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Built on 18 years of
doing the actual work.

Nhaka Tech was founded on a simple belief: infrastructure advice should come from engineers who have built carrier-grade networks, migrated enterprise workloads and debugged BGP sessions at 2am — not from slide decks. We bring that experience to every engagement.

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Why we started Nhaka Tech

The name Nhaka comes from the Shona word for inheritance and legacy. It reflects what we believe infrastructure should be: something future generations of engineers can build on, not something they have to rip out and replace.

After nearly two decades working across African ISPs, European cloud platforms and Caribbean carriers, we noticed a consistent gap: organisations in emerging markets were getting generic cloud advice designed for mature Western enterprises, without the nuance of local connectivity constraints, procurement realities and regulatory environments.

Nhaka Tech was founded to close that gap — bringing AWS-native cloud architecture and carrier-grade network engineering to the organisations that are building Africa and EMEA's digital future, from ISPs in Zimbabwe to SaaS companies in London.

Every engagement starts with listening. Every deliverable is built to be owned by your team, not maintained by us indefinitely. That's the legacy we're building.

18
years of cloud & network engineering
12+
countries with deployed infrastructure
500k+
subscribers on networks we've built
5
AWS certifications including Networking Specialty
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AWS certifications

Five active AWS certifications across architecture, networking and operations — not collected for a CV, used daily in client engagements.

AWS Advanced Networking Specialty
Amazon Web Services
AWS Solutions Architect — Professional
Amazon Web Services
AWS Solutions Architect — Associate
Amazon Web Services
AWS SysOps Administrator — Associate
Amazon Web Services
AWS Developer — Associate
Amazon Web Services
18+ Years Network Engineering
Cisco · Juniper · Huawei · ZTE · Ericsson
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How we work

Four principles that govern every engagement — from a two-week FinOps audit to a six-month ISP network redesign.

01

Engineer-led, always

Every client conversation is led by the engineer doing the work — not a sales team handing off to a delivery team. You get direct access to the person holding the keyboard.

02

Documented to last

Every architecture, configuration and decision is documented so your team can operate it independently. We measure success by how little you need us after the engagement ends.

03

Africa-first perspective

We design for the infrastructure realities of African and emerging markets — not for the assumptions baked into US/EU consulting frameworks. Connectivity constraints, local regulations and procurement cycles are built into every recommendation.

04

No unnecessary complexity

The simplest solution that solves the problem is the right solution. We don't introduce tools, vendors or architectural layers to pad scope. Your infrastructure should be as simple as it can be while doing what it needs to do.

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Operational footprint

Infrastructure deployed and networks operated across three continents over 18 years.

Zimbabwe
ISP networks · Cloud advisory
South Africa
Enterprise cloud · Telco
United Kingdom
AWS ISV advisory
Netherlands
Cloud architecture
Guyana
Carrier networking
Jamaica
Carrier networking
Trinidad
Carrier networking
Bermuda
ISP infrastructure
Botswana
Network advisory
Mozambique
Network advisory
EMEA (remote)
Cloud & governance
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Let's build something that lasts

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