Corelink / Company

An African firm building institutional software.

We're senior engineers, consultants and operators who chose to build the systems Africa is going to depend on for the next twenty years — from Lusaka, on the ground, with our customers.

"The systems running a country, a university, or a regional bank are the unglamorous part of digital transformation. They have to work on Monday morning. They have to keep working when the auditor arrives. They have to be there in twenty years."

The Corelink thesis
/ Our story

Founded to do this properly.

Corelink was founded in 2022 by a team that had been delivering enterprise software in the region for more than a decade. We knew what good looked like. We were tired of seeing it not happen.

From day one, the model was different: senior engineers on every engagement, no offshore handoffs, products we owned and shipped. No reselling other people's software with a Zambian sticker on it.

Three years later we run mission-critical systems for ministries, universities, councils and global organizations — with customers who keep coming back.

2022
Founded in
Lusaka, Zambia
50+
Customers across
multiple sectors
14yr
Avg. team experience
in enterprise systems
100%
Senior engineers
on every project
/ Principles

Six things
we won't compromise on.

/ 01

Senior on every seat

No junior bench. Every Corelink engagement runs with people who've done it before.

/ 02

Software we own

We ship products, we don't resell. When something is wrong, we fix it.

/ 03

On the ground

Local team, local hours, local language. Our office is where your office is.

/ 04

Long after launch

Most customers stay with us for more than five years. We measure ourselves against that.

/ 05

Honest "no"

If we shouldn't be the team, we'll say so. Unsolicited advice is part of the contract.

/ 06

Africa-first

Built for the realities of African budgets, connectivity, regulation and ambition.

/ Leadership

The people
making the decisions.

A small, senior team. Each function below is owned by one director with a track record across the region. We'll connect you directly when an engagement begins.

/ 01

Office of the Managing Director

Strategy, customer relationships, regulatory engagement.

/ 02

Engineering & Technology

Architecture, platform engineering, product roadmap.

/ 03

Delivery

Programme management, implementation, customer success.

/ 04

Government Solutions

Public sector engagements and the Public Service Framework.

/ 05

Defense & Security

Cleared engagements with international defense partners.

/ 06

Operations & Finance

Commercials, compliance, partner sourcing, hiring.

/ Stack

Engineered for the
realities of African ops.

We pick technology that has long-term support, fast delivery cycles, and runs reliably in our customers' actual environments — not in a Silicon Valley demo.

Languages
C# / .NET, Node.js, TypeScript, PHP, Python
Frontend
React, Next.js, Vue, vanilla JS where appropriate
Data
PostgreSQL, SQL Server, MongoDB, MySQL
Cloud & ops
AWS, Azure, on-prem, hybrid — you pick
DevOps
GitHub Actions, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD
Hosted
Secure Zambian data centers when sovereignty matters

Want to build with us?

We're growing the team in Lusaka and across the region. If you want to ship serious software for serious institutions, talk to us.