Ranked #2 of 20 BPO Companies in Kenya

East Africa's BPO Partner,
Built in Nairobi

Corpshore Kenya delivers multilingual customer service, AI data annotation, back office and HR outsourcing across Kenya, East Africa and beyond. Serving UK, US and Australian clients at a fraction of in-house cost.

Top 5 AI BPO Globally
#2 BPO in Europe (Group)
12+ African Languages
Kenya DPA 2019 Compliant
All 47 Counties
By the numbers

Performance that speaks for itself

28 Avg. CSAT improvement Client average across financial services accounts
12 African languages covered Including Kiswahili, Kikuyu, Luo, Luganda, Kinyarwanda
97.9 Data quality score World Bank survey programme (threshold: 95%)
47 Kenyan counties covered Remote-first model serving all counties
What we deliver

Services built for East Africa and global clients

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Multilingual Voice and Chat

English, Kiswahili, Kikuyu, Luo, Kamba, Kalenjin, Luganda, Kinyarwanda, French. WhatsApp Business API-native, M-Pesa Daraja API trained.

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M-Pesa and Fintech Support

Mobile money specialists trained on CBK guidelines, Daraja API, Lipa na M-Pesa, M-Shwari, Fuliza and dispute resolution within the CBK 7-day window.

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East Africa Regional Hubs

Kenya as the East Africa hub serving Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and eastern DRC. Luganda, Kinyarwanda and Dholuo available.

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AI Data Annotation

Native-language annotation in Kiswahili, Kikuyu, Luo, Kamba, Kalenjin, Somali, Luganda, Kinyarwanda and Amharic. IAA target 0.87 across all projects.

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Swahili AI Training Datasets

Annotated conversational datasets for fine-tuning LLMs in East African languages. Intent classification, NER, sentiment labelling and RLHF ranking.

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Inkscribe AI Document Processing

OCR validation and correction for Kenya's official documents: National IDs, KRA PIN, NHIF, NSSF, HELB, land titles, logbooks, KCSE certificates.

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Finance and Accounting

Full-cycle bookkeeping, KRA iTax compliance (VAT16, PAYE, corporate returns), NHIF, NSSF, Housing Levy. Management accounts at D+5 SLA.

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Data Processing and Research

Field survey coordination, KoBoToolbox and ODK management, data cleaning, deduplication, multilingual record processing.

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Legal and Compliance KPO

Kenya legal research, KDPA 2019 compliance documentation, CBK, CMA and IRA regulatory support, contract review and company secretarial services.

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Employer of Record (EoR)

Employ Kenyan staff before your subsidiary is registered. Employment Act 2007 contracts, full NHIF, NSSF, Housing Levy and PAYE compliance from day one.

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Payroll Outsourcing

PAYE, NHIF, NSSF, Housing Levy, HELB deductions. P9A certificates. KRA iTax annual returns. KES and USD split payroll for international groups.

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HR Administration

Employment contracts, disciplinary procedures, Certificate of Service, Employment and Labour Relations Court support, and Kenya employment law advisory.

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M-Pesa Daraja API Development

Full-stack developers with production M-Pesa Daraja API experience. React, Node.js, Python. WhatsApp Business API integration. Mobile-first, low-bandwidth optimised.

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USSD Application Development

USSD applications for Kenyan mobile network operators. HLR integration, NCA registration documentation, testing across feature phones.

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DevOps and Cloud Infrastructure

AWS and Azure cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes in production, Terraform IaC, CI/CD via GitHub Actions. P1 SLA under 30 minutes on-call.

Why Corpshore Kenya

Five reasons clients choose Nairobi

01

Language Depth

English to Kiswahili to Kikuyu, Luo, Kamba and Somali. No other East African BPO covers this range natively.

02

M-Pesa Native

Every agent is trained on the M-Pesa ecosystem. Daraja API access, dispute resolution, float management: operational from day one.

03

Regulatory Fluency

CBK, IRA, ODPC, NEMA, KRA iTax, Employment Act 2007. We operate inside Kenya's regulatory framework, not alongside it.

04

Time Zone Advantage

EAT (UTC+3) overlaps with European business hours and US Eastern afternoons. UK clients get full coverage without night shifts.

