We don’t just implement technology. We engineer transformation.
Esoteric Strats is a digital transformation, technology consulting and strategic innovation firm in Nairobi. We help businesses, governments and institutions modernise operations, speed up innovation and unlock new opportunities with strategy, software, AI and data.
01The name
Specialised knowledge, turned into strategy you can use.
Say it: es · uh · TERR · ik strats
- EsotericAdjective
- Understood by a small group of people with specialised knowledge. That is the work: knowledge most teams do not have in house, put to use for them.
- StratsNoun, plural
- Short for strategies. Plans you can act on. Knowing something only matters when it turns into a decision, a system or a product.
The mark: momentum, then the right turn. Parallel strokes moving the same way, and an arrow where the direction changes. That is how we see strategy.
02How we are organised
One company, three practices.
Transformation, engineering and data
Software
Digital transformation, software engineering, technology strategy, data and cybersecurity for businesses, governments and institutions across Africa.
AI, automation and digital skills
AIVERSE
AIVERSE is our AI and digital skills practice. We train teams first, then build AI and automation into the tools they already use, across Kenya and Somalia.
Digital experience and growth
Strat Labs
Strat Labs is our digital experience and growth practice: UX, brand, CRM and marketing for organisations that want to be taken seriously.
03Leadership
The people behind it.
Ahmed Siyad
Founder and Managing Director
Abdirahman Mohamud
Co-founder and CEO
Abubakar Nasteh
Co-founder and CTO
04Recognition
Where people have noticed.
- Admitted member of the UNESCO Global Education Coalition, through AIVERSE.
- AI Capacity Training Programme at IUK submitted to the ITU Digital@UNGA Awards 2026.
- Accepted into the Claude Startups programme.
Visit
Titan Complex, 3rd Floor, Chaka Road, Nairobi.
What’s slowing your team down?
Walk us through it. We’ll come back with what a fix could look like, and what it would take.