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Building toward super intelligence systems.
We bring together custom software, automation, intelligent agents, and research. Our current work turns real operating problems into useful digital systems for businesses in Kenya.
1,000+
daily orders across live deployments
< 2 min
order-to-payment benchmark
5
sectors served
Sectors we serve
Five sectors. Systems shaped around how each business works.
Across restaurants and dining, entertainment and nightlife, events and ticketing, fashion and retail, and pharmacy, our systems connect customer conversations, payments, and business operations. These illustrative demos show the workflows each system supports, from messaging interfaces to website ordering and management.
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Restaurants & Dining
Restaurants & Dining: from customer conversation to operational control.
Bistro Restaurant
Restaurant ordering and operations system combining a WhatsApp customer journey, M-Pesa payments, and an owner dashboard for orders, stock, pricing, staff, and analytics. The demonstration shows how customer service and day-to-day operations can stay connected.
daily orders
1,000+
to payment in benchmark flows
< 2 min
satisfaction
98%
Current performance figures across our deployments; dashboard values are illustrative.
Bistro Restaurant
Owner dashboard
Live control across orders, stock, pricing, staff, and analytics
JM
KSh 8,450Today's revenue
13Orders
4.8Rating
Live ordersLive
Analytics+18%
InventorySynced
Fries
42%
PricingReady
Burger ComboKES 700
StaffOnline
4 staff on shift4
Marketing & Media
Create the message. Explore where it travels.
Marketing video production and route-based transit advertising are connected parts of a campaign, with distinct showcases. Our screen-advertising work is still in early trial.
Marketing video production
Intelligent tools support our creative process, with human-led direction and review. We make product explainers and promotional content for social channels and screen placements.
About this video
The video introduces MatMarket using Nairobi street and matatu footage, promotional creative examples, and the campaign website. It shows route-based advertising and trial packages, including Route Starter at KES 5,000 per week and 40 guaranteed plays per day per matatu. These pricing and playback commitments are current and approved for the trial. Passenger-view figures shown are estimates, not verified audience measurements. Contact us to confirm placement availability on the Makongeni, Thika–Nairobi CBD corridor.
Early trial · Nairobi & Kiambu
MatMarket: route-based matatu advertising
A Philia-owned product
A campaign workspace for selecting routes, reviewing creative, scheduling screen placements, and reviewing playback records. We are testing screen advertising on a limited corridor, not offering county-wide coverage.
Current pilot corridor
Makongeni, Thika → Nairobi CBD
ThikaJujaNairobi
2
pilot buses
1
trial corridor
Illustrative corridor overview, not a live tracking map. Placements depend on confirmed pilot availability.
Plan the placement
Discuss the route, campaign brief, and available trial inventory.
Prepare and schedule
Review the creative and schedule it on available pilot screens.
Review delivery
Use recorded playback to review delivery, without equating plays to passenger views or conversions.
What we build
Five areas of work. From useful systems to creative campaigns.
Software, automation, intelligent agents, research, and Marketing & Media connect our long-term direction with practical delivery today.
Intelligent agents
Build assistants and service flows that move from inquiry to action.
We design conversational systems, decision logic, and intelligent agents that reduce manual back-and-forth without sacrificing clarity. This practical work supports our direction toward super intelligence systems.
- Customer-facing intelligent agents across chat and web touchpoints
- Internal copilots for teams handling repetitive coordination
- Intent capture, escalation paths, and human handoff logic
The result is a system that responds fast, stays usable, and supports real commercial workflows.
Custom software and product engineering
Turn product ideas into durable software with a clear business surface.
Philia ships web platforms, product interfaces, and long-term software foundations designed to hold up after launch.
- Responsive web products and customer-facing interfaces
- Operational dashboards, admin tools, and product surfaces
- Brand-aware UI systems that feel intentional instead of generic
We focus on products that look credible, behave clearly, and can support growth instead of just demos.
Automation and operational systems
Remove friction between demand, payment, and delivery operations.
We build the connective layer between channels, payment flows, reporting, and day-to-day team execution.
- Order, booking, and inquiry automation
- Payments, reporting, and fulfillment visibility
- Operational tooling that keeps the business side in sync
The goal is not more dashboards. It is less operational drag and better decision visibility.
Research toward super intelligence systems
Explore new capabilities, then test them against real needs.
We pursue research into reasoning, agent coordination, and useful automation as part of building toward super intelligence systems.
- Exploration of reasoning and coordinated agent workflows
- Prototypes and experiments grounded in practical operating problems
- Evaluation of reliability, limitations, and human oversight
Research is a direction of work, not a claim that today's deployments already deliver super intelligence.
Marketing & Media
Create the campaign, then explore the right placement.
We produce marketing videos using intelligent tools and human creative direction. MatMarket, a Philia-owned product, connects this creative work to route-based matatu screen advertising in an early trial linking Kiambu and Nairobi.
- Marketing videos, product explainers, and campaign visuals
- Creative adapted for social channels and screen formats
- Early matatu-screen trial: two buses on the Makongeni, Thika–Nairobi CBD corridor
Campaign availability and pricing are confirmed individually. Recorded playback supports delivery review; it is not a measurement of audience views or sales.
How Philia works
From diagnosis to delivery, the process stays disciplined.
01
Diagnose the workflow
We map the real journey first: demand source, manual bottlenecks, payment moments, and team dependencies.
02
Design the system surface
We shape the interface, information hierarchy, and automation logic so the product reads clearly to both customers and operators.
03
Ship the working product
We build the usable version, not just a prototype, with a view to launch quality, speed, and maintainability.
04
Scale what proves out
The strongest systems become reusable platforms, internal tools, or live deployments that can compound over time.
Sectors we serve
Five sectors served, each with its own operating needs.
SectorCurrent work
Restaurants & Dining
Bistro Restaurant
Restaurant ordering and operations
SectorCurrent work
Entertainment & Nightlife
Destination Cocktails
Website ordering and automatic demand-based pricing
SectorCurrent work
Events & Ticketing
AccessKE
Event discovery, tickets, and entry
SectorCurrent work
Fashion & Retail
Dumu Apparels
Shopping conversations and payments
SectorCurrent work
Pharmacy
Maya's Pharm
Pharmacy enquiries, ordering, and delivery