#4: The builder’s hat
Ventures
I build things: Some grew, some fought me, some are new, and some taught me.
All of them are listed here, including where they stand today.
The engine. Project delivery and PMO consultancy, going AI-first. Funds every other line on this page.
Active · dbill.co.za
A storytelling movement for a positive African self-image, co-founded with Lazola Belle. Home of The Midnight Train citizen-action group.
Hibernating · hadithiya.africa
The travel club that turns the 55-country mission into shared adventures across the continent. The amount of travel we do reduced dramatically as we grew older and had kids.
Active · Travel club
The annual contest rewarding Africans who tell their own story, run under Hadithi ya Africa. The biggest project I have had to manage, spanning 34 African countries.
Hibernating · Annual contest
A township restaurant chesa nyama built from a low-cost housing unit in Masechaba View, seeding local jobs and nightlife. It still runs today, but looks very different than I originally planned.
Active · Township enterprise
An invitation-only investment club teaching members saving and investing, working toward becoming a co-operative financial institution. We dissolved the fund five years ago, but the lessons still stand.
Dissolved · Investment club
The newest. A strategic problem-discovery framework, and the teen skills accelerator built on top of it.
Framework · accelerator