without a developer.
Multi-Tenant Platform Development
We build multi-tenant platforms with tenant isolation, enterprise identity management, subscription billing, and resilient infrastructure. We operate SpectaBill, our own billing platform, so we know the hard problems firsthand.
Business Process Automation
We automate repetitive workflows, connect disconnected systems, and eliminate manual data entry, giving your team back the time spent reconciling spreadsheets and chasing approvals.
Our approach to
Client Relations
Our approach emphasizes understanding needs, transparent communication, and tailored solutions, ensuring strong partnerships and exceeding expectations.
Understanding Needs
We begin by deeply understanding your goals, challenges, and vision, ensuring our solutions align perfectly with your objectives.
Collaborative Design
Through transparent communication and collaboration, we involve you at every stage, ensuring your feedback shapes the development process.
Continuous Support
Even after deployment, we provide ongoing support and maintenance, ensuring your satisfaction and the longevity of our solutions.
Security and compliance
Built For Institutional Review
Institutions, NGOs, and parastatals answer to auditors, funders, and regulators. We build with that in mind from the first schema onwards.
Identity and access control
SSO through SAML or OIDC, role-based access control, and per-tenant permission models. We work with self-hosted providers such as Keycloak and managed ones such as Auth0, Okta, and Entra ID, and we integrate with the identity provider your organization already runs.
Data protection
We handle personal data in line with Kenya's Data Protection Act 2019 and, where it applies, GDPR. That means data minimization, anonymization where it fits the use case, and clear documentation of what is stored, where it sits, and why.
Audit trails and monitoring
Audit logging is designed into the application rather than added afterwards, alongside dashboards covering latency, error rates, and resource usage. Your team and your auditors can both answer what happened, when, and who did it.
Resilience and recovery
Backups with point-in-time recovery and replication, TLS certificate management, secrets vaulting, and dependency vulnerability scanning, treated as ongoing practice rather than a one-time audit.
Selected work
Systems We Have Shipped
Every project here has a full write-up covering what the problem was and how we solved it.
Engineering Kilele Hub’s Behavioral Messaging Engine
At Afriq Silicon, we don’t just write code; we build tools that change how businesses communicate. Our work on Kilele Hub is a perfect example.
Read the case studyWhat if anyone could build a machine learning model?
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- - Lower Kabete Rd, Nairobi 00100, Kenya
- - Mon-Fri, 08:00am - 06:00pm
- - +254 (798) 586113
- - info@afriqsilicon.com