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Put two to four companies on the same evidence grid. See where pricing, capacity, experience and proof actually differ—and which questions the public record still cannot answer.

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Every Hub Score factor remains visible

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What separates this shortlist

These signals are calculated from published directory fields. They expose trade-offs; they do not automatically recommend a winner.

Highest Hub Score

Black Shepherd Technologies

Published operating capability—not a result guarantee.

Strongest evidence

Black Shepherd Technologies

Research completeness, separate from capability.

Lowest published floor

Black Shepherd Technologies

Entry point in KES; not a quote.

Largest documented team

Africa 118 · Black Shepherd Technologies

Team band does not prove account allocation.

Evidence comparison

Current directory snapshot

Nairobi, 047

Africa 118

54/100

A pan-African digital growth company with a Nairobi branch, a 16-person named public team and distinctive depth in local visibility, multi-location data, websites, performance marketing and research.

Open profile

Nairobi, 047

Black Shepherd Technologies

71/100

A Nairobi ecommerce and growth studio that publishes an 18-person team, an entry local-SEO package and a delivery mix spanning stores, M-Pesa, search, ads and conversion work.

Open profile

Hub Score

Five published capability factors; no paid inputs.

54/100

71/100

Evidence confidence

Freshness and source coverage—not capability.

80% · High

Sources 25/25 · Cases 0/15

85% · High

Sources 25/25 · Cases 0/15

Published entry floor

Minimum engagement, not typical spend or a quote.

Not published

KES 15k/mo

Monthly retainer

Delivery capacity

Published team band; confirm the people assigned.

10-20

Operating history

Unknown years remain unscored.

Not published

2019 · 0 years

Published proof

First-party cases are not independently audited.

0 case outcomes

5 source-linked operating claims

0 case outcomes

5 source-linked operating claims

Best-fit signal

Editorial reading of the documented offer.

African SMEs and multi-location organisations that need local discovery, business data and digital acquisition across markets.

Kenyan ecommerce and service businesses that need search tied to site conversion.

Shared fit

Capabilities every selected company documents.

Services

Technical SEOLocal SEOContent MarketingPaid MediaWeb DevelopmentAnalytics

Industries

Home Services

Documented differentiators

Africa 118

Hospitality & Travel · Financial Services · Manufacturing & B2B

Black Shepherd Technologies

Ecommerce SEO · Conversion Optimization · Ecommerce · Real Estate · Healthcare

Transparent scoring

Where each Hub Score comes from

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Factor	Africa 118	Black Shepherd Technologies
Operating resilience Maximum 15	0/15	3/15
Delivery capability Maximum 25	22/25	25/25
Sector evidence Maximum 25	18/25	18/25
Commercial clarity Maximum 20	9/20	20/20
Delivery capacity Maximum 15	5/15	5/15

What this comparison cannot decide

Public evidence cannot tell you who will be assigned, whether current capacity is available, how the agency will diagnose your site or what the final scope will cost. Use this page to narrow the questions—not to skip proposal review, references or contract diligence.

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