EAEC LIMITED

What EAEC LIMITED does

East African Engineering Consultants Limited (EAEC) is a Kenyan engineering consultancy founded in 1967 and headquartered at Lenana Court, Kilimani, Nairobi. The firm delivers multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy across five core sections - Highways Engineering, Structural Engineering, Water and Sewerage, Irrigation, and Urban Development - with additional offerings in Environment and Energy consulting, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Project Management. Its service suite spans preliminary investigations, feasibility studies, economic valuations, detailed project designs, contract documentation, tender evaluation, cost estimation, construction supervision, and contract administration, executed using industry-standard engineering software and advanced field investigations.

EAEC's customer base is dominated by the Kenyan public sector - government ministries, national authorities, county governments, parastatals, and water services boards (Kenya Ports Authority, Kenya National Highways Authority, Kenya Airports Authority, Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company, National Irrigation Board, multiple county governments) - and international development finance institutions that fund infrastructure in the region, including the African Development Bank, World Bank, and the UK Department for International Development (DFID). The firm leverages its regulatory familiarity with these multilateral/bilateral funders as a core qualification.

Revenue is generated through project-based professional services fees under tender-driven contracts; pricing is not publicly disclosed. The firm competes on multi-disciplinary breadth, 57 years of heritage, ability to rapidly assemble specialized expert teams, and conversance with international development-funded procurement standards. Operations are concentrated in Kenya (projects documented across at least 15 counties) with regional positioning across Eastern Africa. Ownership is private with no identified parent company or institutional investor, and management consists of long-tenured Kenyan-registered engineers including a Chairman/Executive Director with a PhD from Newcastle and Northwestern universities.

Name

EAEC LIMITED

Legal name

East African Engineering Consultants Limited

Website

https://eaecgroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1967

Operating status

Operating

Short description

East African Engineering Consultants Limited (EAEC) is a Nairobi-based, Kenyan engineering consultancy founded in 1967 providing multi-disciplinary services in highways, structures, water/sewerage, irrigation, and urban development for government ministries, parastatals, and international development finance institutions across Eastern Africa.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Nairobi

HQ country

Kenya

HQ region

Africa

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Engineering Consultancy Services: Professional consulting fees charged for engineering studies, feasibility analyses, detailed designs, tender document preparation, construction supervision, and project management services. Revenue is generated through project-based contracts with government agencies, county governments, water services boards, and international development partners.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

EAEC is a multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy that provides highways, structural, water and sewerage, irrigation, and urban development engineering services. Its deliverables span preliminary investigations, feasibility studies, economic valuations, master plans, detailed project designs, contract documents and drawings, tender evaluation, contract administration, construction supervision, and project management for public sector and private corporate clients across Eastern Africa.

Product overview

East African Engineering Consultants Limited (EAEC) is an engineering consultancy firm established in 1967, providing comprehensive multi-disciplinary engineering services across five main sections: Highways Engineering, Structural Engineering, Water and Sewerage, Irrigation, and Urban Development. The company offers a unified suite of consulting services including preliminary investigations, feasibility studies, economic valuations, detailed project designs, contract administration, supervision of construction, and project management. EAEC's service portfolio also encompasses specialized consulting in environment and energy, mechanical and electrical engineering, and transportation infrastructure. The company serves both public and private sector clients, including international agencies such as the African Development Bank and World Bank.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Highways Engineering
• Structural Engineering
• Water and Sewerage Engineering

Quantifiable outcome

• 240,000 Ha of irrigable land identified in Tana River Basin
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Arup: Global engineering consultancy with water, buildings, and infrastructure practices; competes for high-value Kenyan and East African assignments where deep technical capacity and global references matter.
• Royal HaskoningDHV: Global engineering consultancy with strong water, ports, and coastal infrastructure practices; competes with EAEC on Kenyan water services, port, and coastal resilience mandates.
• WSP Global: Global engineering professional services firm with extensive African project presence in highways, water, environment, and urban development; competes for the same multilateral-funded mandates EAEC pursues.
• Stantec: Global engineering consultancy with a strong water and infrastructure practice (including through the former MWH Global); competes with EAEC on multilateral-funded water and environmental mandates in Africa.
• Tractebel (Engie): Engineering consultancy with growing African footprint in energy, water, and infrastructure; competes for the same donor-financed consulting mandates EAEC targets in Eastern Africa.
• Mott MacDonald: International engineering consultancy active across water, transport, and buildings in Africa; regularly pre-qualifies for World Bank and AfDB infrastructure assignments in Kenya and the wider region.

Direct peers

• Aurecon: Africa-headquartered global engineering consultancy with multi-disciplinary infrastructure, water, transport, and structural capabilities; directly competes with EAEC on AfDB- and World Bank-funded Eastern African assignments.
• ILF Consulting Engineers: Austria-headquartered engineering consultancy active in water, dams, irrigation, and transport infrastructure across Africa; comparable to EAEC on large multi-disciplinary infrastructure assignments.
• SMEC (Surbana Jurong): Engineering consultancy with deep Africa presence across highways, water, and structural engineering; directly competes with EAEC on regionally-financed transport and water assignments.

Regional players

• GIBB Africa: Sub-Saharan African engineering consultancy with multi-disciplinary infrastructure, water, and transportation capabilities; a regional peer with overlapping expertise in donor-funded African projects.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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