Strengthening the local ecosystem
Training local resources, in-house teams and clients in the most sought-after skills.
THE GROUP
A new path.
An African ambition.
An understanding of local realities, command of technology and one conviction: to build an African technology industry on a par with the best.
OUR STORY
Synergy and a new path: our name says what we stand for.
Since 2013, we have supported organisations across West Africa in their most demanding projects. Formerly Smile Group, Synelia Group Afrique has evolved to strengthen its local roots and better serve its African clients.
Our conviction: Africa can design and operate its most critical systems, develop its talent and build engineering that shines beyond its borders.
13 yearsof experience in West Africa
+100projects delivered
+50active clients
+200employees and experts
LOCATIONS
From Abidjan to Dubai,
one shared trajectory.
Each location builds on the previous one: the same methods, the same standards, teams close to your local realities.
- 8locations, opened one after another
- 3continents: Africa, Europe, Middle East
- 2areas: French- and English-speaking Africa
TRAINING & TALENT
Skills
make the difference.
By investing in training African talent, Synelia helps strengthen the continent’s technology ecosystem.
Boosting employability
Talent employable both locally and internationally.
Contributing to sustainable development
Creating opportunities, limiting brain drain, driving growth.
OUR TECHNOLOGY STANCE
Technologies
open and fully mastered.
A critical system must remain in the hands of its owner. Four principles guide every one of our technical choices.
01
Open
Some thirty open-source and vendor solutions, chosen for your context, never imposed.
In practice: Open standards and APIs: no lock-in on your systems.
02
Sovereign
They are deployed according to your sovereignty constraints: your data stays where your rules require.
In practice: Sovereign private cloud and high availability, such as the geo-redundant cloud operated for YAS in Senegal.
03
Reversible
The source code is yours, versioned in your repository, with up-to-date documentation.
In practice: Operations handbook delivered and verified skills transfer.
04
Operated
We only recommend what we know how to run: what we build, our teams operate.
In practice: Monitoring, backup and managed services, in production.
TESTIMONIALS
In our clients’
own words.
Synelia is an invaluable partner for our company. Their customer service is simply outstanding. Whenever we needed help or support, their team was responsive, friendly and effective.
We were fortunate to work with [Synelia] to set up several sensitive platforms. Their team demonstrated outstanding technical expertise and a deep understanding of our specific needs.
Synelia is a partner of choice for our company. Their team of technical experts guided us throughout the development of a custom application.
WHAT COMES NEXT, WE BUILD TOGETHER
Let’s build
what comes next, together.
Clients, partners, talent: let’s talk about your projects.
Let’s talk about your project