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BPO companies in Kenya: independent provider directory

Compare business process outsourcing companies in Kenya by service, delivery scale and target market. This independent directory uses named public sources; listings are alphabetical and never paid.

DocumentIndependent provider directory

Updated31 Aug 2026

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Search the complete alphabetical list, narrow it by documented service fit, market or delivery scale, then compare two to four providers side by side.

26 providers Alphabetical, unpaid listings Directory updated 31 Aug 2026
  1. Checked 31 Aug 2026

    Acorns BPO Africa

    Service focus: Collections, back-office and IT support

    Service fit Customer support & CX, Finance, HR & payroll +1 more
    Markets served Not specified
    Scale band Unspecified
    Details for Acorns BPO Africa

    Mlolongo-based BPO provider offering customer support, back-office, data, IT, collections, finance and HR/payroll services.

    Sector experience: Public Sector, Private Sector, FinTech, Retail

    View provider profile
    Customer support Partial Finance Yes
  2. Checked 31 Aug 2026

    ADEC Kenya

    Service focus: Multi-function BPO covering finance, HR, customer experience and process management

    Service fit Customer support & CX, Finance, HR & payroll
    Markets served Not specified
    Scale band 250–999
    Details for ADEC Kenya

    ADEC's Athi River operation provides finance, HR, customer-experience and process-management outsourcing; its official page reports 350+ employees.

    View provider profile
    Founded
    2014
    Published estimate
    350+ (provider-stated)
    Customer support Yes Finance Yes
  3. Checked 31 Aug 2026

    Adept Technologies

    Service focus: Data annotation, transcription and customer support

    Service fit AI & data ops, Customer support & CX
    Markets served Not specified
    Scale band Unspecified
    Details for Adept Technologies

    Nairobi provider of managed multichannel customer support and data-annotation workflows spanning computer vision, NLP, audio, speech and transcription.

    View provider profile
    Founded
    2006
    AI Yes Customer support Yes 24/7 Yes
  4. Checked 31 Aug 2026

    Africa 118

    Service focus: Business-data research and customer support

    Service fit AI & data ops, Customer support & CX
    Markets served Not specified
    Scale band Unspecified
    Details for Africa 118

    Maintains a regional business database and provides data, call-centre and digital-listing services for small businesses.

    View provider profile
    Customer support Yes
  5. Checked 31 Aug 2026

    C&R Group

    Service focus: Share registry and data processing

    Service fit Customer support & CX, Finance, HR & payroll +1 more
    Markets served Not specified
    Scale band Unspecified
    Details for C&R Group

    Nairobi-based share-registry and BPO provider offering data processing, document management, virtual AGMs and call-centre services.

    View provider profile
    Founded
    1986
    Customer support Partial
  6. Checked 31 Aug 2026

    Calltronix Kenya

    Service focus: Omnichannel contact-centre operations supported by CRM, telephony and IT services

    Service fit Customer support & CX
    Markets served Not specified
    Scale band Unspecified
    Details for Calltronix Kenya

    Nairobi provider of omnichannel contact-centre, CRM, business-automation, telephony and IT services.

    View provider profile
    Customer support Yes
  7. Checked 31 Aug 2026

    Career Directions

    Service focus: Workforce outsourcing and payroll administration

    Service fit Customer support & CX, Finance, HR & payroll
    Markets served Not specified
    Scale band Unspecified
    Details for Career Directions

    Provides HR, payroll and workforce-deployment services across East and West Africa; reports a network of more than 4,700 workers and holds an EPZ licence.

    View provider profile
    Founded
    2003
    Published estimate
    Not disclosed (Kenya delivery)
    Customer support Partial Finance Yes
  8. Checked 31 Aug 2026

    CCI Global Kenya

    Service focus: High-volume customer support

    Service fit Customer support & CX, Back office & operations
    Markets served UK, US, Australia
    Scale band Unspecified
    Details for CCI Global Kenya

    Kenya customer-experience operation with a USD 50 million, 5,000-seat Tatu City facility; CCI Global completed its merger with Startek in 2026.

    Sector experience: Retail, Ecommerce, Telecoms

    View provider profile
    Published estimate
    Not disclosed
    Customer support Yes
  9. Checked 31 Aug 2026

    CloudFactory

    Service focus: AI data preparation and human-in-the-loop model validation

    Service fit AI & data ops
    Markets served Not specified
    Scale band Unspecified
    Details for CloudFactory

    AI-data provider combining data collection, curation and annotation with human-in-the-loop model validation through a Kenya-managed workforce.

