Best Enterprise Applications Companies in Kenya
The 156 best Enterprise Applications companies in Kenya in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Wasoko.
Kenya's Enterprise Applications sector has $212M in disclosed funding spread across 156 tracked companies, and not a single unicorn in sight. That's the honest picture. But momentum tells a different story: median app install growth is running at +16% YoY across enterprise software categories, which means adoption on the ground is outpacing the funding headlines by a stretch. Wasoko leads the funding stack at $152M, with Safi Analytics ($21M) and WorkPay ($14M) the next credible anchors. So where's the gravity pulling? Cloud migration and automation are the twin engines, consistent with a global enterprise applications market pegged at $356B in 2023 and forecast to hit $600B by 2028 at a 9.6% CAGR.
If you're mapping this space for investment or vendor selection, the investor roster matters too: Kepple Africa Ventures, Musha Ventures, and Mercy Corps are the most active backers, a mix that signals both commercial and impact-driven capital flowing in. I'd flag that AI integration is now the loudest conversation across the sector, as this recent Eniac piece on AI enterprise apps makes clear. And locally, the case for enterprise software in Kenya is being made more urgently than ever, with businesses recognizing how much operational weight these platforms actually carry.
- SAP, Salesforce, Oracle, Microsoft, Intuit lead enterprise application
Ranked: Best Enterprise Applications companies in Kenya
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wasoko Online retailer of everyday consumer goods providing delivery services to shops | $152M | 51 mo ago | Series B | 1,000 | Daniel Yu Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+20 | 3 job openings |
| 2 | Safi Analytics Analytics-based process control solution | $21M | 60 mo ago | Series B | — | Lauren Dunford Co-Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 3 | WorkPay Cloud-based payroll management solution provider | $14M | 24 mo ago | Series A | 69 | Paul Kimani Founder & CEO | Webflow EcommerceWebflowMicrosoft Clarity+28 | 1 job opening · 1 partnership · 1 expansion |
| 4 | Africa's Talking Platform offering USSD API solutions | $9M | 97 mo ago | Series A | 82 | — | PythonGoogle MapsDjango+23 | — |
| 5 | Ajua SaaS-driven CRM software for auto dealers | $4M | 45 mo ago | Series A | 16 | — | ZohoSemantic UIstyled-components+13 | — |
| 6 | Wowzi Provider of a platform offering software for influencer marketing | $3M | 54 mo ago | Seed | 58 | Hassan Bashir Co-Founder | WebflowAmazon Web Servicescore-js+16 | — |
| 7 | Power Financial Wellness Platform offering diversified financial services | $3M | 17 mo ago | Seed | 41 | Brian Dempsey Co-Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+26 | 1 partnership |
| 8 | Tappi Provider of tools for businesses to increase sales and build relationships | $2M | 28 mo ago | Seed | 13 | Kenfield Griffith Co-Founder & CEO | TurbopackNode.jsReact+10 | — |
| 9 | DUMA Works Online recruitment solution provider | $828K | 122 mo ago | Deadpooled | 22 | Christine Blauvelt Co-founder | — | — |
| 10 | paysoko PaySoko is an online cross-border payment acceptance and payment-in-kind service. | $820K | 40 mo ago | Seed | 15 | — | WordPress Site EditorElementorWordPress+16 | — |
| 11 | Ongair Customer Service with Instant Messaging Platforms | $525K | 126 mo ago | Deadpooled | 3 | — | — | — |
| 12 | Boya Corporate expense management software | $500K | 51 mo ago | Seed | 13 | Alphas Sinja Co-Founder & CEO | SentryNode.jsChart.js+22 | — |
| 13 | M-Shule SMS-based learning platform focused on providing academic and life skills training for hard-to-reach… | $290K | 75 mo ago | Seed | 6 | Claire Mongeau Co-Founder & Director | Google Font APICloudflare Browser InsightsCloudflare+3 | — |
| 14 | Spire Education Talent development company developing internal universities for companies in Kenya | $250K | 117 mo ago | Acquired | 38 | — | — | — |
| 15 | Umati Capital Provider of supply chain financing solutions | $250K | 140 mo ago | Seed | 11 | — | — | — |
| 16 | Arifu Adaptive learning platform for organizational training | $100K | 107 mo ago | Funding Raised | 23 | Craig Heintzman Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+27 | — |
| 17 | InfoNET Software solutions for government agencies | $100K | 180 mo ago | Seed | — | John Kipchumbah Co-Founder & MD | — | — |
Top 12 Enterprise Applications companies in Kenya
#1
Seed · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2019 · 41 employees$3Mraised▾
Platform offering diversified financial services. It provides a core banking system and other operational banking solutions to banks, lenders, asset managers, and other enterprises, allowing them to offer their customers banking services. It also provides a platform for consumers to save, borrow, pay, invest, and protect their money through their application, which is available for android devices.
