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The FounderNandawula
Nandawula
Regine
Creative Technologist·AI Engineer·Published Poet·Founder
“I build AI systems before anyone confirms it’s possible — then I build them anyway.”
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“I love every second of this.”
Said at 3am, while four business threads moved at once.
Four live products. 1,743+ commits. A published book. One studio that works while I sleep — built in under 18 months. Alone. No co-founder. No external funding. No permission. From East London, Africa.
What I do
Three minds, one builder.
The poet asks what is true. The engineer asks what is elegant. The founder asks what it costs and what it generates. The work happens where all three meet.
Full-Stack Engineering
Four live products, shipped solo — from first commit to launch.
AI / ML Integration
Claude-powered agents, RAG pipelines, and prompt-caching priced for African scale.
African Market Strategy
Built for NSFAS, load shedding, WhatsApp and R-budgets — not Silicon Valley assumptions.
Ubuntu Product Design
Technology that builds capability, not dependency. I am because we are.
Creative Writing
A published poet (Inside Her Roses, 2021). Brand voice that sounds like a person, not a template.
Business Operations
A studio that runs 24/7 on systems — not on my constant presence.
The build
Under eighteen months.
2025
The studio begins
Mirembe Muse (Pty) Ltd is founded in East London, Eastern Cape. JarvisOS — the internal operating system that runs everything — begins development.
Early 2026
First systems in production
The first AI-powered SaaS apps shipped and live — all solving African problems with African context.
June 2026
The ecosystem, in the open
Four live products and mirembemuse.co.za live, built in the open. Alone — no co-founder, no external funding, no permission.
Nelson Mandela University
Advanced Diploma in Business Management — 15 distinctions
SheCodes
SheCodes Plus — software development
The Work Behind the Work
Seven years, retail floor to AI studio.
The systems thinking didn’t start with code. It started behind a till, on a restaurant floor, and in the operations manuals I wrote before I ever wrote software.
Sep 2025 — Present
East London, Eastern Cape
Mirembe Muse (Pty) Ltd
Founder & Technical Lead
Founder and technical lead of an AI-native technology company built for the African context — across digital services, wellness products, and a creative studio.
- Architected and shipped a fleet of production AI SaaS products (VarsityOS, AdminOS, K53, BB-MotherShip, Selves of Us platform)
- Set technical architecture, lead client delivery, and own compliance (CIPC, SARS, POPIA)
- Multi-tenant systems on Next.js + Supabase with row-level security; Claude AI agent systems throughout
Jan 2023 — Dec 2024
Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape
Balkan Burger (Pty) Ltd
Manager (rose from Waitress over 2 years)
Joined as a waitress and rose to Manager across a high-velocity, multi-branch hospitality group — leading the digital transformation of how the business ran.
Before the code
Before the code, there was the blood.
Nseenee Clan · Buganda Kingdom
Nine documented generations. The grasshopper clan who milked the Kabaka’s cows. I carry the name of a great-grandmother remembered as a physician of rare standing.
AmaTshawe · Xhosa Royal House
The oldest royal house in South Africa, founded before 1600 CE. Every Xhosa king from Tshawe forward is his descendant.
AmaHlubi
Traced to the Samburu of Kenya. So formidable that Shaka kept peace with them. Rebuilt by Langalibalele — imprisoned on Robben Island before Mandela.
Msimango · oThabizolo
The ones who were happy the day before. My ancestor celebrated before the crown was named — then built something new from that moment. So do I.
“I build AI systems in East London, South Africa. I celebrate what I am building before the world confirms it. The ancestral wealth never left spiritually — now we bring it into the physical, one system at a time.”
Nseenee · AmaTshawe · AmaHlubi · Msimango · Thabizolo
Nandawula Regine Kabali-Kagwa · East London, Eastern Cape
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“The grasshopper does not announce the season is changing. She simply launches — and suddenly she is everywhere, and the sound is undeniable, and everyone knows the season arrived.”