    View provider profile
    Founded
    2010
    AI Yes
  10. Checked 31 Aug 2026

    Daproim Africa

    Service focus: AI data labelling, transcription and managed back-office operations

    Service fit AI & data ops, Customer support & CX +2 more
    Markets served Global
    Scale band 250–999
    Details for Daproim Africa

    Daproim Africa provides AI-data, transcription, customer-support, back-office and IT delivery services for global teams.

    Sector experience: AI, Machine Learning, Digital Commerce

    View provider profile
    Ownership
    Current ownership not publicly established
    Published estimate
    250+ delivery specialists (provider-stated)
    AI Yes Customer support Partial 24/7 Partial
  11. Checked 31 Aug 2026

    Digital Divide Data (DDD)

    Service focus: AI training data, document digitisation and structured data-processing workflows

    Service fit AI & data ops, Finance, HR & payroll
    Markets served Not specified
    Scale band Unspecified
    Details for Digital Divide Data (DDD)

    Nairobi-listed provider of AI training data, annotation, model validation, digitisation and structured transaction-processing services.

    View provider profile
    Founded
    2001
    AI Yes Finance Yes
  12. Checked 31 Aug 2026

    Finsolution Consultants

    Service focus: Finance and ICT governance advisory

    Service fit Finance, HR & payroll
    Markets served Not specified
    Scale band Unspecified
    Details for Finsolution Consultants

    Nairobi business and ICT consultancy covering financial strategy, accounting and audit, performance management and technology governance.

    View provider profile
    Founded
    2011
    Published estimate
    Not disclosed
    Finance Partial
  13. Checked 31 Aug 2026

    Flexi Personnel

    Service focus: HR, payroll and Employer of Record

    Service fit Finance, HR & payroll
    Markets served Africa, International
    Scale band Unspecified
    Details for Flexi Personnel

    Nairobi-headquartered HR provider offering Employer of Record, staff outsourcing, payroll, recruitment, HR consultancy and expatriate services across Africa.

    View provider profile
    Founded
    2008
    Published estimate
    Not disclosed (Kenya delivery)
    Finance Yes
  14. Checked 31 Aug 2026

    Fusion Communication

    Service focus: Cloud contact-centre software and CRM-integrated communications

    Service fit Customer support & CX
    Markets served Regional
    Scale band Unspecified
    Details for Fusion Communication

    Kenya-based GoDesk cloud contact-centre platform for voice, messaging, CRM integration, campaigns and customer-communication analytics.

    View provider profile
    Published estimate
    Not disclosed
    Customer support Partial
  15. Checked 31 Aug 2026

    Horizon Contact Centers

    Service fit Not classified
    Markets served Not specified
    Scale band Unspecified
    Details for Horizon Contact Centers

    Listed by KenInvest in March 2026 as a Kenya BPO operator; an older official brochure describes contact-centre delivery, but current scope and licence require confirmation.

    View provider profile
    Founded
    2008
  16. Checked 31 Aug 2026

    Hugo

    Service focus: Customer support, trust and safety, and data annotation

    Service fit AI & data ops, Customer support & CX +2 more
    Markets served Not specified
    Scale band Unspecified
    Details for Hugo

    Provider with a Nairobi delivery hub offering customer support, trust and safety, AI evaluation, finance and back-office operations.

    View provider profile
    Founded
    2017
    Published estimate
    Not disclosed
    AI Yes Customer support Yes Finance Yes
  17. Checked 31 Aug 2026

    Ideon

    Service focus: Contact-centre, debt-recovery and payroll services

    Service fit Customer support & CX, Finance, HR & payroll +1 more
    Markets served Not specified
    Scale band Unspecified
    Details for Ideon

    Kitengela provider of contact-centre support, debt recovery, finance and accounting, HR and payroll outsourcing.

    View provider profile
    Customer support Yes Finance Yes
  18. Checked 31 Aug 2026

    iSON Xperiences

    Service focus: Customer support and digital operations

    Service fit Customer support & CX, Finance, HR & payroll +2 more
    Markets served Not specified
    Scale band Unspecified
    Details for iSON Xperiences

    Provider with four listed Nairobi facilities offering contact-centre, technical-support, back-office, billing, accounting and finance services.

