Agents that ship
In production today: an AI assistant that reads a support ticket, pulls the linked business data, and writes the complete work order, while a human still runs the change. Real work, hard guardrails.
Dar es Salaam · operating worldwide · in technology since 2007
We build the systems
that run your operation.
Uhuru is a Tanzanian technology company with two temperaments. Uhurunet is the corporate arm: bespoke operational systems, hard infrastructure run as one estate across five countries, and AI put to real work under human control. Uhurulabs is the exploratory arm: drones we design and print, local AI models we benchmark, open data we publish. The lab keeps the field sharp. The field keeps the lab honest.
- Since 2007building & flying
- 5countries, one estate
- ~30systems run as one
- 2,300+ km²mapped in one project
Two pillars, one company
We do two big things well, and they reinforce each other. Corporate systems and infrastructure is where we are putting our weight now. Drones, GIS and geospatial data is where much of Africa met us first, and it is still core.
Our focus
A founding pillar
Systems & infrastructure
Bespoke operational platforms, self-hosted infrastructure (firewalls and networks, monitoring, mail, collaboration, virtualisation), and governed AI agents that do real work without doing damage.
Explore what we build →Drones & GIS
The largest drone fleet in East Africa, permits in place: survey and mapping, agriculture, mining, construction and inspection, plus the GIS and processing to turn imagery into answers.
Explore our drone work →We are a bridge
Decades of working across sectors and continents teach you one thing above all: how to translate. We have worked in agriculture, mining, telecoms, health, government, construction and finance, with one-person operations and with multinationals. We have sat with a driver at a weighbridge and briefed at the presidential level, and learned to speak to each in the language that lands.
We are also a bridge between worlds. Our roots run through Finland, the United Kingdom and a decade with the World Bank, and back home to Dar es Salaam; our work has taken us to India, the Gulf and the United States. That makes us a natural interpreter between Western technology and African reality, able to bring in what genuinely helps and leave behind what does not fit. Technology has to be viable in Africa, which means it has to be viable in a business sense.
Real AI. Self-custody. From Africa.
We make genuine use of AI and autonomous agents, and we do it under our own mantra: self-custody of systems and data. As much as possible, we host and develop our own, in resource-strapped Africa and in the middle of a global storage and memory drought. That constraint is not a handicap. It is proof we are on top of the ball.
Data stays home
Client data on client-controlled storage. Our own vault, monitoring and collaboration platform, self-hosted. The brain can be a frontier model or a local one, swapped without losing a thing.
Measured, not hyped
We run and benchmark local models and publish the hard numbers on what modest hardware can really do. Knowing that is the difference between AI that ships and AI that stalls.
What clients say
Not our words. Theirs.
"Uhurulabs brings so much to the table… his willingness to go the extra mile in all aspects of UAV data acquisition and processing, analysis and delivery speaks volumes, and is one of the reasons we keep going back."— Jemima Pellatt, Environment & GIS Specialist Consultant, World Bank
"As the leading service provider to the mining industry, Uhurulabs offers a suite of niche technological solutions. They represent the future of mining service providers and have done some outstanding work for us in Tanzania."— Damien Valente, General Manager, OreCorp
"After a flash flood that saw our whole server go underwater, Uhurulabs' solid data backup services ensured that we were able to recover our data built up over four years. The result was zero data loss."— Rakesh Rajani, Twaweza
"Uhurulabs has serviced the haematology department for over ten years… Frederick's in-depth ICT knowledge empowers us, allowing us to focus on our core responsibilities: patient care and medical research."— Dr Julie Makani, Associate Professor, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences
"When embarking on a new multi-million-dollar manufacturing plant investment, timing and quality are vital. Frederick and the team have delivered with perfection each and every time we've relied on their services: high-quality data, flexibility to meet differing requests, and prompt, courteous delivery. They have helped keep our construction on track."— Samir Abdul Waheed, Managing Director, Afrisian
Worked alongside
A selection of the clients, institutions and partners we have delivered with over the years.
See what independent observers have said about the work on our In the media page.
Talk to us
A system that needs building, an estate that needs running, a survey that needs flying, or a hard problem that needs an honest opinion. We deploy at short notice.
Uhurunet Technology (T) Limited · Uhurulabs
Acacia Estates Offices, 1st Floor, Plot 84 Kinondoni Road
PO Box 38568, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania