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From raw events
to operational decisions.

Modern data warehousing, BI dashboards, ML pipelines and applied AI engineering — including production AI deployments running live across education, finance, and logistics in Kenya. Including MwalimuPLUS, currently serving 200,000+ students.

What's included
  • Data audit & warehouse design
  • ETL / ELT pipelines
  • BI dashboards & self-serve analytics
  • ML model development
  • Applied AI / LLM integrations
  • MLOps & monitoring
  • Data governance & DPA compliance
Why us

Data work that moves the P&L.

A lot of "data projects" build a beautiful warehouse and a few dashboards nobody opens. Ours start from the operational decision the data needs to inform — and only build what makes that decision better.

Every Augusta data engagement is anchored to a measurable business outcome. If we can't articulate what changes when the dashboard goes live, we don't build it.

01

Decision-first

We start from the question — not the data. Every model, dashboard, and pipeline we build connects to a specific operational decision a real human will make differently.

02

Production AI experience

We've shipped applied AI to production at scale — including MwalimuPLUS, used by 200,000+ students with adaptive curriculum-aligned learning paths.

03

Lean, modern stack

Snowflake / BigQuery, dbt, Looker / Metabase, Airflow, MLflow, Anthropic / OpenAI. We pick what's right; we don't push enterprise products that overshoot.

04

Honest about LLMs

We deploy LLMs where they pay off — and we'll tell you when they don't. Many "AI" problems are better solved with rules, classical ML, or just a SQL query.

Capabilities

What we build.

Six data and AI practices, all shipping in production today.

Data warehousing

Modern lakehouse and warehouse architectures on Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks. dbt-based transformation layers, version-controlled.

ETL / ELT pipelines

Airflow, Dagster, Fivetran, custom Python — pipelines that handle the messy reality of African business data sources.

BI & dashboards

Looker, Metabase, Superset — boardroom-ready dashboards, plus self-serve exploration for analyst teams.

Applied AI & LLMs

RAG systems, agentic workflows, OpenAI / Anthropic integrations, embeddings, semantic search — production-grade, not demo-grade.

ML engineering

Recommendation engines, classification, forecasting, computer vision, MLOps. PyTorch, scikit-learn, MLflow, Weights & Biases.

Data governance

Catalog, lineage, access controls, PII handling, DPA-compliant retention policies. The boring work that makes data trustworthy.

How we work

From question to dashboard.

Three phases. We deliver value in the first six weeks, not the eighteenth month.

01

Question & map

What decision needs to change? What data exists today? Where does it live? We end with a prioritised set of decisions and a phased plan.

Phase2 – 3 weeks
02

Build & ship

First-cut warehouse, first dashboards, first ML model — shipped in weeks, not quarters. Iterative, measurable, with the customer in the loop.

Phase2 – 6 months
03

Operate & evolve

Pipeline reliability, dashboard maintenance, model retraining, governance review. Optional managed data ops if you don't have a data team yet.

PhaseOngoing
FAQ

Buyer questions.

The questions we hear before signing.

Snowflake or BigQuery?
Both work. Snowflake if you want vendor-neutral and best-in-class developer experience. BigQuery if you're already on GCP and want tight integration with the rest of the data stack. We'll recommend based on your existing stack and team.
Do we need a Chief Data Officer to start?
No. Many of our customers don't have a data team at all when we start. We help you build the foundation — and the team that runs it — without making it a prerequisite.
Should we use LLMs / generative AI?
Sometimes. Document Q&A, summarisation, structured extraction, and customer support copilots are good fits. Numerical prediction, anomaly detection, and most "BI" use cases are better solved with classical methods. We'll be honest about the right tool.
How do you handle PII and the DPA?
Every data engagement starts with a data classification and PII inventory. We architect for DPA compliance — encryption, role-based access, audit logs, retention policies, and where required, data residency in Kenya.
How fast can we see results?
First useful dashboards or a first ML proof-of-concept typically ship in 6–10 weeks. Full warehouse and team capability builds run 6–9 months.
Get started

Have data?
Let's make it useful.

Tell us about the decisions you're trying to make and the data you have. A senior data engineer will respond within one business day with a clear point of view.