Practical help,
not PowerPoints.
From strategic guidance to hands-on implementation. Every engagement is tailored to your reality—your budget, your team, your actual constraints.
Data & AI Strategy
Know where you're going before you start building
Most AI projects fail not because of technology, but because of unclear goals. We help you cut through the hype and build a practical roadmap that your team can actually execute.
What's included
- Current state assessment (what you have, what works, what doesn't)
- AI readiness evaluation (are you actually ready for ML, or do you need data basics first?)
- Prioritized opportunity mapping (what will actually move the needle)
- Technology recommendations with honest trade-offs
- Build vs. buy analysis for your specific context
- 90-day action plan with clear milestones
Organizations drowning in AI hype but unsure where to start. Founders building their first data team. Teams burned by failed tech projects.
Data Engineering
The unsexy work that makes everything else possible
Your data is scattered across spreadsheets, legacy systems, and someone's personal laptop. We build the pipelines that pull it together, clean it up, and make it actually usable.
What's included
- Data audit and quality assessment
- Pipeline architecture design
- ETL/ELT development (Python, SQL, dbt)
- Data warehouse or lakehouse setup
- Real-time streaming where it matters
- Data quality monitoring and alerting
- Documentation your team can actually use
Teams spending days on manual data prep. Organizations with siloed systems that don't talk to each other. Anyone who's ever said 'where did that number come from?'
Cloud Infrastructure
Scalable foundations without the surprise bills
Cloud can save you money—or it can bankrupt you with runaway costs. We design infrastructure that scales when you need it and costs nothing when you don't.
What's included
- Cloud architecture design (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Cost optimization for existing setups
- Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Pulumi)
- Migration planning and execution
- Security and compliance setup
- Monitoring and alerting
- Load-shedding resilient architectures (SA-specific)
Businesses outgrowing on-prem servers. Teams shocked by cloud bills. Organizations needing to meet compliance requirements.
AI & Machine Learning
Practical AI that solves real problems
Not every problem needs machine learning. But when it does, We build models that work in production—not just in notebooks. From predictive analytics to LLM integration, AI that actually ships.
What's included
- Use case validation (is ML even the right solution?)
- Model development and training
- LLM integration and prompt engineering
- AI agent development for automation
- Computer vision solutions
- Production deployment and monitoring
- Model retraining pipelines
Businesses with clear, repeatable decisions that could be automated. Teams ready to move from 'playing with ChatGPT' to production AI.
DevOps & MLOps
Ship faster, break less
Your code works on your laptop. Getting it to production is another story. We build the pipelines and practices that let small teams ship with confidence.
What's included
- CI/CD pipeline design and implementation
- Container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
- MLOps for model deployment and monitoring
- Observability and logging
- Automated testing frameworks
- Platform engineering for growing teams
Teams deploying manually via FTP (yes, it still happens). Data science teams whose models never make it to production.
Conservation Technology
Field-ready systems for the wild
Conservation work happens in places where 'connected' is a luxury. I've walked the game trails and sat in the field stations. We build systems that work offline first, sync when they can, and never lose data.
What's included
- Offline-first mobile data collection
- Remote connectivity solutions (satellite, mesh networks)
- Wildlife monitoring and tracking systems
- Camera trap data processing
- Patrol management and incident response
- Impact measurement for donors
- Automated reporting pipelines
National parks, private reserves, conservation NGOs, and environmental consultancies. Anyone who's ever lost data because the network dropped.
"The system works even when we're three hours from the nearest cell tower."
— Reserve Manager, Limpopo
"Our donor reports went from a week of work to a button click."
— NGO Director
How we work together
Whether it's a two-week strategy sprint or a multi-month implementation, every engagement follows a clear path.
Discovery Call
A 30-minute conversation to understand your situation. No pitch, no pressure—just figuring out if We can actually help.
Scoping & Proposal
A clear proposal with scope, timeline, and pricing. You'll know exactly what you're getting before we start.
Execution
Regular check-ins, documented progress, no black boxes. You'll always know where things stand.
Handover & Support
Documentation, training, and a transition period. Your team will be able to run things without me.
Fair, transparent, flexible
We don't publish fixed prices because every project is different. But we can tell you our philosophy:
Project-based pricing for defined deliverables. You know the cost upfront, We take the risk on scope creep.
Retainer arrangements for ongoing advisory work. Predictable monthly cost, flexible allocation of hours.
Conservation rates for registered NGOs. We believe in the work and price accordingly.
What to expect
All prices in South African Rand. International clients billed in USD at current rates.
Not sure what you need?
That's fine. Most people aren't. A discovery call will help us figure out the right starting point together.