We're a team of trained assistants and operations professionals in Nairobi. We handle the calendars, travel, bookings and follow-ups that eat your week, for executives, entrepreneurs, families and Kenyans abroad.
The Wakati teamLed by our founders: executive assistance and operations support, based in Nairobi. You deal with us directly.
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Calendar and inbox, travel, meeting prep, correspondence and vendor follow-up, handled personally by experienced assistants.
Bookings, gifting, shopping, pickups, courier coordination and event support.
Children's appointments, birthdays, household services and family travel.
A brief with three vetted options, with pros, cons and pricing, delivered fast.
Procurement, supplier coordination, admin, trackers and reporting for growing businesses.
We've spent our careers as the person leaders rely on to keep everything running. Most people can't justify a full-time assistant, but they still lose hours every week to tasks that need a capable hand. Wakati is our answer: the same standard of work, on the schedule you actually need. When you message us, you'll hear from one of us.
The Wakati team
Co-Founder
An executive and operations professional with two years' experience as an assistant and as a team lead in operations in the construction sector. Dorcas brings procurement, project coordination and strategic administrative support to Wakati's business and operations work.
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Co-Founder
An Executive Assistant with 5+ years supporting C-suite leaders across e-commerce, real estate and tech, including a remote role with one of the world's leading EA firms. Calendars, inboxes, travel and the systems that keep a week running, with no dropped balls.
View on LinkedInIn freight forwarding, a delay costs money. Wakati has helped us keep shipments moving and our paperwork in order. Their reliability gives our clients confidence that their cargo is in good hands.
In the oil business, timing and trust are everything. Wakati has been dependable and professional, and they understand how demanding our industry is. They support our operations without ever slowing us down.
As distributors, we have to deliver to our customers on time, every time. Wakati's service has helped us keep that promise across our range of fuels and oils. They are responsive, organised and easy to work with.
Pick a monthly retainer that fits your real week, or pay as you go. Prices are in Kenya shillings.
Monthly retainers for executives, professionals, entrepreneurs, diaspora clients and busy families.
Testing the service, with light recurring personal admin.
Working professionals and SME owners.
Senior executives needing near-daily support.
Monthly packages for SMEs and growing businesses: procurement, admin, vendor coordination, process and workflow support.
Blocks of concierge or EA hours for leadership teams or visiting executives, quoted after a short scoping call. As a starting point, around KES 150,000 a month for 100 hours.
Join as one of our first clients and lock in 15% off your first 3 months on any monthly retainer or package.
Scope and terms are confirmed in your written proposal before work begins.
We listen to the week you actually have.
A scope and level of support matched to it.
Contract, NDA and delegated access in place.
Requests logged, handled, confirmed complete.
We review, adjust and keep going.
Start with a low-commitment pilot built around your real workflow, with a weekly update on what's done, pending and waiting on you. Then decide on a package.
Every client relationship begins with a contract and NDA, before any work starts.
We work through shared calendars and delegated permissions. Never shared passwords.
Every request is logged, tracked and confirmed complete with you. Decisions stay with you.
Anything else, ask us directly. We reply personally.
No. Wakati is on-demand personal and executive assistance delivered by trained Executive Assistants. We vet, decide and follow through on your behalf, with full accountability from request to confirmation.
Trained Executive Assistants, working as an extension of you. Our team comes from local and global corporate EA roles.
With a conversation. Tell us what's pulling at your week by WhatsApp or email. We'll propose a scope and level of support, then onboard you with a contract and NDA.
Every client signs an NDA, we work only through delegated access, and every request is logged and confirmed complete.
Personal and executive retainers start at KES 18,000 a month for 10 hours, and business support packages from KES 9,000. See the pricing section for every tier. Your scope and terms are confirmed in a written proposal, and founding clients get 15% off their first 3 months.
We're based in Nairobi and support clients across Kenya, including diaspora and expatriate clients who need trusted hands on the ground.
Tell us what's pulling at your week. We'll discuss scope and terms directly with you.