About NeuroGrowth
An AI engineering studio, built in Nairobi.
We build practical AI for how African businesses actually work: mobile money, WhatsApp-first customers and networks that aren't always fast.
Shilla Swanapole·Founder & CEO
NairobiOur story
We started by building for ourselves.
NeuroGrowth Tech began with a simple frustration: the AI tools everyone talked about were built for markets with fast internet, card payments and English-only customers. Businesses here run on M-Pesa, WhatsApp and relationships.
So we built our own products first. SmartChama brings automated bookkeeping and loans to savings groups. The Gikuyu AI Translator brings a local language into modern software. Both are live in production.
Today we use the same foundations to build automation, assistants and prediction systems for businesses across Africa, and we stay on after launch to keep improving them.
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Products live in production
10
Services across four AI systems
4–8
Weeks from first call to a live system
24/7
Automations working after office hours
The team
Engineers, marketers and customer people in one room.
A small team on purpose. The people you meet on the first call are the people who build your system.
Eric Cecil
ML Engineering
Lenny Kidavi
Marketing Engineering
Racheal Ngochi
CX & Personalization
How we work
Six principles we don't bend.
01
AI-First Thinking
We approach every business problem through an AI lens first — asking what's possible with intelligent automation before defaulting to manual solutions.
02
Results Over Outputs
We measure our success by your revenue, retention, and ROI — not by deliverables shipped. Every system we build is tied to tangible business outcomes.
03
Custom, Always
No two businesses are alike. We never deploy generic templates or off-the-shelf tools. Every AI system is architected specifically for your data and goals.
04
Radical Transparency
You always know what we're building, why we're building it, and what it's returning. No black boxes, no vanity metrics — just clear, honest reporting.
05
Compounding Systems
We build for the long game. Our AI systems are designed to learn, improve, and compound results over time — not spike and fade like a campaign.
06
Partnership Mindset
We operate as a true extension of your team — embedded in your goals, invested in your growth, and aligned on every metric that matters to your business.
Why Nairobi
We build where we live, for mobile money, WhatsApp-first customers and networks that aren't always fast. That isn't a constraint. It's our edge.
M-Pesa native
Payments, reconciliation and receipts built around mobile money from day one.
WhatsApp-first
Assistants and notifications where your customers already are.
Low-bandwidth by default
Light pages and lean apps that still work on a patchy 3G connection.
Proof
Products we build and run ourselves.
What clients say
In their words.
NeuroGrowth Tech completely transformed how we acquire and retain customers. Their AI automation system cut our cost per lead by 60% in 90 days.
Sarah L.Head of Growth, E-commerce Brand
The predictive analytics dashboard alone changed how we make decisions. We went from guessing to knowing — and revenue jumped 40% in Q1.
James M.CEO, SaaS Company
Their AI chatbot handles 80% of our customer support tickets automatically. Our team now focuses on high-value work while the AI handles the rest.
Aisha R.Operations Director, FinTech Startup
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