GovTech Startups in Kenya

Decentralized cloud-enabled solutions for multiple industries. It provides E-Procurement solutions, human capital management tools, AgriChain solutions for agricultural solutions, performance-based budgeting solutions, and Robotics Process Automation solutions.

Ushahidi is a non-profit software company that develops free and open source software for information collection, visualization and interactive mapping. Ushahidi (Swahili for “testimony” or “witness”) created a website (http://legacy.ushahidi.com) in the aftermath of Kenya’s disputed 2007 presidential election that collected eyewitness reports of violence sent in by email and text-message and placed them on a Google map. The organization uses the concept of crowdsourcing for social activism and public accountability, serving as an initial model for what has been coined as ‘activist mapping’ - the combination of social activism, citizen journalism and geospatial information. Ushahidi offers products that enable local observers to submit reports using their mobile phones or the internet, while simultaneously creating a temporal and geospatial archive of events.

Outside The Box Africa Ltd specializes in enterprise software development, business process automation and the development of mobile solutions. Its solutions for Government include complinace management, citizen services, revenue management software, government performance, document management etc. Business applications include inventory and warehouse management, fleet management, hospitality management, restaurant management, point of sale, retail management software etc. Also provide project planning and management software, grants management, M&E software and procurement management software for NGOs.

Blue Quadrant offers airport surveillance and emergency incident management solutions. It offers the IncidentCommanderPro search and rescue software for end-to-end emergency incident management. It supports mission pre-planning, personnel assignment and tracking, situational mapping and 3D visualisation, search track routing, communication and collaboration and also emergency team administration including records, skills and equipment management. It also provides search and rescue services for maritime operations, aircraft crash incidents and terrorism incidents. Additionally, Blue Quadrant offers voice and data communication solutions.