NetGeek

Build an ISP with us

We work with ISPs, WISPs and community networks across Kenya and East Africa — and with the developers, landlords and estates whose buildings they reach. Five ways to work together, whether you run a network or own the place it lands in.

Five ways to work with us

Five tracks, A to E. Four are for people who run or buy a network; the fifth is for people who own the building it reaches, where we run the network and you are paid. Pick the one that matches what you already have — and if you are not sure, apply anyway and say so.

TRACK A

Franchise

Build and run a local network trading as NetGeek, on our platform and our transit, to our service standards.

SuitsEntering the ISP business without an existing brand or systems.
TRACK B

Partner network

Keep your own name and your own customers. Run them on our platform, white-labelled as you, with transit from us.

SuitsOperators with subscribers already, outgrowing spreadsheets or a legacy billing system.
TRACK C

Wholesale transit

Bandwidth and public IP space, nothing else. You keep your own billing, support and field operations.

SuitsEstablished ISPs needing capacity or a second upstream.
TRACK D

Platform only

Our billing, RADIUS, hotspot and customer portal as a hosted tenant or a box at your site. No network relationship.

SuitsOperators happy with their transit who need the systems.
TRACK E

Property partners

You own the building; we wire it and run the service. Fibre to every unit, Wi-Fi in the common areas, and a share of what the building earns — or connectivity for your own offices as part of the deal.

SuitsDevelopers, landlords, gated estates, office blocks and malls.

What we bring

What applies depends on the track.

Transit and IP space

Upstream capacity at a committed rate per site, and public IP addresses allocated from our own range.

POPs, expansion and upgrades

Point-of-presence design and build, server and routing hardware, switching, power and the uplink into your area — plus capacity upgrades as you grow.

The platform

Subscriber billing, PPPoE and hotspot provisioning, RADIUS, M-Pesa collections, a customer self-service portal, device management, and GIS records of your plant.

Brand and marketing

On a franchise, the NetGeek name, portal theming, tariff templates and sales material. On a partner network, the platform themed as you.

Hardware and financing

Routers, OLTs, ONTs, switches and CPE at our landed pricing, with payment terms or staged financing by agreement.

NOC support and training

Remote monitoring of your devices, fault escalation to our engineers, and training for your installers and support staff.

If you own the building

Developers, landlords, estate committees and premises owners. You provide access; we provide the network and run it — for a new block, a finished estate, or a building whose current provider is letting tenants down.

What we install

Fibre into the building and to each unit, a secured node cabinet, Wi-Fi in common areas, and backhaul for lifts, gates and CCTV where you want it. On a new development we design it with your contractor so the ducting goes in before the walls close.

What we need from you

Access and wayleave, riser and duct space, somewhere secure for the cabinet, power for the node, and technician access when a tenant needs work done. Introducing us to tenants as they move in helps everyone.

How it pays

Four ways, and they combine: a share of what connected units pay, a fixed monthly access fee, free service for your management office and common areas, or a bulk deal where you buy capacity and recover it through the service charge.

Tenants always choose their own provider, and their service continues even if our arrangement with the building ends. We will tell you plainly what the installed fibre costs, who owns it, and what happens to it if we part ways.

What we look for

None of these need to be in place on the day you apply — tell us where you actually are.

  • A named area. Wards or sub-counties you want to serve, not a radius on a map.
  • Licensing, or a plan to get it. The right class of licence for what you operate, from the Communications Authority in Kenya or your national regulator. Tell us if you need help working out which one.
  • Somewhere to put the network. Site or tower access, wayleaves and power — or a realistic plan for them.
  • People on the ground. At least one technician who can climb, splice and troubleshoot.
  • Capital, or a route to it. Enough to put the first subscribers on, whether that is savings, a SACCO, a bank or an investor.
  • If you own property instead: a building, estate or development with units worth connecting, and the authority to grant access. You do not need any of the above.
  • Subscribers come first. We expect partners to treat a paying customer's connection as sacred, and we hold ourselves to the same.

How it works

From application to first subscriber. Nothing commits either side until an order form is signed.

  1. You applyFill in the form below and send it. It takes about five minutes.
  2. We reviewWe come back with the track that fits, what it would involve, and the questions we still have.
  3. We visitWhere it makes sense, we come and look at the area, the sites and what you have built, then put indicative terms in writing.
  4. You startOrder form, onboarding, training and platform setup — then the first subscribers go on.

Apply to partner

The essentials only. We send the full questionnaire and the commercial terms — fees, territory and service levels — once we have reviewed this and know which track we are talking about.

About you
We send a short code here to confirm the address before your application reaches us.
Where you are now
What you run today
What you are after
Which track interests you required
What you most need from us
If you own the property

Skip this if you are applying as a network operator.

Talk to us

Phone
+254 793 777 776
WhatsApp
+254 793 777 776
Email
partners@netgeek.tech
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