The people behind kAI

Meet the Team

Three people, one clear focus: making automation work for South African SMEs.

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Azania Shezi

Co Founder & Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

Azania is a Co Founder of the company and serves as Chief Financial Officer. She oversees the financial direction of the business, helping ensure responsible financial management, sustainable growth, and strong operational discipline.

  • Oversees kAI's financial management, including cash flow, budgeting, pricing strategy, and financial planning
  • Leads business development and client acquisition, identifying prospective SMEs and converting them into long term clients
  • Works alongside the CEO on strategy and the long term direction of the company
  • Accounting student at the University of the Witwatersrand, pursuing a career as a chartered accountant
  • Champion for young women in STEM
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Joel T Munemo

Co Founder & Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Joel is a Co Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer. He leads the company's overall vision, strategy, business development, and day to day direction, with a focus on building the company and delivering meaningful value to its clients.

  • Architect of kAI's strategy, setting the vision and direction for the business
  • Oversees the technical build of kAI's automation systems
  • Drives execution across the company, translating strategy into clear priorities and measurable outcomes
  • Oversees client delivery, ensuring every engagement is scoped, built, and deployed to a high standard
  • BCom student
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Blaine Englebrecht

Chief Technical Officer (CTO)

Blaine serves as the company's Chief Technical Officer, driving the technical vision and technology strategy of the business. The CTO role focuses on technology development, innovation, systems, automation, and ensuring that the company's digital solutions remain reliable, scalable, and forward looking.

  • Leads the design and construction of client websites, from architecture through to deployment
  • Directs the build of kAI's chatbot solutions, ensuring each is engineered for reliability and real business use
  • Drives innovation in kAI's systems, evaluating new tools and approaches that strengthen the company's offering
  • Serves as kAI's full stack engineer, owning both front end and back end development across projects
  • Software Engineering student
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