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IT Consultancy & Technology Strategy

A straight answer on what to build, buy, fix or stop.

Sometimes the useful engagement is advice, not a build. We review what you have, what it costs and where it is holding you back, then give you a written recommendation with options and trade-offs — including the option of doing nothing, or buying something off the shelf instead of building.

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Typical investment

KES 8,000 – 18,000

Per hour

Seniority of the advisor and the depth of review. Fixed-scope pieces — architecture review, security review, vendor selection — are quoted as a package from KES 150,000.

The band narrows to a single fixed price in a signed statement of work before any work begins. See bands for every service.

What you get

Deliverables, not adjectives

These are the items written into the statement of work. Anything you need beyond them is quoted separately rather than assumed.
  • A review of your current systems, costs, risks and integration gaps
  • A written recommendation with options, trade-offs and rough costs
  • Build-versus-buy analysis where an off-the-shelf product may be enough
  • Architecture and code review of an existing system, with prioritised findings
  • Vendor and proposal assessment for work you are considering elsewhere
  • A sequenced roadmap: what to do now, next and later, and why in that order

Good fit for

Is this the right service?

If none of these describe your situation, say so on the call — we would rather redirect you than take on work that is a poor fit.
  • Leadership teams unsure whether to build, buy or repair
  • Companies due-diligencing a system or a supplier's proposal
  • Organisations whose technology spend has grown without a plan

Technologies

The ecosystems we work in

Read these as options our engineers are experienced with, not a fixed stack. The actual choice is made with you during scoping, based on what you already run and who will maintain it afterwards.

Assessment

Architecture reviewCode auditCost analysisRisk register

Governance

Kenya Data Protection Act alignmentAccess reviewsDocumentation standards

Planning

RoadmappingRequirements definitionTechnical specifications

Selection

Vendor comparisonProof-of-concept trialsProposal review

How we work

From first call to handover

  1. 01

    Discovery call

    A free 30-minute conversation about the problem, the constraints and the budget range. If we are not the right fit, we say so on this call.

  2. 02

    Scope & written quote

    We define what the first release includes and excludes, then quote it as a fixed price in a statement of work you can take to procurement.

  3. 03

    Design & architecture

    Screens and data model agreed before the build. Changing a diagram is cheaper than changing a shipped feature.

  4. 04

    Build in increments

    Short cycles with something reviewable at the end of each. You see progress in a working environment, not in a status report.

  5. 05

    Test & launch

    Functional, performance and security checks, a staged rollout with a rollback path, and a launch date agreed rather than announced.

  6. 06

    Handover & support

    Documentation, training and code in a repository you own — followed by a support retainer if you want us to keep it running.

Questions

What buyers ask before signing

Will you recommend your own services?

Only where we are genuinely the right fit, and we will say when we are not. A recommendation to buy an existing product or hire in-house is a legitimate outcome of this work.

How is a consultancy engagement priced?

As a fixed fee for a defined review with a written deliverable, or a monthly advisory arrangement with agreed availability. Both are scoped in writing before we start.

Do you help with compliance?

We advise on the technical controls the Kenya Data Protection Act expects and where your systems fall short. We are engineers, not lawyers, so we work alongside your legal advisor rather than replacing them.

Often combined with

Cloud Services & DevOps

Infrastructure that can be rebuilt from code, and deployments that are boring.

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Dedicated Engineering Teams

Engineering capacity that works inside your process, not around it.

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Custom Software Development

Software built around how your business actually works.

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Let's scope your it consultancy work

Tell us the problem and the constraints. You get a written scope and a fixed price within three working days — or an honest note that this is not something we should take on.

Request a proposal