Talent Is Everywhere, Opportunity Is Not
Talent Is Everywhere, Opportunity Is Not
Managed internship teams with top 0.1% tech talent in Africa
Managed internship teams with top 0.1% tech talent in Africa
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Projects
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Net Promoter Score
8.3 out of 10
8.7 out of 10
'value for money' customer rating
Secret Sauce
Our secret sauce?
We identify and train top 0.1% talent in Kenya and Ethiopia, specifically preparing them for remote work with US or European early-stage startups.
We identify and train top 0.1% early-career tech talent in Kenya, Ethiopia and Rwanda for remote work with global startups and scale-ups
Our secret sauce?
We identify and train top 0.1% talent in Kenya and Ethiopia, specifically preparing them for remote work with US or European early-stage startups.
Top talent
5 months of training and selection. Top 0.1% make it
Top talent
5 months of training and selection. Top 0.1% make it
Senior Leadership
Teams are led by senior engineers and managers
Value for Money
From $1300/month for 280 hours, including tech lead and team
Top talent
5 months of training and selection. Top 0.1% make it
Top talent
5 months of training and selection. Top 0.1% make it
Senior Leadership
Each team has a tech lead or product managers and a fractional CTO
Value for Money
From $1300/month for 280 hours, including tech lead and team
A sample 100 day journey
Day 1: Discovery

You express your interest either via a form submission or over a quick 15 min call to see if we’re a good fit!
Day 3: Submit Details

We’ll send some templates to ensure we adhere to best-practice product development.
Day 5: CEO call

After evaluating submitted documents, we present the work plan, price and contract details, while addressing any final questions or concerns.
Day 8: Interviews or Product Scoping

For "monthly retainer" pricing model, you may interview candidates at this stage. For the ‘fixed quote’ model, we’ll work on detailed Product Requirements Document (PRD).
Day 15: Work start

We set up a dedicated project Google Drive, Slack connect, Linear workspace, Figma workspace, GitHub repository and CI/CD pipeline infrastructure.
Day 100: Work Completion

Client gives final approval. Beyond this, you have the option to hire and take the team in-house!
A sample 100 day journey
Day 1: Discovery

You express your interest either via a form submission or over a quick 15 min call to see if we’re a good fit!
Day 3: Submit Details

We’ll send some templates to ensure we adhere to best-practice product development.
Day 5: CEO call

After evaluating submitted documents, we present the work plan, price and contract details, while addressing any final questions or concerns.
Day 8: Interviews or Product Scoping

For "monthly retainer" pricing model, you may interview candidates at this stage. For the ‘fixed quote’ model, we’ll work on detailed Product Requirements Document (PRD).
Day 15: Work start

We set up a dedicated project Google Drive, Slack connect, Linear workspace, Figma workspace, GitHub repository and CI/CD pipeline infrastructure.
Day 100: Work Completion

Client gives final approval. Beyond this, you have the option to hire and take the team in-house!
A sample 100 day journey
Day 1: Discovery

You express your interest either via a form submission or over a quick 15 min call to see if we’re a good fit!
Day 3: Submit Details

We’ll send some templates to ensure we adhere to best-practice product development.
Day 5: CEO call

After evaluating submitted documents, we present the work plan, price and contract details, while addressing any final questions or concerns.
Day 8: Interviews or Product Scoping

For "monthly retainer" pricing model, you may interview candidates at this stage. For the ‘fixed quote’ model, we’ll work on detailed Product Requirements Document (PRD).
Day 15: Work start

We set up a dedicated project Google Drive, Slack connect, Linear workspace, Figma workspace, GitHub repository and CI/CD pipeline infrastructure.
Day 100: Work Completion

Client gives final approval. Beyond this, you have the option to hire and take the team in-house!
Pricing
Pricing

