ALTES Group
Local Agency for Technologies and Services — born from the conviction that African businesses deserve digital tools designed for them.
Our story
ALTES Group grew out of a simple observation, made over nine years inside the information systems of Ivorian companies: the best solutions on the market are rarely designed for our realities. Too expensive, too heavy, too far from how people actually work.
After holding roles as a developer and then as IT manager, Kadio Pierre Michael chose to turn that experience into a formal company. The goal: to make world-class technology accessible to local businesses — designed locally and maintained sustainably.
ALTES works today on everything from a neighbourhood shop's website to an industrial group's management system. The same quality standard, whatever the size of the project.
Our mission
To contribute to the digital transformation of African industries by making technology accessible, useful and durable for businesses of every size.
Our vision
A West Africa where every business, whatever its size, has the same digital tools as its international competitors — designed here, maintained here.
Kadio Pierre Michael
Founder & Chief Technology Officer
« I spent nine years repairing, adapting and replacing software that had never been designed for the people using it. ALTES exists to reverse that logic: start from the user, and only then choose the technology. »
A software developer by training, Kadio Pierre Michael has held positions as an application developer and then as IT manager within Ivorian companies. That dual experience — technical and operational — gives him a rare reading of digital projects: that of the people who build them and of the people who must live with them every day.
- 9+
- years of experience
- 8
- sectors covered
- 2
- working languages
Our values
Four principles that govern every decision we make.
Proximity
We are your neighbours, not a distant vendor. We come on site, we pick up the phone, we know your context.
Honesty
We say when a project is unnecessary, when a budget is unrealistic, when a technology is wrong. Even when it costs us the sale.
Craft
A small budget is never an excuse for sloppy work. The same care goes into every project, from the most modest to the most ambitious.
Transmission
We train your teams and document our work. You should never be a prisoner of your provider — not even of us.
What sets us apart
One single contact
From the first meeting to maintenance, you talk to the same person. No salesperson who promises and technician who discovers.
Technology chosen, not inherited
We select tools based on your need and your maintenance budget — not on the trend of the moment.
A field-tested mindset
Power cuts, unstable connections, staff with little training: we design for real operating conditions.
A commitment to continuity
Clear maintenance contracts, automated backups, recovery plans. Your working tool must never stop.
Industries we understand
Every trade has its constraints. We learned theirs in the field.
Let's work together
The first conversation commits you to nothing, and it is often the most useful.