Conversational AIActive
BuildABot Studio
No-code WhatsApp chatbot platform built for South African higher education institutions. Automates SRM systems, admissions, registration, and document delivery across WhatsApp, SMS, Teams, and 500+ integration-ready channels. BuildABot Studio is Thakhutse's flagship conversational AI platform, cross-listed in the Digital Product Studio portfolio.
Identity & AccessActive
Digital Mobile Credentials
Transforms smartphones into secure campus access credentials and Wi-Fi globally trusted technology. Replaces physical cards, reduces costs, and enables real-time access management for students, staff, and guests across the institution.
ComplianceActive
ID Verify
Instant identity validation through South African Department of Home Affairs APIs. Eliminates fraudulent registrations, ensures data accuracy, and maintains regulatory compliance — all in real time, during student onboarding.
Attendance IntelligenceActive
Smart Attendance
Intelligent attendance solutions engineered with mobile-facial recognition technology and QR-based verification. Real-time attendance data syncs automatically to student information systems for regulatory reporting and early-warning interventions for at-risk students.
Consulting (Featured)Active
Agentic AI Consulting
From systems to agents — unlocking exponential outcomes. We guide universities through identifying high-impact AI use cases, designing agentic workflows, and integrating them into existing student information systems, ERPs, and digital platforms. Includes roadmaps for AI adoption and governance, defined areas of autonomy in student lifecycle operations, and capacity building through workshops and executive coaching.
Identity ArchitectureActive
SSO Platform Architecture
Unified identity and access for higher education. Design and implement SSO platforms that integrate with student information systems, LMS platforms, and learning management systems — with governance built in.
Integration ArchitectureActive
API Gateway Design
Connecting institutional ecosystems through well-architected API gateways. Governed design patterns that secure, scale, and unify the data exchange between campus systems.
Capability BuildingActive
Agentic Coding Mentoring
Develop a new generation of AI-fluent engineers. Hands-on mentorship rooted in real agentic coding practice, applied to institutional engineering teams so they can ship AI-augmented software with confidence.
Senior AdvisoryActive
Digital Transformation Advisory
Strategic guidance for universities and TVETs on digital transformation and modernisation. Blends executive advisory with hands-on architecture — from institutional strategy to system modernisation — producing credible roadmaps, grounded technology choices, and clear alignment between strategy, systems, and people.
Senior AdvisoryActive
AI Opportunity Mapping
A structured discovery and prioritisation engagement that gives institutions a pragmatic, ranked view of where AI will actually add value — which processes to target, which risks to plan for, and which initiatives to fund first. Ends in a defensible, execution-ready AI roadmap.
Technical LeadershipActive
Enterprise Architecture & Solution Design
Senior architecture and solution design for institutions building or replacing major systems. Covers integration, data, platform choices, and hands-on technical leadership — so architecture holds up under real delivery and vendor decisions carry weight.
Senior AdvisoryActive
Product Strategy
Hands-on product strategy advisory for education technology platforms and institutional systems. Helps product teams sharpen positioning, prioritise roadmaps, and make durable product bets — with stronger alignment between product, engineering, and users.