Mini
$1300
| month
For hands-on founders who want to rapidly prototype

Waitlist

2 Apprentices & 1 Tech lead or PM

280 hours of commitment

Mini
$1300
| month
For hands-on founders who want to rapidly prototype

Waitlist

2 Apprentices

280 hours of commitment

Standard
$3000
| month
For founders who want a full-stack web app MVP

Waitlist

Fractional CTO support

4 Apprentices & 1 Tech Lead or PM

Standard
$3000
| month
For founders who want a full-stack web app MVP

Waitlist

Fractional CTO support

4 Apprentices & 1 Tech Lead or PM

Premium
$7000
| month
For seamless experience and fast delivery

Waitlist

5 Apprentices

1 Product manager & 1 Tech Lead

Premium
$7000
| month
For seamless experience and fast delivery

Waitlist

5 Apprentices

1 Product manager & 1 Tech Lead

Fixed quote
From $9K
| fixed
If you know exactly what you want

Waitlist

Flexible team composition

Senior Product Manager and CTO architecture

Fixed quote
From $9K
| fixed
If you know exactly what you want

Waitlist

Flexible team composition

Senior Product Manager and CTO architecture
See Tison in Action
See Tison in Action
See Tison in Action
See Tison in Action
Event Simplified
Event Simplified is a SaaS that provides the power of event-planning to any event-planner regardless of level of experience by:
Intelligent task generation for an event from answers of a simplified questionnaire
Priority-based task viewing at a glance with a countdown timer for the most upcoming event, with the ability to update the status of a task
Quick task generation from a simple prompt
See What Our Clients Say

Rafael Solari
CTO, Tally - a market leading SaaS with customer controlling $30B+ worth of assets
“In the past few months, they have built up a full-stack Tally notification app from the ground-up. It’s been amazing working with a self-directed team of students.”
See What Our Clients Say

Rafael Solari
CTO, Tally - a market leading SaaS with customer controlling $30B+ worth of assets
“In the past few months, they have built up a full-stack Tally notification app from the ground-up. It’s been amazing working with a self-directed team of students.”
See What Our Clients Say

Rafael Solari
CTO, Tally - a market leading SaaS with customer controlling $30B+ worth of assets
“In the past few months, they have built up a full-stack Tally notification app from the ground-up. It’s been amazing working with a self-directed team of students.”
Frequently Asked Questions
What is your Price Guarantee?

We price-match the quotation that you receive from any established service provider offering the same services as we do.
How good our the devs, really?

You are welcome to see their portfolio, assign them test or interview them if you wish to do so before taking on a team on the retainer model.
How can you claim they are “top 0.1%”?

There are roughly 1200 students in Kenya who get straight A’s in the KCSE every year. About 14% of them attended our partner high schools which we exclusively recruit from. Out of this pre-selected pool, only the top 10% reach the Tison apprenticeship stage.
What is your Quality Guarantee?

Fixed quote: we guarantee delivery up to the specifications. If the delivery is not completed by the date we promised, then we’ll continue at no extra charge until the project is done. Staff augmentation: For the monthly retainer model, you interview the candidates first. If it doesn’t work out then you can swap them out at no extra charge!
Frequently Asked Questions
What is your Price Guarantee?

We price-match the quotation that you receive from any established service provider offering the same services as we do.
How good our the devs, really?

You are welcome to see their portfolio, assign them test or interview them if you wish to do so before taking on a team on the retainer model.
How can you claim they are “top 0.1%”?

There are roughly 1200 students in Kenya who get straight A’s in the KCSE every year. About 14% of them attended our partner high schools which we exclusively recruit from. Out of this pre-selected pool, only the top 10% reach the Tison apprenticeship stage.
What is your Quality Guarantee?

Fixed quote: we guarantee delivery up to the specifications. If the delivery is not completed by the date we promised, then we’ll continue at no extra charge until the project is done. Staff augmentation: For the monthly retainer model, you interview the candidates first. If it doesn’t work out then you can swap them out at no extra charge!
Frequently Asked Questions
What is your Price Guarantee?

We price-match the quotation that you receive from any established service provider offering the same services as we do.
How good our the devs, really?

You are welcome to see their portfolio, assign them test or interview them if you wish to do so before taking on a team on the retainer model.
How can you claim they are “top 0.1%”?

There are roughly 1200 students in Kenya who get straight A’s in the KCSE every year. About 14% of them attended our partner high schools which we exclusively recruit from. Out of this pre-selected pool, only the top 10% reach the Tison apprenticeship stage.
What is your Quality Guarantee?

Fixed quote: we guarantee delivery up to the specifications. If the delivery is not completed by the date we promised, then we’ll continue at no extra charge until the project is done. Staff augmentation: For the monthly retainer model, you interview the candidates first. If it doesn’t work out then you can swap them out at no extra charge!
Frequently Asked Questions
What is your Price Guarantee?

We price-match the quotation that you receive from any established service provider offering the same services as we do.
How good our the devs, really?

You are welcome to see their portfolio, assign them test or interview them if you wish to do so before taking on a team on the retainer model.
How can you claim they are “top 0.1%”?

There are roughly 1200 students in Kenya who get straight A’s in the KCSE every year. About 14% of them attended our partner high schools which we exclusively recruit from. Out of this pre-selected pool, only the top 10% reach the Tison apprenticeship stage.
What is your Quality Guarantee?

