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Smart Lighting
in Kenya

Dimmable, colour-adjustable and voice-controlled. Understand the four things that make a light "smart" — then pick the fixtures, and we handle the rest.

What Smart Lighting Is

More than on and off

A traditional light has one mode: on. A smart light gives you continuous control over three things — brightness, colour temperature and full colour — from your phone, by voice, or automatically on a schedule.

The value isn’t novelty. It’s a home that lights itself correctly through the day: cool and bright when you need focus, warm and low when you need to wind down, without touching a switch.

Smart magnetic track lighting in a living room

Four Things That Matter

The vocabulary of a good smart light

Colour Temperature

CCT

Colour Temperature

Shift from warm white (2700 K) for cozy evenings to cool daylight (6000 K) for energising mornings. Smart lights move automatically on a schedule — warm and dim at sunset, bright and cool at sunrise. Your body clock follows.

Full Colour

RGB

Full Colour

16 million colours on select smart bulbs and LED strips. Set any colour to match your mood, a movie night or a party. Build scenes — "Movie" drops to amber at 10%, "Party" cycles vivid colours — and trigger them with one tap.

Colour Rendering

CRI

Colour Rendering

CRI measures how truthfully a light reveals colour. Below 80, skin tones go grey and fruit looks dull. At CRI 90+, colour is vivid and natural. Our smart downlights and strips are all CRI 90 or better.

Smooth Dimming

Dimming

Smooth Dimming

Dim from 1% to 100% with smooth curves and zero flicker — no buzzing, no warm-up. A standard wall dimmer doesn’t work with smart bulbs; the dimming is done digitally at the driver, which is why it stays clean all the way down.

The Range

Every fixture, made smart

From a single bulb to a whole-home system. Pick the fixture type — we handle the controllers, the scenes and the commissioning.

Magnetic Track Lights

Modular rail · reposition anytime

Magnetic Track Lights

A recessed or surface-mounted aluminium rail with fixtures held on magnetically — spots, floods and linear heads that slide and reposition anywhere along the run. Low-voltage 48V, Tuya / Zigbee control for dimming, colour temperature and scenes.

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Smart Bulbs

RGB + tuneable white · E27

Smart Bulbs

One E27 bulb with full RGB colour plus warm and cool white. Schedule, dim and change colour from the Tuya app or by voice. WiFi or Zigbee, works with Alexa and Google Home. The simplest way to make a room smart.

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Smart GU10 Spots

RGBCW · drops into any GU10

Smart GU10 Spots

Full RGB plus tuneable white in a standard GU10 format. Swap them into an existing downlight array or track head for an instant smart upgrade — no rewiring. Group control syncs colour and brightness across a whole room.

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Smart LED Strips

COB, SMD, RGB & neon flex

Smart LED Strips

LED strip paired with a WiFi or Zigbee controller for app and voice control — dim, tune colour temperature, or run RGB effects. Sold per metre, cut to any length. See the dedicated guide for type, voltage and profile decisions.

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Smart Downlights

CRI 90+ · anti-glare optics

Smart Downlights

Recessed ceiling downlights with smart dimming, CCT adjustment and anti-glare optics. Professional-grade fixtures that disappear into the ceiling and deliver flicker-free light down to 1%.

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LED Profiles

House the strip · lose the dots

LED Profiles

Aluminium channels that carry an LED strip, pull heat away to extend its life, and turn visible dots into a smooth line through a frosted diffuser. Surface, recessed, corner, skirting, pendant and cornice types.

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Cabinet & Wardrobe Lights

Motion sensor · magnetic · rechargeable

Cabinet & Wardrobe Lights

Rechargeable motion-sensor LED bars that stick magnetically inside wardrobes, cabinets and drawers. Tuneable white with a click, USB-C charging that lasts months, and no wiring or electrician needed.

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Before You Buy

WiFi or Zigbee?

Both run through the Tuya / Smart Life app and both take Alexa and Google Home voice commands. The difference is how the devices talk to your home.

WiFi

1 – 5 lights, simplest setup

Bulbs and strips connect straight to your router — no hub. Perfect for a single room or a handful of fixtures. Many lights on WiFi can congest the network, so it’s not the choice for a whole house.

Zigbee

Whole-home, many zones

Needs a Zigbee gateway, but the devices form their own low-power mesh that stays off your WiFi and is more reliable at scale. The right foundation when you’re lighting the whole home in zones.

You don’t have to choose everything at once. Smart switches can drive non-smart fittings, and smart bulbs work in ordinary sockets — upgrade room by room and the system grows with you.

Common Questions

Smart lighting FAQ

What does CCT mean?+

CCT is Correlated Colour Temperature, measured in Kelvin. Lower values (2700 K) give warm, yellowish light — cozy for bedrooms and living rooms. Higher values (6000 K) give cool, bluish-white light — energising for kitchens and offices. Smart lights let you adjust CCT from your phone or on a schedule.

What is CRI and why does it matter?+

CRI (Colour Rendering Index) measures how accurately a light reveals true colour compared to natural sunlight (CRI 100). Above 90, colour looks vivid and natural; below 80 it looks washed out. Our smart downlights and LED strips are CRI 90 or better.

Can I dim smart lights with a regular wall dimmer?+

No — a standard wall dimmer causes flickering with smart bulbs. Smart lights are dimmed through the Tuya app, by voice, or with a smart dimmer switch. Because the dimming happens digitally at the driver, the curve stays smooth and flicker-free all the way down.

Do I need a hub for smart lighting?+

WiFi bulbs and strips connect directly to your router with no hub. Zigbee devices need a Zigbee gateway. For one to five lights, WiFi is simplest; for a whole-home system with many zones, Zigbee is more reliable and keeps traffic off your WiFi.

Can I mix smart and non-smart lights?+

Yes. Smart switches can control non-smart fittings for on / off and dimming, and smart bulbs work in ordinary sockets. You can upgrade room by room — there’s no need to replace everything at once.

Smart LED lighting in a Nairobi kitchen

Smart Home Service

Tell us the rooms,
we design the lighting

Share a floor plan or a room list. We come back with the right smart lights, strips, profiles and controllers for every space — one system, upgraded at your pace.