05

AI-Ready Talent

Kenya's university graduate pipeline, formal professional certification culture and native East African language depth make Nairobi the premier AI annotation hub on the continent.

Language coverage

Your customers speak these languages. So do we.

Native-fluency coverage across Kenya's regional languages, East Africa's cross-border languages and international business languages.

🇰🇪 Kikuyu
🇰🇪 Luo (Dholuo)
🇰🇪 Kamba
🇰🇪 Kalenjin
🇸🇴 Somali
🇺🇬 Luganda
🇷🇼 Kinyarwanda
🇪🇹 Amharic
🇫🇷 French
🇹🇿 Tanzanian Swahili
🇨🇩 Lingala
Savings calculator

How much could you save outsourcing to Kenya?

Based on average Corpshore Kenya monthly agent costs versus estimated in-house equivalent in your market.

Estimated annual saving vs. in-house:

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Indicative only. Based on average salary benchmarks and estimated in-house employment costs including benefits, office, and management overhead.

Client voices

What our clients say

CSAT went from 61 to 89 in six months. The Swahili capability was the difference. Our rural customers now feel heard for the first time.

Head of Customer Experience

Kenyan Commercial Bank

280,000 farmer contacts in four months. Kalenjin and Dholuo coverage that no other provider could offer. The quality of local language work was exceptional.

Programme Director

USAID Agricultural Programme

The EoR gave us 22 geologists on the ground in five weeks. Legally, compliantly, without us having a Kenyan entity. That capability is simply not available anywhere else at this speed.

VP Operations

Canadian Mining Company (TSX-listed)

Global reach from Nairobi

Nairobi connects East Africa to the world

EAT (UTC+3): overlapping with European business hours and US Eastern afternoons. One hub, global coverage.

Sectors we serve

Industry expertise across Kenya and East Africa

Financial Services

CBK-trained agents for banks, Saccos, fintechs and insurers. M-Pesa Daraja API access, CBK 7-day resolution compliance, IRA claims processing, KYC document verification.

International Development

USAID, World Bank and UN agency programme support. Multilingual beneficiary helplines, field data collection, ODPC-compliant data handling, donor reporting and grant administration.

E-commerce and Retail

Pan-African e-commerce platforms and FMCG distributors. Swahili, Luganda and regional Swahili support. M-Pesa payment query resolution. WhatsApp-first customer service.

Agriculture and Agritech

Farmer helplines in Kalenjin, Luo and Kiswahili. KALRO-sourced agricultural content. Swahili AI training datasets. Field survey coordination across all 47 counties.

Mining and Natural Resources

Employer of Record for international mining companies. Employ Kenyan staff before entity registration. KES and USD split payroll, NEMA documentation support, Employment Act 2007 contracts.

NGOs and Humanitarian

International humanitarian NGOs, UK charities, UN agencies and refugee response organisations. Beneficiary data processing, Somali-language capability, UNHCR data standard compliance.

Frequently asked

Questions clients ask before starting

Corpshore Kenya is ranked #2 of 20 BPO companies in Kenya by Outsource Accelerator (May 2026). The group ranks #2 in Europe and Top 5 in AI outsourcing globally. Source: Outsource Accelerator.
English, Kiswahili, Kikuyu, Luo (Dholuo), Kamba, Kalenjin, Somali, Luganda, Kinyarwanda, Amharic, French, Tanzanian Swahili and Lingala. This is native-fluency coverage, not interpreter services.
Yes. Corpshore Kenya acts as Employer of Record for international companies that need to employ Kenyan staff before their local subsidiary is registered. Employment contracts comply with the Employment Act 2007. Full NHIF, NSSF, Housing Levy and PAYE compliance from day one.
All client data processing is governed by a Data Processing Agreement compliant with the Kenya Data Protection Act 2019 and supervised by the ODPC. Where applicable, processing is also aligned to GDPR and UNHCR data protection standards.
Standard deployment timelines: 4 to 6 weeks from contract signature to go-live for most BPO operations. EoR services can be operational in 3 to 5 weeks. AI annotation projects can begin within 2 weeks.
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