Software and AI consulting, Nairobi
OTBLABS is a team of engineers, data scientists and solution architects. We put AI to work inside the systems you already use, from Odoo and Zoho to M-Pesa and custom platforms, and we stay accountable for the results.
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Most of our engagements start with one expensive, repetitive problem. These three come up most often.
Invoices, delivery notes, M-Pesa statements and spreadsheets copied by hand into another system. We automate the extraction, matching and posting, and keep a person in the loop where judgement matters.
Policies, price lists and order status live in documents and databases. An AI assistant on WhatsApp or your website can answer accurately from your own data, and hand over to staff when it should.
Odoo, Zoho or SAP Business One have years of history. We connect AI to them so managers can ask questions in plain language and get forecasts, alerts and reports without waiting on IT.
Three stages, each with a clear deliverable and a decision point, so you never commit to more than you have seen work.
An AI readiness audit of your processes, data and systems. You get a ranked list of use cases with expected value, cost and risk, and a delivery plan you can take to your board.
A cross-functional squad takes the first use case from pilot to production. You see working software in a demo every week and sign off each milestone.
We monitor accuracy, cost and uptime, retrain and improve, and support your users under an agreed service level. Or we hand over to your team with full documentation.
One partner for the AI, the software around it and the business systems it connects to.
Customer and staff assistants that answer from your documents and take actions in your systems.
Document extraction, reconciliation, approvals and reporting that run without manual re-keying.
Web platforms, internal tools and APIs, engineered for scale, security and long-term maintenance.
Odoo, Zoho CRM and SAP Business One implementation, customisation, migration and AI add-ons.
M-Pesa Daraja integration: STK Push, C2B and B2C, callbacks and automated reconciliation.
Engineers, data scientists and a delivery lead who work inside your process and tools.
Live products built and run by our team.
Remwise, education technology
Students learn at different speeds, but classrooms and revision material move at one pace. Remwise needed a tutor that adjusts to each learner and stays aligned with the Kenyan curriculum.
Jabali Entertainment, events and ticketing
Event organisers were juggling posters, manual payment confirmations and paper guest lists. They needed one platform to announce events, take payment and check guests in at the gate.
Large organisations need more than good code. This is how we work on every engagement.
NDAs before discovery. Personal data handled in line with Kenya's Data Protection Act, 2019, with access limited to the people on your project.
A named delivery lead owns your engagement, runs weekly demos and reports progress against the agreed scope and budget.
Source code, models, prompts and documentation are yours. Every project ends with a handover your own team can run with.
Support agreements with defined response times, monitoring and maintenance windows, so the system keeps working after launch.
Every AI feature ships with evaluation tests, human review where it matters, usage limits and cost tracking.
We integrate with the ERP, CRM, payment and identity systems you already run, rather than asking you to replace them.
The AI readiness audit is a fixed fee agreed upfront. Build projects are quoted per milestone after the audit or a discovery call, so you know the cost of each release before it starts. Most first releases fall between KES 500,000 and KES 5 million depending on scope.
Take the free AI readiness check on this site, then book the audit. If the audit shows that a simpler automation or a better report will deliver more value than AI, we will tell you.
We choose models and hosting based on how sensitive your data is. Options include enterprise APIs that do not train on your data, private cloud deployments and open-source models running in your own environment.
Yes. Many engagements are joint teams. We follow your code review, security and release processes and leave your engineers able to maintain the system.
Yes. We are based in Nairobi and work with clients across East Africa and beyond, remotely and on-site when needed.
Send a short brief and a senior consultant will reply within one business day with next steps, an honest view on feasibility, and a rough timeline.