Starting something new
Build
Launch your product with senior engineers who are fluent in AI.
Full-stack, mobile and AI engineers
Software engineering and AISenior tech talent for charities and purpose-driven organisations.
Software engineers, AI and systems specialists from East and West Africa, working UK hours, embedded in your team or on hand when you need them.
Every placement starts with a 14-day risk-free trial.
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We help you build, scale and strengthen your tech team
Whether you're starting something new, need more hands or need a skill your team doesn't have.
Your team needs more hands
Scale
Add engineering capacity when you need it, for as long as you need it.
Engineers who join your existing team
Find talentYou need a skill your team doesn't have
Strengthen
Bring in the skills your team doesn't have: Salesforce and Microsoft specialists.
Embedded in your team or on hand when you need them
Our servicesSenior engineers fluent in AI, plus the platform experts behind them
Senior software engineers, fluent in AI, who build and improve the systems your work depends on, and Salesforce and Microsoft specialists for the platforms you already run. Embedded in your team or on hand when you need them.
Software engineering and AI
Build, modernise and look after the products and systems your work depends on, from a new app to the legacy system nobody else wants to touch. Our engineers use AI tools every day, so your projects move faster.
- Web, back end and APIs: Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Node.js, .NET
- Mobile: iOS, Android and Flutter
- Legacy modernisation, CI/CD and cloud
- AI-assisted development and workflow automation
Salesforce
Support, development and improvements for your org, from NPSP and Nonprofit Cloud to Flow and integrations.
- NPSP and Nonprofit Cloud
- Flow, Apex and integrations
- Reporting, data quality and Agentforce
Microsoft Dynamics
Workflows, extensions, integrations and reporting for Business Central and Dynamics 365.
- Workflows and approvals
- AL extensions and integrations
- Financial reporting and migrations
What we work with
The languages, platforms and tools our people use every day.
Software engineering
- Python
- JavaScript
- TypeScript
- Ruby
- Go
- Java
- C#
- .NET
- PHP
- Kotlin
- Swift
- C
- C++
- Rust
- Scala
- Elixir
- React
- Node.js
- AWS
Microsoft Dynamics
- Business Central
- Dynamics 365
- AL extensions
- Workflows and approvals
- Integrations
Using something else?
Tell us your stack and we'll tell you honestly whether we have the right person.
Tell us what you needMore than recruitment
We go beyond recruiting. With 40 years of industry experience behind us, you get a delivery partner that vets carefully, integrates quickly and stays involved.
Rapid deployment
Most roles filled in 2 to 4 weeks, often with a shortlist within 72 hours.
Vetted excellence
Every developer is rigorously tested and proven. Only the top 5% make it through our selection process.
Full HR support
We handle infrastructure, tools, contracts and support, so your developers can focus on delivery.
Meet some of the people in our network
Engineers and systems specialists who know the proven frameworks and the newer tools, from LLMs to workflow automation.
Fortune
Full-stack developer
Joshua
Backend developer
Lucky
Full-stack developer
Sayon
Mobile developer
How we work
The practical things that make working with a team in Africa feel like working with the team down the corridor.
One accountable account lead
One named person owns your engagement, from the first call to delivery, and is the person you call when something needs fixing.
Working hours that overlap with the UK
Our people are 0 to 3 hours' difference from the UK across East and West Africa, so they are online when your team is.
English-law contracts
Clear agreements governed by English law, so you know exactly what you are signing.
UK GDPR and international transfers
We handle personal data under UK GDPR, with international transfer arrangements in place for work done outside the UK.
Our security policy
We work to a written security policy and will share it with you before any work starts.
Ask for a copy
Impact in the field
What our people have delivered for charities and purpose-driven organisations.
Christians Against Poverty
Empowering CAP's mission through legacy system modernisation
- Scope
- Maintaining and upgrading the legacy systems that deliver CAP’s debt advice, working inside the in-house development team.
- Team
- Accelerayt developers embedded in CAP’s in-house team
- Result
- Up and running within weeks, and within five months writing, deploying and reviewing code as full members of CAP’s team.
Safe Families UK
Safe Families UK: from year-long backlog to completed projects
- Scope
- Upgrading an ageing technology stack and development infrastructure ahead of the merger with Home for Good.
- Team
- One senior developer for three months
- Result
- Critical work packages completed; version control and CI/CD now run by the in-house team.
Goodheart Labs
Goodheart Labs triples productivity with Accelerayt contractors
- Scope
- UX design in Figma and Node.js and Next.js development for client projects.
- Team
- Contract UX designer and Node.js / Next.js developers
- Result
- 3x increase in productivity compared with previous developers.
Find talent in three steps
Tell us what you need
Your stack, the outcome you want and when you need someone to start.
Start with a review, or go straight to a shortlist
A Health Check if you want a clear picture first, or a shortlist of people with the right experience and availability.
Interview, then start your trial
Choose who you want and start with a 14-day risk-free trial.
10 million jobs in Africa in the next 10 years.
Africa has nearly a million software developers, while organisations in the UK struggle to find the skills they need. Every placement we make is skilled work in Africa and a stronger team for a charity or purpose-driven organisation here.
~1msoftware developers across Africa
0–3htime difference with the UK
14 daysrisk-free trial on every placement
Tell us what you need
Share the skills and the problem. We'll reply within 24 hours, or you can book a 30-minute chat straight away.