Kenya-based AI product studioLaunch revenue-ready digital experiences without the guesswork.
We partner with schools, startups, and enterprises to design, ship, and scale AI-powered platforms that real customers love—complete with payments, analytics, and support you can trust.
AI tutors, smart campuses, and logistics apps launched in under six weeks
Payments, SMS, and M-Pesa workflows with zero reconciliation headaches
Reliability baked in: QA automation, observability, and on-call support
Trusted by teams shipping across Africa & Australia
6-week launch sprints
Strategy, UX, engineering, QA, and go-live support handled by the same senior pod.
25+
Products launched
Serving schools, startups, and enterprise teams across Africa & Australia.
120K+
Learners supported
Active students across EduMate, JengaSkills, and partner implementations.
99.9%
Managed uptime
Cloud infrastructure, analytics, and automation supervised by senior engineers.
Build with a product partner who owns the outcome
Embedded product leadership
We coordinate research, UX, engineering, and QA as one pod so decisions stay connected to customer value.
Practical AI that performs
LLMs, OCR, and automation pipelines benchmarked for your workflows and governed for responsible use.
Evidence-first delivery
Week-by-week roadmap updates, QA evidence, and stakeholder-ready dashboards keep everyone aligned.
Launch, measure, iterate
Analytics, enablement, and support keep adoption high long after go-live.
Proven platforms ready for your context
EduMate
Adaptive learning platform for schools that blends curriculum-aligned content with intelligent feedback for students, teachers, and parents.
OCR grading for handwritten work, real-time mastery tracking, and automated revision plans.
Teacher and guardian dashboards with actionable alerts, attendance, and wellbeing insights.
Offline-first delivery tuned for African classrooms with device lending programmes.
JengaSkills
Portfolio-driven platform that equips students and young professionals with real projects, mentors, and AI interview preparation.
AI interview coach with custom scenarios for tech, logistics, finance, and education roles.
Project marketplace that pairs learners with partner organisations for hands-on experience.
Skills analytics for universities & bootcamps to track outcomes and employer demand.
A senior pod guiding you from idea to adoption
Step 01
Discover & prioritise
Strategy workshops, value mapping, and a validated release roadmap in the first week.
Step 02
Design with evidence
Customer journeys, interactive prototypes, and copy that ship straight to engineering.
Step 03
Build & integrate
Senior engineers deliver scalable apps, M-Pesa and third-party integrations, plus QA automation.
Step 04
Launch & scale
Analytics, training, and support that keep adoption high and stakeholders informed.
Services engineered for measurable outcomes
Product & UX strategy
Jobs-to-be-done research, KPI instrumentation, and positioning that unlocks adoption.
AI & software engineering
Full-stack builds with React, Next.js, Laravel, and Python plus LLM, OCR, and automation pipelines.
Payments & integrations
Daraja API, Lipa na M-Pesa, B2B/B2C flows, SMS gateways, and legacy interoperability.
Managed DevOps & QA
CI/CD, security reviews, synthetic monitoring, and structured on-call coverage.
Analytics & enablement
Dashboards, experimentation, and training that help your team operate data-first.
Ongoing success
Dedicated success pods, SLAs, and iterative shipping to keep momentum high.
Recent launches & experiments
Results partners can feel
“Hedgetech transformed our blended learning vision into a working AI tutor and analytics suite in weeks. Adoption jumped and parents finally had real-time insight.”
Academic Director
Private school network, Nairobi
“Their team integrated M-Pesa, automated payouts, and gave us dashboards the finance team trusts. Reconciliation that once took days now runs in minutes.”
Operations Lead
Regional logistics platform
“Every release ships with clear QA evidence and stakeholder-ready reporting. Hedgetech feels like an internal product team that just happens to be remote.”
Chief Technology Officer
East African startup
Insights from the Hedgetech lab
Meet the Founder
Denis Kipkorir
Denis Kipkorir is the Founder of Hedgetech Ltd (Kenya) — a forward-thinking software and AI solutions company empowering startups, schools, and enterprises to build technology that matters.
He holds a Master of Information Technology from Victoria University (Australia) and a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Computer Science from Meru University, pairing deep technical depth with a people-first mindset.
Denis has guided Kenyan businesses through end-to-end M-Pesa integrations—from Lipa na M-Pesa checkouts to B2B and B2C automations—using the Safaricom Daraja API to build dependable payment experiences.
Previously, he interned with LVT People, co-engineering a Portfolio Generator App with modern frameworks. His freelance work delivered bespoke modules for micro-agencies, combining Laravel, React, and Material-UI to ship clean, scalable interfaces.
Today he is ready to scale Hedgetech’s impact—shipping the software schools and institutions across Kenya and internationally need to thrive.
Frequently asked questions
- Do you take on custom software projects beyond EduMate and JengaSkills?
- Yes. Most of our engagements are bespoke—either greenfield platforms or integrating with your existing ERPs, LMS, or internal tools.
- Can you integrate with our stack?
- Absolutely. We work with REST/GraphQL APIs, common auth providers (including Azure AD and Google Workspace), and all major cloud environments.
- How do you ensure quality?
- Every project has code review, automated tests, continuous integration, synthetic monitoring, and measurable rollout criteria shared with stakeholders.
- Do you support us after launch?
- Yes. We provide SLA-backed success pods, training for your internal team, and structured improvement sprints tied to adoption metrics.
- Can you demo EduMate or JengaSkills?
- Yes. Request a walkthrough and we will prepare a live or recorded session tailored to your stakeholders and context.
Hedgetech at a glance
Hedgetech is a senior collective of strategists, designers, engineers, and data specialists led by founder Denis Kipkorir. We build end-to-end—from research and UX through cloud deployments, M-Pesa integrations, and long-term optimisation—so you never juggle multiple vendors.
Core team based in Nairobi with collaborators across Australia, the UK, and East Africa for round-the-clock progress.
Deep sector experience in education, logistics, finance, and social impact—paired with rigorous delivery rituals.
Embedded partnerships: strategy, build, launch, and enablement handled by the same senior pod from day one.
Let’s talk about your project
Tell us about the users you serve, the outcomes you need, and the timeline you’re working with. We’ll follow up with a focused call agenda and the specialists who will be on the call.
Ideal launch window or funding milestones you’re targeting.
Existing systems or integrations we should factor in (M-Pesa, ERPs, LMS, etc.).
Any success metrics or adoption goals you’ve set internally.
Prefer email? hello@hedgetech.app
Based in Nairobi with clients across Kenya, Australia, and East Africa.