- Dec 2024Seed—
- Feb 2023Seed$3M
#2
Series A · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2017 · 69 employees$13.9Mraised▾
Cloud-based HRMS suite solutions for SMBs.It offers features such as employee attendance tracking, claiming expenses, performance management, an employee self-service portal, payroll administration, time tracking, employee wellness benefits, etc. It is a tool available on the subscription based pricing model.
- Jun 2024Series A$8.8M
- Feb 2023Seed$2.7M
- Aug 2020Seed$2.1M
- Mar 2020Seed$150K
#3
Series B · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2013 · 1000 employees$151.9Mraised▾
Online retailer of everyday consumer goods providing delivery services to shops. It offers an application for shop owners to order products. Customer service agents and field sales agents are available to assist with registration. The company provides a credit facility for purchasing goods and later payment.
- Mar 2022Series B$125M
- Feb 2020Series A$18M
- Feb 2019Seed$2.5M
- Jul 2018Seed$2M
#4
Seed · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2022 · 13 employees$1.7Mraised▾
Provider of tools for businesses to increase sales and build relationships. The company offers solutions for businesses to find new customers and convert one-time buyers into loyal ones. It provides tools to build customer profiles and send bulk SMS offers. The company also facilitates online reputation management through customer reviews.
- Feb 2024Seed—
- Dec 2023Seed$1.5M
- Jun 2023Seed$180K
#5
Series B · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2018$21.4Mraised▾
Safi Analytics provides an analytics-based process control solution. The cloud-based solution offered by the company enables organizations to investigate and identify issues and measure the impact of investment and operation changes. It offers hardware which can be installed on the machine.
- Jun 2021Series B$21.4M
#6
Series A · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2012 · 16 employees$4.5Mraised▾
Ajua is a SaaS-driven CRM software for auto dealers. It allows users to optimize customer experience, manage customer relationships, collect data to analyze & capture behaviour insights from the data. It enables teams to improve sales, automate customer journey, trigger actions, and understand customer interactions.
#7
Seed · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2019 · 58 employees$3.2Mraised▾
Provider of a platform offering software for influencer marketing. The platform enables influencers to earn money promoting the brands and products. It offers an influencer marketing management platform that enables members to create a campaign to attract the attention of influencers and collaborate with them from promotions. The application is available to download on the Google Play Store.
- Dec 2021Seed$2M
- Seed$1.2M
#8
Seed · Las Vegas, Nevada · 15 employees$820Kraised▾
Developer of an e-commerce platform designed to enable businesses to accept payments from customers around the world. The company's platform offers a variety of features, including online storefronts, payment processing, and fraud protection, enabling businesses to grow their customer base and increase sales.
#9
Series A · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2010 · 82 employees$8.6Mraised▾
Platform offering USSD API solutions. The platform offers bulk SMS, shortcodes, premium SMS, USSD, MMS, and customized mobile messaging solutions for individuals, businesses, and developers. With the API developers, it can connect a short code, use an alphanumeric sender id, and send SMS messages across Kenya.
- Apr 2018Series A$8.6M
- Jul 2012Seed$20K
#10
Seed · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2021 · 13 employees$500Kraised▾
Corporate expense management software. It offers solutions for corporate cards, expense management, billing management, accounting automation, overdraft, spending reports, and more. It also enables businesses categorize spending and capture receipts in real-time. Its app is available for Android and iOS users.
- Feb 2022Seed$500K
#11
Deadpooled · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2012 · 22 employees$828.2Kraised▾
Online recruitment solution provider
#12
Seed · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2016 · 6 employees$290Kraised▾
SMS-based learning platform focused on providing academic and life skills training for hard-to-reach populations. It allows to engage audience at scale using our lead platform over SMS and WhatsApp. It offers features such as curricula and information, learners build academic and life skills through interactive, self-paced, and personalized learning and training micro-courses delivered over SMS, engage and activations for stakeholders receive updates, awareness campaigns, and situational response information over SMS, evaluation assessment for progress and performance are measured using SMS assessments, quizzes, examinations, and baseline evaluations, data and surveys for getting key data and insights are collected from stakeholders via SMS surveys and qualitative data collection.
- Feb 2020Grant (prize money)$40K
- 2018Grant (prize money)$250K
- Jul 2017Seed—
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Enterprise Applications coverage by sub-theme.
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