Your data, looked after, close to home.

smDA builds simple, affordable cloud services for African homes, students and small businesses. Priced in shillings, paid by M-Pesa, backed by real people nearby.

Back up my files (LDB) Hosting for my class (Launch)

Our products

Two services, one promise: simple, local, and priced so you never get a surprise bill.

LDB

Back up your phone, photos and files, and watch your films on the TV.

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Launch Pilot

Put student projects online in an afternoon, at a fixed price per semester.

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We’ll do it for you

Bulk uploads, CD and DVD transfer, document and photo scanning. We come to you, load everything, and you get it all in LDB.

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Why smDA

Local prices, local payment

KES and M-Pesa. No card needed.

Never a surprise bill

Every plan has a fixed cap.

People who show up

Support in English and Swahili, plus home visits.

Built to keep things safe

Private by default, with encrypted backups in a second location.

How we look after your data

  • Where it lives: on servers in the EU, with encrypted backups kept at a separate provider.
  • Who sees it: only you. We never sell or share your data.
  • Leaving is easy: download everything at any time, or ask us to delete your account and all your files.

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For schools and universities

Teaching web development? Give your students a real production environment without AWS bills or expiring credits.

Talk to us about a pilot

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About smDA

Most people don’t have “big data”. They have small data that matters a lot: family photos, school work, a shop’s records, the films they love. Small Data Africa exists to keep that small data safe and easy to use, at prices that make sense here, with people you can actually reach.

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