Be Brave, on Cloud
Most enterprises are on the cloud. Few have AI in production. We close that gap.
Shujaa builds data platforms, production AI agents and modern cloud foundations on AWS for enterprises across Africa, the Middle East and Europe, backed by nine AWS competencies and programs and more than a decade of delivery for customers in North America and Asia Pacific.
Your options
How Shujaa compares with the usual options.
The strength and the trade-off of each, including our own.
How we work
What you can expect from Shujaa.
- AWS-validated expertise in every discipline we deliver
- A delivery team in or near your time zone, working directly with your risk and compliance stakeholders
- A data residency map in every design, grounded in the regulation that applies to you, from GDPR and the UAE and Saudi PDPLs to POPIA, the NDPA and the Kenya DPA
- Clear guidance on which AWS programs apply to your project, with the submissions handled by us
- Success measured in production outcomes, not pilots
- Cost managed as a first-class metric, reported in your currency
Meet Shujaa
Shujaa means brave in Swahili. Shujaa.ai is an AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner headquartered in Nairobi, built on more than a decade of AWS delivery for customers across North America and Asia Pacific and now serving enterprises across Africa, the Middle East and Europe.
We work in five disciplines: AI and agentic AI, data and analytics, DevOps and CloudOps, software engineering, and migration and modernisation. Each one is validated by an AWS competency.
Our storyWhat we do
Five services. One platform. Every one validated by an AWS competency.
AI and Agentic AI
AI agents that reach production, not just the pilot.
AWS AI Competency
Data and Analytics
The data foundation your AI strategy is waiting for.
AWS Data & Analytics Competency
DevOps and CloudOps
Faster releases, reliable operations and a lower cloud bill.
AWS DevOps Competency
Software Engineering
Software built for the way your market actually uses it.
AWS Well-Architected Partner Program
Migration and Modernization
Move to AWS with the compliance map, the cost model and the plan.
AWS Migration and Modernization Competency
Nine AWS designations
See what AWS validated in each competency and what it means for your project.
Explore competencies →
Why Shujaa
What Shujaa brings together.
Validated by AWS
AWS AI Competency in Agentic AI and Generative AI consulting, plus Data & Analytics, Migration and Modernization, DevOps, Healthcare, Education, Manufacturing and SMB competencies and the Well-Architected Partner Program. Each one means AWS reviewed real customer deployments our teams delivered.
Regional presence, global experience
A Nairobi headquarters and delivery hub, 200+ engineers worldwide, 100+ AWS certifications, and more than ten years shipping on AWS for customers in North America and Asia Pacific. Regional accountability with enterprise-scale capacity.
Cost treated as an outcome
FinOps in every engagement, local-currency billing paths in many markets, and an assessment of whether an AWS program could offset part of your project cost. Cloud cost is the top concern we hear from technology leaders, so we design for it from day one.
AWS in our regions, today
The infrastructure is here. The question is who helps you use it.
AWS infrastructure available in our regions today, with launch dates. These are the facts we design around.
- AWS Africa (Cape Town) RegionThree Availability Zones, live since April 2020.
- AWS Middle East (UAE) and (Bahrain) RegionsIn-region residency options for Gulf customers since 2022 and 2019.
- AWS Direct Connect in Nairobi10 Gbps and 100 Gbps dedicated connections since September 2025.
- Amazon Bedrock in Cape TownFoundation models available in-region since November 2025.
- AWS Local Zone in LagosSingle-digit millisecond latency for Nigerian workloads since January 2023.
Industries
Built for the sectors driving growth across our markets.
Financial Services
Fraud and AML intelligence, agentic customer service and more.
Telecommunications
Customer care agents, network and usage analytics and more.
Healthcare
FHIR health data platform, claims and prior-authorisation automation and more.
AWS CompetencyEducation
Serverless learning platforms, student information and analytics and more.
AWS CompetencyManufacturing
Plant data and OEE dashboards, predictive maintenance and more.
AWS CompetencyRetail and E-commerce
Agentic shopping and support, personalisation and search and more.
Public Sector
Citizen service platforms, hybrid government cloud and more.
Agriculture
Farmer platforms and agent networks, agri-credit scoring and more.
Energy and Utilities
Smart meter and loss analytics, asset performance management and more.
Startups and SMB
Launch on AWS, credits and programs and more.
AWS CompetencyCase studies
Outcomes our engineering teams have already delivered on AWS.
From more than a decade of engagements across North America and Asia Pacific, now brought to customers across Africa, the Middle East and Europe.
Four billion heartbeats a day on a serverless data platform
Document AI cut insurance intake effort by 80 percent
AI moderation and personalisation lifted retention 28 percent
Questions
Common questions
Where is Shujaa based, and where do you deliver?
Shujaa.ai is headquartered in Nairobi and serves enterprises across Africa, the Middle East and Europe, with a global engineering bench of 200+ and more than a decade of AWS delivery for customers in North America and Asia Pacific.
Can our data stay in our region?
Yes. We design for the AWS Region closest to you, including Africa (Cape Town), Middle East (UAE) and Middle East (Bahrain), and use hybrid patterns with local serving copies or AWS Outposts where national law requires data to stay in-country.
Can you bill in local currency?
In many markets we can offer local-currency invoicing and consolidated AWS billing. Ask us about your country.
Can AWS programs help offset the cost of a project?
Often, yes. AWS runs programs for assessments, proofs of concept and migrations that qualified partners can access on your behalf. Book a consultation and our experts will tell you what your project may be eligible for.
How quickly can we start?
A discovery call this week, a scoping workshop the next, and an assessment or proof of concept under way within a month is typical.
Are you only for large enterprises?
No. Shujaa holds the AWS Small and Medium Business Competency and offers fixed-price packages for growing companies and startups.
From the blog
Thinking out loud about cloud and AI in our markets.
AI-ready data in weeks, not quarters: how LakeStack gets enterprises past the data layer
6 October 2026
Why most African AI pilots never reach production, and the five things that change that
28 September 2026
Kenya's Cloud Policy 2025, explained for CIOs: the three data tiers and what you must do
15 September 2026
Ready to be brave on cloud?
Book a 30-minute consultation with our experts. We will map your goal to the right approach, tell you whether an AWS program could help offset project costs, and tell you whether we are the right fit for it.