A free 30-minute strategy session to explore your learning goals and determine whether we're the right partner.
Book a Discovery CallYour Training Might Be Working ...
But Is It Changing Behaviour?
Many organisations invest heavily in learning programmes only to discover that employees quickly forget what they learned.
Low Learner Engagement
Employees disengage from training that feels irrelevant or boring. When learners aren't invested, the content doesn't stick—no matter how important the topic.
Poor Knowledge Retention
Without reinforcement and practical application, most information is forgotten within days. Learners walk away with little more than a completion certificate.
Compliance Training Nobody Enjoys
Mandatory training often feels like a chore rather than an opportunity. When learners dread the experience, they rush through—retaining almost nothing.
Little Behaviour Change
The ultimate test of any training is whether it changes how people work. Most programmes fail to move the needle on actual on-the-job behaviour.
Training ROI That's Difficult to Prove
Without clear metrics tied to performance, it's nearly impossible to demonstrate the value of learning investments to leadership and stakeholders.
The issue usually isn't the learners.
It's the learning experience.
We Design Learning That Delivers Results.
Evidence-based learning experiences designed around real performance goals.
Instructional Design
Evidence-based learning experiences designed around real performance goals.
Gamification Strategy
Purposeful engagement mechanics that improve motivation and retention.
Interactive eLearning
Custom Storyline development with realistic scenarios and meaningful learner interaction.
Learning Strategy
Helping organisations align learning with measurable business outcomes.
We Prototype Before We Produce.
Most learning providers ask you to approve documents. We build something you can experience.
Before full production begins, you'll interact with a playable prototype that allows your team to validate the learning experience before significant development starts.
Better Stakeholder Buy-In
Faster Approvals
Better Feedback
Fewer Costly Revisions
Greater Confidence
From Discovery to Launch
A proven 4-step process that takes you from concept to a live learning programme your learners will love.
Discover
Understand the learners, business goals and success metrics.
Prototype
Experience the learning before we build it.
Build
Develop the complete learning programme.
Launch
Deploy, measure and continuously optimise.
Learning Designed Around Outcomes.
Our learning experiences help organisations achieve:
Higher Engagement
Better Retention
Greater Confidence
Behaviour Change
Measurable Business Impact
Every outcome is designed, measured, and delivered with intention.
Built by an Instructional Designer.
Driven by Results.
Hi, I'm Mwangi Kamau. Founder of Sofel Labs.
I've spent years helping organisations redesign learning experiences that improve performance—not simply completion rates.
By combining instructional design, gamification, interactive eLearning, and learning technologies, I help organisations create learning that people actually remember and apply.
Today, Sofel Labs partners with corporates, NGOs, development agencies, compliance teams, and training providers across Africa and beyond.
Because better learning creates better teams.
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you've been wondering before booking a call. If your question isn't here, just reach out.
Most engagements run 6–10 weeks from discovery to launch, depending on the size of the program and how much existing content we're working from. Smaller pilot programs can move faster — sometimes in as little as 3 weeks for a focused module. We'll always give you a realistic timeline in our first conversation.
Both. We design the full mechanics and learning journey, and can either hand the blueprint to your in-house team or build the program ourselves end-to-end, depending on what you need. Many clients start with a strategy engagement and then bring us back to build. Others hand everything over from day one. We're flexible.
Compliance training is one of our most common use cases — and one of the most rewarding to transform. Gamification doesn't mean turning serious content into a joke. It means designing the right challenge structure, consequences, and narrative so people actually pay attention, feel the stakes, and retain the material. We've built anti-bribery, data privacy, and health & safety programs that learners actually request to revisit.
No. We design mechanics that work within whatever LMS or delivery platform you already use — Moodle, TalentLMS, Cornerstone, custom builds, even WhatsApp-based delivery for low-bandwidth environments. No coding required on your end, and no forced platform migration. We meet you where your learners are.
Every program ships with a measurement plan tied to engagement metrics and, where possible, on-the-job behaviour change — not just completion rates, which can be misleading on their own. We use pre/post assessments, scenario-based performance scoring, manager observation tools, and 30/60/90 day check-ins to build a complete picture of learning impact.
Yes — and some of our best work has been with lean teams. We offer focused strategy engagements for teams who want to upskill internally and build gamified learning themselves. We can also scope a pilot project on a single high-priority course before committing to a larger engagement. Let's talk about what's actually possible within your constraints.
Let's Find Out If We're a Good Fit.
During your Discovery Call we'll:
- Understand your goals.
- Discuss your learning challenges.
- Explore possible solutions.
- Answer your questions.
- Determine whether Sofel Labs is the right partner.
No obligation. No pressure. Not a sales pitch.
Just an honest conversation.
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