Our Story

We Build Intelligence Into Everything We Do

ShiduTek is a Nairobi-based software and AI company founded to help East African businesses compete globally. We build the intelligent systems — AI agents, custom ERPs, automation platforms, and mobile apps — that give our clients an unfair advantage.

AI agent deployments across 6+ industries
Custom ERP systems for SACCOs, logistics & finance
M-Pesa integrations on every Kenyan payment project
Nairobi-based, serving clients in Kenya, Uganda & Tanzania

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ShiduTek · Nairobi, KenyaActive

Clients Served

50+

Across East Africa

Years Operating

Since 2020

Projects Delivered

30+

Zero churn

Client Rating

4.9★

Avg satisfaction

Est. 2020 · Nairobi, Kenyashidutek.com

Purpose

What We Stand For

Mission

Why We Exist

To democratise intelligent automation for African businesses — making enterprise-grade AI accessible, affordable, and impactful regardless of company size or sector.

Vision

Where We're Headed

A future where every African business operates with the efficiency, intelligence, and competitive capability of a Fortune 500 company — powered by systems built for our context, not adapted from elsewhere.

Our Journey

Five Years of Building

From a two-person founding team to a 12-engineer organisation serving 50+ clients across East Africa.

2020

Founded in Nairobi

ShiduTek was founded with a clear mission: make enterprise-grade intelligent systems accessible to African businesses.

2021

First ERP Delivered

Shipped our first custom ERP for a Nairobi logistics firm, replacing a patchwork of spreadsheets and manual processes.

2022

AI Agents Launched

Introduced our first agentic AI workflows for a financial services client — cutting document processing time by 70%.

2023

10+ Active Clients

Crossed the 10-client milestone with zero churn, serving businesses across logistics, finance, property, and NGO sectors.

2024

Team & Service Expansion

Grew the engineering team to 12 and expanded into mobile development and cloud infrastructure advisory.

2025

50+ Clients, Product Era

Entering our most ambitious chapter — launching ShiduAgent and ShiduERP while continuing to grow our client base.

Core Values

How We Think and Work

These are not poster values — they are the principles we reference when making hard decisions about architecture, scope, and client relationships.

Innovation First

We default to the intelligent solution, not the familiar one. Every project is an opportunity to apply what is newly possible.

Client Obsession

We measure success by client outcomes — not deliverables shipped or invoices sent. If it does not work for you, it does not work for us.

Radical Transparency

We tell clients what we honestly think — including when a proposed approach is wrong. No sugar-coating, no overselling.

Built to Last

Architecture decisions are made for the five-year system, not the three-month prototype. We do not cut corners on foundations.

African by Design

Our systems are built for African infrastructure, payment rails, regulatory environments, and business realities — not adapted from elsewhere.

Continuous Learning

The technology landscape moves fast. We invest aggressively in engineering education and knowledge sharing across the team.

The Team

The People Behind ShiduTek

A senior, focused team with deep expertise across AI, backend engineering, product design, and cloud infrastructure.

Abdirashid

Founder & CEO

Abdirashid founded ShiduTek with a conviction that African businesses deserved better tools than the market was offering — and the engineering depth to build them.

Amina Hassan

Head of AI & Automation

Amina leads all AI and automation engineering at ShiduTek, bringing deep expertise in agentic systems, LLM integration, and intelligent workflow design across regulated industries.

Peter Njoroge

Lead Engineer

Peter oversees backend architecture and systems integration — ShiduTek's resident expert on M-Pesa integrations, ERP system design, and high-reliability API engineering.

Grace Wambui

Product & UX Lead

Grace ensures every ShiduTek product is grounded in genuine user needs, leading discovery, product strategy, and design across client engagements.

Ibrahim Osman

DevOps & Cloud Lead

Ibrahim manages all cloud infrastructure and deployment pipelines, ensuring client systems are reliable, secure, and scale gracefully from day one.

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