Project Restoration
Rescue a failing project. Recover the investment. Ship.
Stalled projects are more common than anyone admits. A previous agency delivered an unusable codebase, a developer left mid-project, or the build just never quite worked and the original team has disappeared. Whatever happened, you have an investment that isn't producing value, and a business need that isn't being met. We specialise in taking over difficult situations and turning them into working, maintainable software.
What's Included
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Rapid Technical Audit
Within 2 to 5 days of engagement we deliver a plain-English assessment of the codebase: wh...
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Critical Bug Fixing
We triage and fix the issues blocking your users or your launch first. This might mean dat...
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Codebase Stabilisation
After the critical fixes, we improve structural quality: adding test coverage, resolving d...
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Missing Feature Completion
If the original team left features half-built, we complete them to production standard. We...
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Vendor & Contractor Transitions
When a previous agency won't hand over code, holds access credentials as leverage, or has ...
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What We Do
Everything included in our Project Restoration service.
Rapid Technical Audit
Within 2 to 5 days of engagement we deliver a plain-English assessment of the codebase: what works, what's broken, what's a security risk, what's a technical debt landmine, and what can realistically be salvaged. No jargon; just an honest picture.
Critical Bug Fixing
We triage and fix the issues blocking your users or your launch first. This might mean data corruption bugs, authentication failures, broken payment flows, or performance problems making the app unusable. We prioritise by business impact, not technical preference.
Codebase Stabilisation
After the critical fixes, we improve structural quality: adding test coverage, resolving dependency conflicts, fixing security vulnerabilities, and documenting how the system actually works. This is the foundation for sustainable development going forward.
Missing Feature Completion
If the original team left features half-built, we complete them to production standard. We don't duct-tape over incomplete work, we understand what was intended, then finish it properly or replace it with a better approach.
Vendor & Contractor Transitions
When a previous agency won't hand over code, holds access credentials as leverage, or has simply gone dark, we help you navigate the recovery, including reconstructing environments from backups, reverse-engineering undocumented integrations, and reclaiming access through service providers.
Post-Restoration Continuity
Once the project is stable, you choose what happens next: your internal team takes over with our documentation, you engage us for ongoing development, or we run a Team as a Service arrangement. We don't create dependency, we create options.
Why Afriq Silicon
What makes our Project Restoration service different.
We don't charge you for someone else's mistakes
Our audit is priced fairly and scoped tightly. We won't tell you everything needs to be rewritten if half of it is salvageable, that's expensive for you and unnecessary. We find the minimum viable intervention to get you to a working, maintainable system.
We've seen the full range of African agency output
From codebases built by international agencies who didn't understand local payment APIs, to systems built by solo developers who did everything in one file, we've encountered most failure modes. This experience means our audits are thorough and our estimates are realistic.
We document as we go
Every change we make is documented: why we made it, what we changed, and what the expected outcome is. By the end of a restoration, you have a system with actual documentation, something the original team often didn't provide.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about our Project Restoration service.
How do you handle situations where we don't have access to the original code?
How do you decide whether to fix the existing code or rewrite it?
What if the original developer claims ownership of the code?
How long does a typical project restoration take?
Further Reading
Articles from our team on topics related to Project Restoration.
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