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We build the systems African organisations run on

Since 2017 we have built banking, payments, ERP and identity systems for businesses, financial institutions, NGOs and the public sector. Now we put AI to work on them.

Founded
2017
Office
Westlands, Nairobi
Working in
Kenya · Uganda · Tanzania · Somalia · The Gambia · Zambia · Mozambique · Ethiopia · Rwanda · DR Congo
Company
Deefrent Collective Limited

From systems integrator to AI that does the work

2017

Where we started

Deefrent started in Nairobi in 2017 as a systems integrator. Our work spanned digital identity, fintech, agritech and retail: biometric and smart-card registration, core banking and payments, and ERP and point of sale for retailers.

Today

AI on the systems we know

We still build those systems, and we now put AI to work on them: agents that answer your customers on WhatsApp and can check stock in Odoo, request an M-Pesa or other mobile money payment and raise the KRA eTIMS invoice.

We now own two products as well: AI Digital Employees, governed AI workers for any business, and IntegWatch, financial-crime intelligence for banks, SACCOs and fintechs. If you invest in or fund companies like ours, our investor page sets out the business model and why we think the timing is right.

An AI agent is only as useful as the systems it can reach. Answering a question is the easy part. Taking the order, the payment and the invoice is the work, and it runs through core banking, mobile money, Odoo and eTIMS.

We have spent years inside systems like these. That is why every AI project we take on starts with the systems you already run.

An overcast morning over Westlands, Nairobi: office blocks, traffic and jacaranda trees in bloom along the road

What we do

AI automation leads. The other practices are the depth that lets our AI act on your business, as well as talk about it.

  • AI Automation

    AI agents and automations built to work inside WhatsApp, mobile money, your bank, Odoo and KRA eTIMS, so your team spends its time on customers instead of copy and paste.

  • AML & Fraud Detection

    Transaction monitoring, typology rules with simulation, and case management for banks, SACCOs, MFIs, payment providers and mobile-money operators.

  • Integrations

    WSO2 API Manager and Micro Integrator, mobile money, banks with open APIs, payment gateways, core banking, Odoo and KRA eTIMS, connected so data moves on its own.

  • Financial Technology

    Core banking for SACCOs and MFIs, mobile and agency banking, mobile money payments, eKYC and reconciliation for financial institutions in East Africa.

  • QA & Testing

    Manual testing, test automation for web, API and mobile, performance testing and UAT support for banking, payments, ERP and integration projects.

  • Cybersecurity

    Security assessments, penetration testing of web, API and mobile apps, hardening of cloud, servers and WSO2 gateways, secure development and data protection.

  • Custom Software

    Bespoke platforms and integrations for businesses, NGOs and government: beneficiary and e-voucher systems, e-commerce with loyalty, mobile money integration and public-sector management.

What we value

They have guided how we work since we started. You should be able to see each one in how your project runs.

  1. Customer delight

    We judge our work by what changes for you: faster answers for your customers and hours back for your team. A signed-off specification is not the finish line.

  2. Great people

    Good systems come from people who care about the details. We hire for that, and we do our best work with clients who care as much as we do.

  3. Consistent innovation

    We started with biometrics, smart cards and core banking. Today the new tool is AI. We adopt what works and put it to use on the systems you already run.

  4. Excellence

    In payments and identity, a small error is someone's money or someone's aid. We test the failure cases, such as a payment confirmation that never arrives, before we call a system done.

  5. Warm relationships

    We would rather earn your next project than win the first one. We explain trade-offs plainly, keep you informed, and stay with you after go-live.

Our office is in Westlands, Nairobi

Address
Ikigai, Westlands
Nairobi, Kenya
Where we work
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Somalia, The Gambia, Zambia, Mozambique, Ethiopia, Rwanda and DR Congo

Find out what your systems could run on their own

Start with a free 30-minute automation audit. We look at how your team works across WhatsApp, M-Pesa and other mobile money, your bank, Odoo and eTIMS, and you leave with a one-page map of what to automate first.

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