First African Computer anti-virus software developed in Baringo,Kenya

The first African antivirus has been developed in Kenya at a remote village in Baringo County. Bunifu Technologies is an industry innovation firm founded in the 2011 and since inception has developed software products ranging from mobile, desktop, web and engineering solutions and tools.

Bunifu Sniper, the antivirus software was developed locally by that clearly indicates the exponential potential that Africa has. The anti-virus has an in-built console panel that will help users recover infected files safely. The Sniper anti-virus, which took the group more than a year and a half to develop, also features a wireless and Local Area Network (LAN) scanner that can scan devices within your WiFi range or over your LAN, a document, file and folder repair and restore, file and folder unlock sensor, wireless and LAN sensor as well as piracy protection. The anti-virus is a software too tough for even hackers to crack, and better than others available in the market according to the firm. There will be continuous online upgrades of the antivirus software although the company is also working on ways to enable offline upgrades. The Sniper antivirus product has dominant features such as fast engine, over 17 million virus database definitions, heuristic engine, shared protection, directory navigation guard (watchdog) and proactive real-time surveillance.

Bunifu Technologies has also provided technology-based services and products that range from Android mobile apps, desktop applications, web applications and engineering solutions. Other products that have been developed by the firm include accounting software that provides real-time analyses and record keeping of day to day transactions and Light Bolt SMS – a mass message sending utility that has the ability to send customized personalized messages to many from a single message. Bunifu’s other product is an exam management system that provides an easy interface for exams processing and analysis as well as the Bunifu mini-commander, a handy automated software that can process and respond to SMS commands and also process more than one command at a time.

The firm also runs the only innovation hub in Kenya outside Nairobi.

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