African relevance
Build for real African institutions, languages and markets.

Discover our journey of innovation at Machines with Minds, shaping Africa's future through leadership, collaboration, and technological excellence.
At Machines with Minds (MWM), also known as The African Innovation Kitchen, we're on a transformative journey to revolutionize innovation across the African continent. Founded by Abejide, our President, The Kitchen serves as a private technology incubation hub with a vision to empower young innovators from all corners of Africa. Through partnerships with the GRIT Lab Africa social project, we provide unparalleled opportunities for these bright minds to access internships, incubate technology startups, and create groundbreaking solutions to address local challenges.
Our journey is fueled by a commitment to innovation and impact. We enable innovators to develop new technologies that solve pressing issues within their communities and commercialize their solutions for widespread benefit. From AI advancements for governments and private sectors to state/private-sponsored social innovations, we're dedicated to addressing the unique challenges facing Africa today.
But our journey doesn't stop there. As the technological landscape evolves, so do we. We create new training programs and masterclasses to equip our innovators with the skills needed to navigate the rapidly changing world of Artificial Intelligence and other fourth industrial revolution technologies.
Join us on this incredible journey of innovation and empowerment. Together, we're shaping a brighter future for Africa, one innovative solution at a time.
Meet the team of talented managers, innovators and developers that drive the success the of Machine with Minds.
To become Africa's most trusted builder of responsible, commercially valuable and contextually relevant AI strategies, products and capabilities.
To help clients understand, govern, design, adopt and commercialise AI through education, advisory, research, simulations and practical product development.
Build for real African institutions, languages and markets.
Governance, ethics and risk embedded from the start.
Move from presentations to implementation.
Evidence-led, research-informed and tested.
Solutions that can be licensed, scaled and maintained.
Engagements include work with Standard Bank, Absa Africa, MTN, Telkom, SARS, GEMS, PPC Africa, Huawei, ECOWAS, CHIETA, SACNASP and DHET.
18+
years across academia, industry & government
90+
research publications
150+
proprietary technology tools led or developed
100+
awards and recognitions
R405M+
research, innovation and skills value mobilised
Artificial intelligence scholar, strategist, innovator and executive educator whose work spans theory, practice, product development, commercialisation and societal impact — including service as Full Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Applications at the University of Johannesburg and an NRF C2-rated Established Researcher.