Hardware
Designed, built, deployed.
We design, manufacture and deploy electronics and IoT systems built for consumers in emerging markets.
Start a conversation01 / What we do
Services
Engineering & Innovation Consultancy
End-to-end R&D for hardware and software. We partner with founders, enterprises, and research teams to take ideas from a whiteboard sketch through working prototype, field pilot, mass manufacturing, and long-term aftermarket support. We embed with your team or run the program ourselves.
Outcome
Faster time-to-market, lower iteration cost, and a single partner accountable from idea to deployed fleet.
Capabilities
- Concept development & feasibility studies
- Hardware and firmware architecture
- AI/ML model integration for edge devices
- Prototype engineering & iterative testing
- Pilot deployment & field validation
- Design for manufacturability (DFM)
- Aftermarket support & lifecycle management
Hardware Systems Integration & Support
The software and connectivity layer for deployed hardware. We bring fleets of devices onto modern networks, expose them through clean APIs, and give operators the dashboards and tooling they need to run them at scale. Applies whether your fleet is one device or one hundred thousand.
Outcome
Connected, observable, and updatable hardware — turning one-time device sales into long-lived, data-rich platforms.
Capabilities
- API design & integration with existing systems
- Real-time monitoring dashboards
- Cellular, LoRa, and satellite connectivity
- DePIN network integration
- Crypto ATM & on-chain payment systems
- Access control & physical security systems
- IoT fleet management & OTA updates
- AI inference at the edge
Products
Electronics Design & Manufacturing
Production-grade electronics designed and manufactured in-house for consumer, automotive, and industrial markets. Engineered for the operating realities of emerging markets — power, climate, cost, connectivity — and built to compete globally on quality. Sold direct, through partners, and as white-label hardware for operators scaling fleets across Africa and beyond.
Outcome
Hardware that ships on spec, on schedule, and at unit economics that work for the markets you sell into.
Capabilities
- Industrial design & enclosure engineering
- PCB design, layout & validation
- 3D printing & rapid prototyping
- Tooling & injection-mould partnerships
- Low- to high-volume manufacturing runs
- Component sourcing & supply-chain management
- Quality assurance & compliance testing
Hardware
engineered.
- Engineering & Innovation
- Electronics Manufacturing
- Systems Integration
03 / About
We are engineers and manufacturers based in Nairobi, building electronics and IoT systems for the world.
Shanga Labs designs, manufactures, and deploys electronics and connected systems engineered in Africa. We work across consumer, automotive, and industrial markets taking projects from first concept through prototype, pilot, and mass production, then supporting them in the field.
We also build our own products
Alongside client work, Shanga Labs develops in-house hardware products born from the problems we see in the field, designed for emerging-market deployment and global export.
What we're known for
IoT systems and consumer electronics engineered to world-class standards and built to scale globally. We make hardware capability accessible to anyone building for emerging markets.
Capabilities
How we work
- 01Consultancy
- 02Prototyping
- 03Pilot
- 04Mass manufacturing
- 05Aftermarket support
One partner from the first sketch to a deployed fleet — and beyond.
Asks
How you can
support us.
Shanga Labs is an early-stage lab. We are specific about what we need and honest about where we are. These are the three things that would move the work forward fastest.
Humanoid / Robot Donation
We are building a physical test environment for robotic and humanoid systems. Donations of hardware (robots, arms, sensors, actuators) accelerate our research directly and will be documented publicly.
Get in touchKnowledge Exchange
Deep collaborations with engineers, researchers, and operators working at the hardware-software boundary. We share findings openly. If you are doing hard work in adjacent spaces, let's talk.
Start a conversationFundraising Partners
We are raising from investors who understand long cycles and hard problems. Patient capital, aligned incentives, and genuine interest in what is being built on the continent.
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