BROKA · Nairobi → Global

The intelligence
layer for
commerce.

BROKA is building an intelligent commerce platform that brings discovery, negotiation, trust and decision-making into one connected experience — built for East Africa and beyond.

Built in Kenya. Designed for a global market.

The problem

Information doesn't flow
where it's needed.

In informal markets across East Africa, buyers and sellers rarely deal with each other directly. Intermediaries connect both sides — but they can also introduce cost, opacity and friction. The result is that both parties often end up worse off than they should be.

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What we're building

Not another marketplace.
The intelligence inside one.

BROKA sits between buyers and sellers — not as an intermediary, but as the intelligence that helps both sides make better decisions. Discovery, context, negotiation, trust — brought together in a single coherent experience.

01

Discover

Find what you need. Surface who has it. Context-aware, not just keyword-matched.

02

Understand

Get useful information about products, sellers and deals before committing.

03

Negotiate

Zeno can assist the negotiation — helping both sides reach a better outcome.

04

Complete

Move toward payment, delivery, trust and resolution — all in one platform.

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Meet Zeno

Intelligence built into
every transaction.

Zeno is not a chatbot attached to a marketplace. Zeno is designed to understand the full context of a deal — and to be useful to both sides of it.

Understands intent
What you need, at what price, in what condition — without filling in forms.
Knows the context
Seller history, deal context, negotiation thread — Zeno holds the relevant picture.
Assists negotiation
Zeno can start a conversation, frame an offer, and help both sides reach agreement.
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Zeno
● Active
Find me a good phone under KES 25,000.
I found several options. Want me to rank by price, condition, or seller rating?
Ask the top seller if they can do 22,000.
Negotiation started. I'll let you know when they respond.
Illustrative example · not a live session
How BROKA works

From intent to outcome.

A deal that used to take days of phone calls, uncertain pricing and trust built on nothing but a handshake.

01

Find

Describe what you need in plain language. BROKA surfaces relevant sellers and opportunities.

02

Negotiate

Zeno assists with context, pricing information, and negotiation — for both sides.

03

Complete

Move toward agreement, payment and delivery with trust built into the platform.

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The vision

Kenya. East Africa.
The world.

We are starting in Kenya because that is where we understand the problem best. But the dynamics of informal commerce, information asymmetry and trust are universal. The platform we are building here is designed to travel.

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Where we start
Kenya

Kenyan commerce — its patterns, languages and payment systems — shapes everything BROKA is built around.

Where it expands
East Africa

The same dynamics that shape Kenyan markets exist across the region. The infrastructure travels.

The ambition
Global

Information asymmetry and friction are universal problems. The ambition is not limited to one continent.

Under the hood

Engineered for
real commerce.

BROKA is being built on a technical foundation designed to handle the actual demands of commerce at scale — AI systems, marketplace infrastructure, payments, trust mechanisms and real-time communication.

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Platform layers
AI Intelligence
Commerce Layer
Trust & Safety
BROKA API
Payments + Messaging
The founders

Two founders. One idea.

Xavier and Arnold Ochieng founded BROKA after observing the friction and cost in informal commerce first-hand.

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Xavier
Co-Founder
AO
Arnold Ochieng
Co-Founder
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Commerce is changing.

We're building what comes next. If you're a user, partner, investor or journalist — we'd like to hear from you.