# Sanifu

> Sanifu (formerly Patika, YC S22) is a Nairobi-based company whose AI reads sales orders arriving by email, WhatsApp, PDF and even handwritten notes, then enters them straight into a manufacturer's ERP system. It cuts order-processing time from 5-10 minutes to under 30 seconds and targets the roughly 180,000 manufacturers and distributors across Africa still keying orders in by hand.

- **Founded:** 2021
- **Headquarters:** Nairobi, Kenya
- **Founders:** Sidney Rema (Co-Founder & CEO), Phelix Juma (Co-Founder & CTO), Bernard Momanyi (Co-Founder)
- **Team size:** 5-8
- **Products:** Sanifu.ai, Sanifu Workflow Automation, Patika (receivables)
- **Notable:** Accepted into Y Combinator Summer 2022 - the only startup from East, Central and Southern Africa in the batch., Cut order-processing time for customers from 5-10 minutes to under 30 seconds per order., Signed marquee Kenyan manufacturers Kenchic Limited and Capwell Industries.

## Products & services

- **Sanifu.ai** — AI order-processing platform that extracts order details from emails, WhatsApp messages, PDFs, images and handwritten notes and enters them into ERP systems 24/7 with minimal human input.
- **Sanifu Workflow Automation** — Broader platform for finance, operations, supply chain and revenue teams to automate repetitive spreadsheet work - data cleaning, validation, record matching, report generation - with integrations, forms, scheduling, dashboards, approvals and AI entity matching.
- **Patika (receivables)** — Original product helping African SMEs track customer debt, manage repayments and improve cash flow; users reported ~17% cash-flow increase and up to 3 hours/day saved on reconciliations.

## Achievements

- Accepted into Y Combinator Summer 2022 - the only startup from East, Central and Southern Africa in the batch.
- Cut order-processing time for customers from 5-10 minutes to under 30 seconds per order.
- Signed marquee Kenyan manufacturers Kenchic Limited and Capwell Industries.
- Raised approximately $1.02M from Goodwater Capital and Y Combinator.
- Launched Sanifu.ai in August 2024 after roughly three years of R&D.

## Latest updates

- **2025-09** — Published a 'Sanifu AI Workflow Demo' showing end-to-end automation across finance and supply chain.
- **2025** — Repositioned from order-processing tool toward a broader workflow-automation platform replacing repetitive spreadsheet work.
- **2024-08** — Officially launched Sanifu.ai; reported Kenchic and Capwell live plus ~11 manufacturers in pilot.

## Links

- Website: https://sanifu.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/patika-africa
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/patikaafrica
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xEOtLo0WOU
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/people/Patika-Africa/100072234372525/

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Last updated: 2026-07-30