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Strategic Consultancy from Nairobi, Kenya

Align your technology decisions with your business reality.

A technology decision carries costs well past the first invoice: the years of maintenance, the team you need to support the choice, and the flexibility you keep. We provide clear-headed technology strategy, helping you decide what to build, what to buy, and what to integrate. Our advice is grounded in what works in production, because we build and operate these systems ourselves.

What this means for your organization

Technology decisions your board or procurement committee can sign off on, with the reasoning written down and the trade-offs made explicit.

What We Do

Everything included in our Strategic Consultancy service.

Technology Strategy & Roadmapping

We help you develop a multi-year technology roadmap that maps to your business objectives, identifying which systems to invest in, which to retire, and which to leave alone. This is the document your team returns to whenever a new decision comes up.

Build vs. Buy Analysis

Should you build custom software or buy an off-the-shelf product? We analyze the total cost of ownership, the fit to your specific requirements, and the strategic risk of each option, giving you a reasoned recommendation you can take to a board.

Vendor & Technology Evaluation

We run structured evaluation processes for software vendors: defining requirements, running RFPs, scoring responses, conducting technical due diligence, and securing contract terms and data portability that keep your options open. This applies to ERPs, CRMs, cloud providers, and specialized SaaS tools.

Digital Transformation Planning

For organizations moving from manual or legacy processes to digital workflows, we design transformation programs built to be achievable, with clear phases, measurable milestones, and realistic budgets.

Technical Due Diligence

Acquiring a company or investing in a startup? We conduct technical due diligence on the target's codebase, infrastructure, security posture, and technical debt. We give investors and acquirers an honest picture of what they're buying.

Team & Process Assessment

We assess your existing engineering team's capabilities, processes, and culture, identifying gaps, inefficiencies, and risks. We recommend specific interventions: training, new tooling, process changes, or additional hires.

Why Afriq Silicon

What makes our Strategic Consultancy service different.

1

We operate in the same market you do

Our strategic advice is shaped by real experience building and operating software in production, not by consulting frameworks. We know which cloud regions have acceptable latency for your users, which payment gateways are reliable, and which technology choices come with the support you will want later.

2

We have no platform agenda

We are independent of every vendor and cloud provider, so a recommendation reflects what suits your organization and nothing else. Our only interest is advice that leads to good outcomes for you.

3

We deliver recommendations you can act on

Our deliverables are concise, specific, and directly connected to decisions your team needs to make. Every engagement ends with clear next steps and a realistic implementation plan.

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about our Strategic Consultancy service.

We have an internal IT team. Do we still need external consultancy?
Sometimes, an independent outside perspective adds the most value on major decisions like build-vs-buy, vendor evaluation, and transformation planning, and it complements the internal team you already have.
How do you charge for consultancy engagements?
We charge a fixed fee scoped to deliverables for defined engagements and monthly retainers for ongoing advice, which keeps the cost predictable and tied to what gets delivered.
Can you help us write a technology RFP?
Yes, we regularly help organizations write technology RFPs, defining requirements, structuring evaluation criteria, and running the supplier process to produce better vendor responses.
Do you implement the strategies you recommend?
We can, moving from strategy to implementation in-house if you want one partner, or designing recommendations any competent engineering team can implement if you prefer separate vendors.

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