Hire Remote Data Annotator in Kenya.
University-educated, English-speaking data annotators integrated into your UK team. Available in 7 days.
annotation queue processing across image, text, and audio datasets, inter-annotator agreement reviews, and edge case escalation
Includes office, equipment & compliance
Why hire a Data Annotator now
You're training ML models but annotation throughput is your bottleneck
You need human-in-the-loop labelling with inter-annotator agreement above 95%
You want to scale annotation teams from 2 to 20 without a proportional cost increase
Day One Ready Skills
Hard skills assessed via practical tasks. Software proficiency confirmed against your stack.
Why Hire From Kenya?
ACCA-Qualified Professionals
Kenya produces ACCA-qualified accountants and Common Law paralegals. Our finance team has passed the exact same ACCA exams as your London team.
English First Language
English is the official language of business and instruction in Kenya. Your hire communicates fluently with your internal team and clients.
GMT+3 Timezone
Kenya is GMT+3 — strong overlap with UK working hours from day one.
Meet Your Next Hire
“"Precision in labelling directly affects model accuracy. I treat every bounding box like it matters — because it does."”
Susan K.
Data Annotator
Education
BSc Mathematics, University of Nairobi
Certification
Labelbox Certified Annotator
Experience
2 years annotating for a UK AI research lab
How we vet.
Every candidate passes five screening stages before you see a single profile. Most don't make it past stage two.
CV and qualification check against role-specific requirements
annotate 200 sample images with bounding boxes at 97%+ accuracy
Communication quality, UK cultural context, professional presentation
Direct employer verification of tenure, role, and performance
Right-to-work, DPA training, biometric access, clean desk sign-off
98% of applicants are rejected before placement.
You only meet candidates who've cleared every gate.
Full cost breakdown: UK vs Treba
| Cost Component | UK In-House | Treba (Kenya) |
|---|---|---|
| Base Salary | £28,000 | Included |
| Employer NI (13.8%) | £3,864 | Included |
| Office & Equipment | ~£5,000 | Included |
| Recruitment Fee | ~£4,000 | £0 |
| TOTAL | £40,860 | £7,200 |
| Annual Saving | £33,660 (82%) | |
Data accuracy hit 99.3% on our first annotation batch. We scaled to a team of 12 within six weeks.
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