    View provider profile
    Customer support Yes Finance Yes
  19. Checked 31 Aug 2026

    Oasis Outsourcing

    Service focus: Customer support, data annotation and back-office administration

    Service fit AI & data ops, Customer support & CX +3 more
    Markets served Not specified
    Scale band Unspecified
    Details for Oasis Outsourcing

    Nairobi provider offering customer support, data annotation, finance, HR and payroll, legal, technology and back-office services.

    View provider profile
    Founded
    2018
    Published estimate
    Not disclosed (Kenya delivery)
    AI Yes Customer support Yes Finance Yes Legal Yes
  20. Checked 31 Aug 2026

    Sama

    Service focus: Computer-vision and NLP data annotation

    Service fit AI & data ops
    Markets served Not specified
    Scale band 1,000+
    Details for Sama

    B Corp providing computer-vision and NLP data annotation from Nairobi; formerly operated as Samasource.

    View provider profile
    Founded
    2008
    Ownership
    International
    Published estimate
    1,000–1,500 (estimate, 2026)
    AI Yes
  21. Checked 31 Aug 2026

    Stelden

    Service focus: ERP, cloud and managed IT services

    Service fit Technology & ITES
    Markets served Not specified
    Scale band Unspecified
    Details for Stelden

    Nairobi technology-outsourcing provider covering ERP, cloud, managed IT, networking and hardware/software support.

    Sector experience: Government, SMEs, Healthcare, Distribution

    View provider profile
    Published estimate
    Not disclosed
  22. Checked 31 Aug 2026

    Tech Mahindra Kenya

    Service fit Finance, HR & payroll, Back office & operations
    Markets served Not specified
    Scale band Unspecified
    Details for Tech Mahindra Kenya

    Diligence-first profile: KenInvest lists Tech Mahindra as a Kenya BPO operator and its official directory shows a Nairobi office, but the published global BPS portfolio does not establish Kenya delivery scope.

    View provider profile
  23. Checked 31 Aug 2026

    Techno Brain BPO-ITES

    Service focus: Customer experience, back-office processing and technology-enabled services

    Service fit AI & data ops, Customer support & CX +3 more
    Markets served Global
    Scale band Unspecified
    Details for Techno Brain BPO-ITES

    Nairobi-based BPO/ITES provider offering customer experience, back-office processing, automation, accounts-receivable management, data processing and technology-enabled services.

    Sector experience: Nonprofit and NGO, Public Sector, Travel and Tourism, Telecom and IT, BFSI

    View provider profile
    Founded
    2011
    Ownership
    Techno Brain Group
    Published estimate
    Not disclosed (Kenya BPO delivery)
    AI Yes Customer support Yes Finance Yes Legal Partial
  24. Checked 31 Aug 2026

    Teleperformance Kenya

    Service fit AI & data ops, Customer support & CX
    Markets served Not specified
    Scale band 1,000+
    Details for Teleperformance Kenya

    TP's Kenya delivery operation provides customer experience, content moderation and AI-data services from Nairobi.

    View provider profile
    Founded
    2020
    Ownership
    International
    Published estimate
    1,800 FTE (KenInvest company interview, 2026)
    AI Yes Customer support Yes
  25. Checked 31 Aug 2026

    TeleSky

    Service focus: Telehealth support, customer service and telesales

    Service fit Customer support & CX
    Markets served Not specified
    Scale band Unspecified
    Details for TeleSky

    Nairobi contact centre providing multichannel customer support, technical support, lead generation and database services.

    View provider profile
    Customer support Yes 24/7 Yes
  26. Checked 31 Aug 2026

    Treba

    Service focus: Employer of Record and managed teams for UK clients

    Service fit AI & data ops, Customer support & CX +2 more
    Markets served UK
    Scale band Unspecified
    Details for Treba

    UK-registered company with a provider-stated Nairobi operations centre, offering Employer-of-Record services and managed teams for UK clients across AI data, finance, legal, customer experience and technical support.

