Based in Kigali, Rwanda

Software for African Businesses, Built With AI at the Core

HillyGeeks is an AI-augmented engineering team in Kigali building web, mobile, and AI-driven products for founders across Africa, from first prototype to production.

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End-to-End Software Solutions

Dedicated teams and agile delivery, with a clear path from idea to a product your users can try.

Web Development

Scalable, high-performance web applications built with modern frameworks. From landing pages to complex SaaS platforms.

  • React
  • Next.js
  • Node.js

Mobile Apps

Native and cross-platform mobile experiences that users love. iOS, Android, and everything in between.

  • Flutter
  • React Native

AI & Automation

LLM integrations, predictive models, and automation, used where they solve a real problem in your product.

  • LLMs
  • ML Models
  • Automation

Product Design

User-centered design that converts. From wireframes to pixel-perfect interfaces, we craft experiences that delight.

  • UI/UX
  • Prototyping

Blockchain Solutions

Smart contracts and Web3 integrations for teams that need decentralized trust, not just the buzzword.

  • Smart Contracts
  • Solidity

Cloud & DevOps

Cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and architecture that's sized to your actual traffic, not hypothetical scale.

  • AWS
  • Oracle Cloud
  • Docker

AI, Where It Actually Helps

We reach for AI when it solves a real problem for your users, not to tick a feature box.

AI That Solves a Specific Problem

When it's the right tool, we build it in from day one: a support chatbot that knows your product, or a model that flags fraud before it costs you money. Never AI for its own sake.

Conversational AI

Custom chatbots that understand your product and business, not generic canned answers.

Predictive Analytics

Use the data you already have to forecast demand, flag anomalies, or automate a decision your team makes by hand today.

Computer Vision

Document scanning, image recognition, and visual inspection, built to work on local connectivity.

Process Automation

Replace manual, repetitive workflows with automation that fits how your team actually works.

Built by Engineers. Augmented by AI.

We believe in being transparent about how we build.

AI is part of our engineering workflow at every stage: exploring ideas, designing architectures, writing and reviewing code, testing, research, and documentation.

We don't just use AI tools. We are building the skills to engineer with AI.
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One Week Idea to Product

We have taken a product from concept to production-ready in as little as one week, using AI throughout development.

AI shortens the distance between an idea and something real, so we can prototype, build, test, and iterate much faster than traditional teams.

One week from idea to product isn't a promise. We've done it, without cutting corners on quality.

Speed is only valuable when it comes with quality. Our engineers remain responsible for:

  • Architecture
  • Technical Decisions
  • Security
  • Testing
  • Performance
  • Final Product

Our AI Stack

We use a combination of leading AI models, coding tools, agentic workflows, and local AI infrastructure.

AI Models & Assistants

The reasoning engines behind our work

Claude (Anthropic)Reasoning, coding, research, and problem-solving
KimiReasoning, research, and development support
QwenCoding, reasoning, and experimenting across models

AI Development & Agents

How we turn models into working software

OpenCodeAI-assisted software development
Agentic WorkflowsAI agents that plan, execute, and iterate on multi-step tasks

Local & Custom AI

Where privacy, control, and context matter

OllamaRunning and testing AI models locally
Local ModelsUsed when privacy, control, or performance matters
Custom Models & ContextSpecialized AI built around our own use cases and domain knowledge

Beyond Using AI

Our ambition goes beyond simply consuming existing AI models. We keep building and refining the context our AI works with, so our systems understand our products, engineering practices, and business logic.

Using AI
Engineering with AI
Building AI Systems Around Our Own Context
We don't believe AI replaces great engineers. We believe great engineers equipped with AI can operate at an entirely different level.

We combine human engineering judgment with machine intelligence. AI speeds up exploration, development, and testing, while people stay accountable for the decisions that matter.

Faster Execution

From idea to working product in days, not months.

Deeper Experimentation

More ideas tested, more paths explored, before we commit.

Ambitious Ideas, Shipped

Turning ambitious ideas into real products at exceptional speed.

Industries We Work In

We've shipped products in these sectors, each with its own constraints and users.

A Few Things We've Built

A small selection from our portfolio, spanning health insurance AI, insurtech, marketplaces, gaming, IoT and construction.

Health Insurance AIPrivate access

FraudMesh

An insurer-agnostic platform that helps fraud investigation teams surface fraud, waste and abuse across claims, members and providers.

  • Risk scoring and lead generation
  • Evidence subgraphs
  • SIU case workflow
  • Self-hosted, single tenant
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InsurtechLive

CoverSoko

Rwanda's digital insurance portal. Compare, quote and buy cover online, with premiums calculated from the regulator's official tariff.

  • Motor and fire quotes
  • Pay and get certified in minutes
  • Online claims
Visit CoverSoko
MarketplacePiloting in Rwanda

Bidda

Africa's digital auction marketplace for vehicles, land and property, machinery and business assets.

  • Live real-time bidding
  • Deposit-backed bids
  • English and Kinyarwanda
Visit Bidda
GamingPilot mode

BodaMan

A live motorcycle crash game: ride a rising multiplier and cash out before the bike crashes.

  • Real-time rounds
  • Manual and auto-bet
  • English and Kinyarwanda
Play BodaMan
Fleet and IoTIn development

BodaTag

Fleet management powered by IoT, giving owners live visibility over their motorcycle taxis.

  • IoT-connected vehicles
  • Fleet management
  • Launching soon
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Real Estate & ConstructionInternal platform

NextGen

An internal operations platform for NGD Africa that digitises requisitions, delivery notes and material usage, making affordable housing traceable and reachable.

  • Requisitions
  • Delivery notes
  • Material usage tracking
  • End-to-end traceability
Visit NGD Africa

These are just a few. Much of our work is private or still in the works. Let's talk about yours →

How We Build

Agile, transparent, and collaborative. You're involved at every step.

  1. Discover & Strategize

    We dive deep into your vision, market, and users. Requirements gathering, competitive analysis, and a clear roadmap.

  2. Design & Prototype

    Wireframes, user flows, and high-fidelity prototypes. We validate the UX before writing a single line of code.

  3. Develop & Test

    Agile sprints with dedicated teams. Continuous integration, automated testing, and quality assurance at every commit.

  4. Deploy & Scale

    Production-ready launch on secure cloud infrastructure. Monitoring, optimization, and ongoing support.

  5. Grow & Evolve

    Post-launch analytics, user feedback loops, and iterative improvements. We grow with you.

Our Core Stack

The tools we reach for most. We'll pick the right stack for your project, not force everything into the same one.

Start Your Project

Have an idea? Let's turn it into reality. Tell us what you're building.

Let's Build Something Great

Whether you're pre-seed or already scaling, tell us what you're building and we'll tell you honestly whether we're the right fit.

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