WHO WE ARE
The factory behind your lenses
For years, an advanced prescription in East Africa meant an imported lens: weeks of waiting, and a remake meant waiting all over again. Afrilens Tech was built to end that. We opened the region’s first advanced ophthalmic lens plant in Kenya, so a precision lens is made here, and arrives in days. Today we supply partners across Kenya, and we are growing across East and Central Africa.
Vincent Demassiet
Founder & CEO
Michael Makonnen
Founder & COO
Salahaldeen Ahmed
Founder & Director
Japheth Matheka
Commercial Director
We supply independent opticians, retail chains, hospitals and clinics, distributors, and NGOs. We never sell direct to patients. Every lens reaches its wearer through a partner, and partnership includes product and dispensing training for your team.
OUR PROCESS
Inside the factory
Surfacing, coating, engraving, and quality control all happen under one roof. Every stage is ours, so every lead time is ours too.
Surfacing: Schneider freeform generators cut each prescription into the lens.
Coating: vacuum chambers apply the protective and anti-reflective layers.
Engraving: laser engraving marks each finished lens.
Quality control
Grade A materials only. Certified by our suppliers, and re-verified in-house. We do not take the certificate’s word for it.
Double quality control. Two checkpoints on every job.
No lens leaves unchecked. Every lens is inspected before dispatch. No exceptions.
Every Afrilens lens carries a written warranty against manufacturing defects and prescription accuracy. Read the full warranty →
VISIT US
Visit the factory, or reach us
Our door is open. Any partner can visit the factory and meet the people who make their lenses.
Visit
Unit 35, Ngong Precinct, Nairobi Gate Industrial Park, Eastern Bypass, Nairobi, Kenya
Open Monday to Friday, 8:00am – 5:00pm (EAT)
BECOME A PARTNER
See the difference local manufacturing makes.
Join the independents, retail chains, optometry practices and hospitals dispensing locally made precision lenses.