    View provider profile
    Founded
    2026
    Ownership
    Treba Ltd (UK contracting entity); Treba Kenya Ltd provider-stated employer entity
    Published estimate
    Not publicly disclosed
    AI Yes Customer support Yes Finance Yes Legal Yes

Kenya’s outsourcing sector in brief

Kenya has moved from a localised call-centre base to a wider digital-services sector. KenInvest’s March 2026 sector pack puts the BPO market at about USD 270m in 2025, roughly USD 700m across global business services more broadly, employing around 36,000 people, against a government target of 100,000 BPO jobs by 2030.

For UK and European buyers the practical case rests on three things, each set out with its sources on its own page: a GMT+3 time zone that gives a 5-6 hour overlap with the UK working day, English as an official language behind a deep graduate pipeline, and fully-loaded costs that KenInvest puts 60-70% below the US, Europe and Australia. The Kenya Data Protection Act 2019 is closely modelled on GDPR, which makes compliant data transfer a documented process rather than a blocker.

Providers range from large enterprise contact centres running multi-thousand-seat customer-experience operations to smaller specialists in knowledge-process outsourcing, technology services and AI data work. Use the directory filters to narrow the alphabetical list by service, delivery scale and target market; a filter match describes published evidence, not a quality score.

Two curated views answer narrower buyer questions without turning every filter into a thin page: compare customer-support and call-centre companies in Kenya or review providers with a source-backed Nairobi delivery operation. Both use the same alphabetical directory and evidence rules.

What each profile covers

Profiles record each provider’s stated services, target markets, ownership, founding year and estimated Kenya headcount. Certifications appear only when confirmed by the provider or a certifying body.

How to compare providers

Use five checks to turn the directory into a defensible shortlist:

  1. Service fit: confirm that the profile names the work you intend to outsource; adjacent capability is not the same as delivery experience.
  2. Delivery scale: treat the Kenya headcount band as a capacity signal, then ask how many people are available for your programme.
  3. Target market: look for experience with your buyer market, time-zone coverage and regulatory expectations.
  4. Evidence quality: check when the profile was last verified and which named sources support material claims.
  5. Commercial due diligence: confirm security controls, references, pricing, implementation capacity and contract terms directly with the provider.

The directory does not assess service quality, financial stability or contract performance. A larger company or longer service list is not automatically a better fit. Use each profile to prepare due-diligence questions, then confirm the claims directly with the provider. Our how to hire guide explains what to ask, and sourced corrections can be submitted through the contact page.

Directory questions

Are the providers in this directory vetted?
No. Inclusion means that public evidence supports Kenya-based delivery; it is not an endorsement. The directory does not assess service quality, financial stability or contract performance, so buyers should review those areas during due diligence.
Which are the top BPO companies in Kenya?
There is no evidence-based universal ranking because the right provider depends on the service, delivery scale, target market and risk requirements. Outsourcing.ke therefore lists companies alphabetically and lets buyers compare documented attributes rather than publishing a subjective top-ten list.
Can a provider pay to be listed or ranked higher?
No. Listings are free and alphabetical. Providers cannot pay for inclusion, ranking or favourable wording. Outsourcing.ke is independent and carries no provider sponsorship.
How should I compare BPO providers in Kenya?
Start with service fit, Kenya delivery scale and experience in your target market. Then review the date and quality of each profile's sources, shortlist two to four plausible providers, and confirm capacity, security, pricing and references directly.
How accurate are the headcount figures?
Headcounts are estimates drawn from dated disclosures, filings and reporting. Use them as a scale indicator, not an exact staff count.
How do I correct a profile or ask to be listed?
Use the contact page and include a public source. We correct verified errors and review new providers with Kenya-based delivery at no cost.

Sources

  1. 01Kenya Investment Authority (KenInvest), BPO sector pack (March 2026)Kenya BPO and GBS market size: BPO ~USD 270m; GBS ~USD 700m; workforce ~36,000Evidence year 2025Accessed 31 Aug 2026
  2. 02Kenya Investment Authority (KenInvest), BPO sector pack (March 2026)Cost advantage versus US, Europe and Australia: 60-70% lower fully-loaded costEvidence year 2025Accessed 31 Aug 2026
  3. 03Kenya Investment Authority (KenInvest), BPO sector pack (March 2026)Sector jobs target: 100,000 BPO jobs by 2030Evidence year 2025Accessed 31 Aug 2026
  4. 04Outsourcing.ke provider directoryDirectory profiles: Compiled from company websites, registries, filings and published client informationEvidence year 2026Accessed 31 Aug 2026

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