Websites, AI and Automation: What Mycrea Builds in Kenya
Mycrea Technologies builds websites, web apps, AI agents and automation for Kenyan businesses. Here is the actual menu, what each piece costs, and when you need an agency instead of one freelancer.
A business website in Kenya starts around KSh 8,000 and a full launch — brand, site and M-Pesa checkout together — starts around KSh 45,000. Those two numbers cover most of what Kenyan businesses actually ask for, and the gap between them is mostly about how much of the work you hand over.
Mycrea Technologies is the Nairobi company that builds Kaziiko. It also takes on client work, and it is listed on this platform like any other expert, so the same M-Pesa payment and dispute protection apply. Here is what it builds.
Websites and web applications
Two different jobs, often confused. A website tells people who you are and how to reach you. A web application does work — a booking portal, a dashboard, a staff system, a members' area.
A website is the cheaper end, from about KSh 8,000 for something small and genuinely yours rather than a stretched template. A web app is priced by what it has to do, because the cost sits in the logic, not the pages. If you can describe the screens and who logs into each one, you can get a real quote.
One practical warning. Most Kenyan businesses that think they need a new website actually need their current one to load faster and say what they sell above the fold. Ask for that first; it is cheaper and it often ends the conversation.
M-Pesa, and why it is its own line item
Taking M-Pesa on your own site means Safaricom's Daraja API: an app on the developer portal, a shortcode, STK push so the customer gets the PIN prompt on their phone, and a callback URL that your server has to answer correctly. The callback is where most integrations go wrong — a payment can succeed on Safaricom's side while your site never records it.
Budget for it separately from the site, and ask whoever builds it how failed and timed-out payments are handled. If they do not have an answer, that is the answer.
AI agents and automation
The useful version of this is narrow. A WhatsApp or web agent that answers the same eight questions your staff answer forty times a day, quotes your real prices, and hands over to a human when it is out of its depth. Not a general chatbot.
Automation is the quieter half and often the better buy: orders that land in a sheet without anyone typing them, invoices that go out on their own, a weekly summary that arrives instead of being asked for. Start by writing down the task someone does every day by hand. That list is the brief.
Branding, and growth work
Branding on Kaziiko starts from about KSh 2,000 for a logo through independent designers, and runs higher for a full identity — logo, colours, type, and the files you need for signage and social. Digital marketing and SEO are sold separately, because they are ongoing work rather than a one-off build.
When you need an agency instead of one freelancer
One freelancer is right when the job is one skill: a logo, a landing page, a month of posts. Verified experts on Kaziiko handle that well and cost less.
An agency earns its price when the job is three or four skills that have to agree with each other — design, build, payments, and the content that fills it — and when someone other than you has to hold the plan together. If you have ever paid three people and ended up being the project manager yourself, you already know the difference.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does a business website cost in Kenya?
From about KSh 8,000 for a small custom site. A brand, site and M-Pesa checkout bought together starts from about KSh 45,000. Prices move with scope, so quote the screens you need rather than the page count.
Can Mycrea add M-Pesa payments to a site I already have?
Yes, Daraja integration can be done on an existing site. Ask for the callback handling to be covered explicitly, since that is where payments quietly go missing.
Is Mycrea separate from Kaziiko?
Mycrea Technologies built Kaziiko and still runs it. For client work it is listed on the platform as an expert, so you pay by M-Pesa through Kaziiko and keep the same protection as any other order.
How do I start a project?
Open the Mycrea Technologies profile on Kaziiko and send the brief, or post the task free and let experts bid on it. If you would rather learn to build it yourself, the Web Development course on Kaziiko Academy is KSh 999.
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