AI that pays
for itself.

We install AI into the seven operational pillars where Kenyan enterprises bleed the most time, money, and regulatory risk — and we don't get paid unless it works.

03 · PROCUREMENT
Supplier graph
& RFQ drafter
Lower unit cost. Faster cycles.
04 · COMPLIANCE
One calendar.
Every filing.
KRA · ODPC · NSSF · SHA · NEMA
05 · LICENSING
Every licence,
in one place
90 · 60 · 30 · 7 day renewals
06 · PERMITTING
Project to approval,
one pathway
NEMA · NCA · Immigration · county
07 · DATA
Clean data.
Live dashboards.
ODPC-ready. Always on.
Procurement Compliance Licensing Permitting Data Management Facilities Management AI Readiness Workflow Automation Procurement Compliance Licensing Permitting Data Management Facilities Management AI Readiness Workflow Automation

Every Kenyan mid-market firm runs a set of invisible machines — procurement, compliance, licensing, permitting, data, and facilities. These machines are staffed by humans doing what software should do.

We install the software, measure the savings, and take a share of them. Every contract we sign carries an ROI clause. If our work does not save or protect at least three times the annual fee within twelve months, you get a credit.

We do not sell AI. We sell time returned, money saved, and risk removed — delivered through AI that you can verify, operate, and trust. Built in Kenya, for Kenyan enterprise.

Eight operational machines.
One operating partner.

Each service is productised with a defined scope, monthly fee, and measurable outcome. Buy one. Or bundle them and unlock Thamani OS — our integrated dashboard across all eight.

01
AI Readiness
Where AI pays off first in your operation. A focused audit that maps quick wins to measurable P&L impact.
Fixed-fee audit
02
Workflow Automation
End-to-end automation of the repeat work eating your team's week. Integrated with Odoo, Sage, QuickBooks, M-Pesa.
Build + retainer

We speak the language of KRA iTax, PPRA returns, NEMA EIAs, and ODPC DPIAs — not just AI.

KRA
Kenya Revenue Authority · iTax, VAT, PAYE, WHT
ODPC
Office of the Data Protection Commissioner · DPA 2019
PPRA
Public Procurement Regulatory Authority · PPADA 2015
NEMA
National Environment Management Authority · EIA, EA
NSSF & SHA
Social security and Social Health Authority schemes
KIPI
Kenya Industrial Property Institute · Trademarks & IP
CBK · CMA
Financial sector regulators for fintech and capital markets
CAK · EPRA
Communications and Energy sector licensing

Three steps. No waste.

01
Diagnose
A two-week sprint to map where AI pays off first. We produce a ranked shortlist with estimated savings, risk reduction, and time-to-value for each opportunity.
02
Deploy
A focused 8–12 week build of the top opportunity. Human-in-the-loop by default. Integrated with the tools your team already uses — not a new silo to learn.
03
Defend
Monthly operating rhythm. We run the system, measure the outcome, and report against the ROI clause in your contract. If it's not paying, it's not staying.

What we measure — and guarantee.

3×
ROI clause in every contract
If our work does not save or protect at least three times the annual fee within twelve months, you receive a 25% credit toward the next year.
12min
From 3 days to 12 minutes
Our P9 / iTax extraction pipeline turns a three-day payroll reconciliation into a twelve-minute review. One pipeline. Many clients.
0 
Missed filings
The commitment on every Compliance retainer. If a filing is missed on our watch, we pay the penalty. That's how we price accountability.

I spent a decade watching Kenyan ops teams do work that software should do. Thamani AI is what I wish had existed then — and what I'm building now.

Simon is the founder of Thamani AI. A Multimedia University journalism graduate who re-trained in IT at JKUAT, he spent six years at KOKO Networks building the internal systems that ran a rapidly-scaling clean-energy business across East Africa — progressing through ICT Technician, Systems Administrator, and ICT Supervisor roles. That grounding in Kenyan operational reality — Odoo, Google Apps Script, RBAC frameworks, multi-entity payroll, the unforgiving math of a company that sells every day — is what Thamani AI is built on.

SimonFounder, Thamani AI

AI that pays for itself.
Let's prove it.

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