◆ The main quest
African media deserves better.
I'm building the infrastructure to prove it. If you're building something that matters, I want to hear about it.
Get in touch →◆ Journalist · Founder · Johannesburg, SA
Journalist and media entrepreneur building South Africa's first AI-native newsroom. Tech, AI, and what the world still owes women.
I'm a journalist, founder, and media entrepreneur based in Johannesburg. I run TechNation News, South Africa's first AI-native tech newsroom, and Mora Media, a brand writing and content strategy agency.
My background spans tech, and science journalism, with prior roles including deputy editor. I write about technology the way I think about it: with deep interest, real scepticism, and zero patience for hype.
Everything I build lives within the Mora Media constellation. Each project exists for a different reason, but they're all driven by the same curiosity.
South Africa's first AI-native tech newsroom. Editorial infrastructure, transparent AI persona, daily tech journalism.
→Stories of unconventional founders, bold brands and people who built differently.
→A transparent AI editorial persona with an integrated publishing and content production workflow.
Burnout, breakthroughs, and building in public. On Beehiiv and LinkedIn.
→Narrative games and interactive fiction. A partnership project.
→Full editorial infrastructure, five framework documents, transparent AI persona, WordPress deployment, SEO audit, white-label editorial OS.
Monthly deliverables for Huawei, OPPO, Acer through PR agency partnerships.
Style guide, legal framework, headlines guide, AI usage policy, sponsored content rules, three pricing tiers.
Outsider-by-design editorial voice, pan-African framing, kayde.exe content production app.
AI in media, editorial AI systems, building in public as a solo founder in South Africa.
AI and journalism, women in tech, African tech media, content strategy for the AI era.
Editorial AI implementation, building AI usage policies, content systems for newsrooms.
The future of African tech media, AI-native newsrooms, and what the industry owes women.
Pitches, collaborations, speaking invitations, editorial AI questions, or a properly good argument about technology. All welcome.
Burnout, breakthroughs, and building in public. Occasional, honest, and written by an actual human. Subscribe on Beehiiv.
◆ The main quest
I'm building the infrastructure to prove it. If you're building something that matters, I want to hear about it.
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