Fixed quote: we guarantee delivery up to the specifications. If the delivery is not completed by the date we promised, then we’ll continue at no extra charge until the project is done. Staff augmentation: For the monthly retainer model, you interview the candidates first. If it doesn’t work out then you can swap them out at no extra charge!
See What Our Clients Say

Rafael Solari
CTO, Tally - a market leading SaaS with customer controlling $30B+ worth of assets
“In the past few months, they have built up a full-stack Tally notification app from the ground-up. It’s been amazing working with a self-directed team of students.”
See What Our Clients Say

Rafael Solari
CTO, Tally - a market leading SaaS with customer controlling $30B+ worth of assets
“In the past few months, they have built up a full-stack Tally notification app from the ground-up. It’s been amazing working with a self-directed team of students.”
Top talent
5 months of training and selection. Top 0.1% make it
Top talent
5 months of training and selection. Top 0.1% make it
Senior Leadership
Apprentices are led by several senior engineers and managers.
Value for Money
From $1300/month for 280 hours including tech lead
Our secret sauce?
We identify and train top 0.1% talent in Kenya and Ethiopia, specifically preparing them for remote work with US or European early-stage startups.
Pricing
Pricing

Standard
$3000
| month
Bringing ideas to life with robust and scalable web solutions.

Junior team

1 Product manager

4 Interns

Standard
$3000
| month
Bringing ideas to life with robust and scalable web solutions.

Junior team

1 Product manager

4 Interns

Priority
$7000
| month
Everything from Standard/Mini

Senior team

1 Tech lead

1 Product manager

Priority
$7000
| month
Everything from Standard/Mini

Senior team

1 Tech lead

1 Product manager

Fixed quote
From $9K
| fixed
If you know exactly what you want

Waitlist

Flexible team composition

Senior Product Manager and CTO architecture

Fixed quote
From $9K
| fixed
If you know exactly what you want

Waitlist

Flexible team composition

Senior Product Manager and CTO architecture
Pricing
Pricing

Standard
$3000
| month
Bringing ideas to life with robust and scalable web solutions.

Waitlist

1 Product manager

4 Apprentinces

Standard
$3000
| month
Bringing ideas to life with robust and scalable web solutions.

Waitlist

1 Product manager

4 Apprentinces

Priority
$7000
| month
Everything from Standard/Mini

Waitlist (high demand)

1 Tech lead

1 Product manager

Priority
$7000
| month
Everything from Standard/Mini

Waitlist (high demand)

1 Tech lead

1 Product manager

Fixed quote
From $9K
| fixed
If you know exactly what you want

Waitlist

Flexible team composition

Senior Product Manager and CTO architecture

Fixed quote
From $9K
| fixed
If you know exactly what you want

Waitlist

Flexible team composition

Senior Product Manager and CTO architecture
A sample 100 day journey
Day 1: Discovery

You express your interest either via a form submission or over a quick 15 min call to see if we’re a good fit!
Day 3: Details

We’ll send some templates to ensure we adhere to best-practice product development.
Day 5: CEO call

After evaluating submitted documents, we present the work plan, price and contract details, while addressing any final questions or concerns.
Day 8: Interviews or Product Scoping

For "monthly retainer" pricing model, you may interview candidates at this stage. For the ‘fixed quote’ model, we’ll work on detailed Product Requirements Document (PRD).
Day 15: Start

We set up a dedicated project Google Drive, Slack connect, Linear workspace, Figma workspace, GitHub repository and CI/CD pipeline infrastructure.
Day 100: Finish

Client gives final approval. Beyond this, you have the option to hire and take the team in-house!
A sample 100 day journey
Day 1: Discovery

You express your interest either via a form submission or over a quick 15 min call to see if we’re a good fit!
Day 3: Details

We’ll send some templates to ensure we adhere to best-practice product development.
Day 5: CEO call

After evaluating submitted documents, we present the work plan, price and contract details, while addressing any final questions or concerns.
Day 8: Interviews or Product Scoping

For "monthly retainer" pricing model, you may interview candidates at this stage. For the ‘fixed quote’ model, we’ll work on detailed Product Requirements Document (PRD).
Day 15: Start

We set up a dedicated project Google Drive, Slack connect, Linear workspace, Figma workspace, GitHub repository and CI/CD pipeline infrastructure.
Day 100: Finish

Client gives final approval. Beyond this, you have the option to hire and take the team in-house!
Consultancy arm of DirectEd Development
Consultancy arm of DirectEd Development