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Notes from building enterprise software in Africa.

Why most facilities teams in Africa still run on WhatsApp — and what it costs them

A fault reported in a group chat is a fault with no owner, no timestamp, and no way to prove it was ever fixed. Here's what that actually costs a facilities team over a year.

2 June 2026 · 6 min read

Solar

Sizing a solar system for load-shedding, not for a sales brochure

The most common mistake in commercial solar isn't the panels — it's sizing the system against a generic package instead of the site's actual load profile.

14 May 2026 · 7 min read

AI & Automation

The difference between an AI that answers and an AI that finishes the task

Most workplace AI tools are very good at describing what you could do. Very few are trusted to actually go and do it. Here's why that gap exists, and what closing it requires.

22 April 2026 · 5 min read

Operations

Why your fixed asset register never quite matches what's in the warehouse

Finance has a spreadsheet. Operations has a different one. Neither matches what's physically on site, and the gap only becomes visible once a year, during an audit that always runs late.

9 March 2026 · 5 min read