The brief
ELIDZ required a single digital channel to attract and place talent into the zone’s industrial base — replacing fragmented processes with a secure, auditable platform suitable for public-sector and private employer use.
Enterprise platforms for skills, industry, and growth
We design and engineer digital systems organisations can run — reliable delivery, regulatory awareness, and software operators will actually use.
ELIDZ Skills Portal
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- AI job matching
- POPIA compliant
- EEA tracking
Flagship delivery for
· Open live staging
Selected client
Science & Technology Park — East London Industrial Development Zone
Case study
ELIDZ Skills Portal
A multi-sided talent platform connecting job seekers, employers, and administrators across the East London IDZ ecosystem — with AI matching, skills pathways, and statutory compliance built in.
Stack
- PHP
- MySQL
- JavaScript
- AI matching
- Role-based access
- POPIA workflows
- EEA tracking
Our delivery
DSIT designed and built end-to-end portals for candidates and employers, an administrative control plane, AI-assisted vacancy matching, and compliance workflows for Employment Equity Act tracking and POPIA-aligned data handling.
Outcome
A production-ready staging environment that guides users from registration and profile completion through matching, application, and skills development — purpose-built for Buffalo City and the wider Eastern Cape labour market.
AI-powered matching
Candidate profiles scored against live vacancies on skills, experience, and location.
Dual stakeholder portals
Dedicated experiences for job seekers and employers, with pipeline visibility for both.
Compliance by design
EEA designated-group and PWD tracking, with POPIA-conscious data practices.
Industry alignment
Structured around automotive, manufacturing, and agro-processing hiring needs.
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01
Profile
Registration, CV, qualifications, and career preferences.
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02
Match
AI surfaces best-fit roles from active vacancies.
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Apply & develop
Applications, tracking, and linked training programmes.
Products
Built and shipped from our backlog
67 public repositories on github.com/15kay — platforms, analytics, AI prototypes, and operational tools. Selected products below.
67Public GitHub projects
64Original repositories
6Live demos online
10Primary languages
Flagship · Live
ELIDZ Skills Portal
Multi-sided talent platform for the East London IDZ — AI matching, dual portals, EEA & POPIA workflows.
WhatsApp · Live
WhatsApp Agents Platform
Multi-company WhatsApp agents for business — menus, FAQs, lead capture, and branded customer care. Each organisation runs on its own agent slug (e.g. law firms, campuses, SMMEs).
Mobile · Live
Campus Lost & Found
Flutter monorepo with user app and admin portal for campus lost-and-found, deployed on Firebase.
SMME · AI
SmartFund AI
Funding-match platform for SMMEs — profile capture, AI scoring, application drafting, and PDF export.
Analytics · Live
Data Dynamo 2025
ML model and Streamlit dashboard predicting service-delivery protest risk from Census 2022 and event data.
USSD · Live
RSOS USSD
Browser USSD simulator for Rural Skills & Opportunities — graduate and SMME menus over a *120# flow.
FinTech · AI
Financial Advisor AI
AI planning assistant with market analysis, risk assessment, portfolio optimisation, and dashboards.
EduTech · AI
AI Education Platform
Adaptive learning, performance prediction, curriculum tools, and engagement tracking.
Careers · AI
Student Employment Tracker
Tracks student progress and employment outcomes with skills-gap analysis and path recommendations.
Analytics · Live
Bank Complaints Analysis
Samsung Innovation Campus project — visualisation of bank complaint types and frequency over time.
Markets · ML
NASDAQ 100 Prediction
Deep-learning time-series model for NASDAQ 100 movement forecasting with backtesting tooling.
Operations
Booking system
PHP booking application for scheduling and reservation workflows.
Language mix across repositories includes HTML, Python, JavaScript, PHP, Dart, and more.
View all 67 on GitHubServices
What we build
Capability proven on live platforms — applied to your operating context, including branded WhatsApp agents for business.
WhatsApp business agents
Branded conversational agents on Meta WhatsApp Cloud API — welcome menus, FAQs, service answers, lead capture, and a separate agent per company so each client keeps its own voice and data.
Talent & skills platforms
Multi-role portals, matching engines, training pathways, and administration for IDZs, SETAs, and large employers.
Custom enterprise software
Workflow systems, integrations, and internal tools designed around how your organisation actually operates.
Analytics & reporting
Operational dashboards for placements, pipelines, performance, and management oversight.
Web & mobile products
Public-facing sites and companion applications with secure authentication and supportable architecture.
Approach
How engagements run
01
Discover
Stakeholders, compliance constraints, and success criteria documented before build.
02
Design
Information architecture and interfaces validated with the people who will use them.
03
Build
Milestone delivery against a staging environment with regular demos and feedback.
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Launch & support
Go-live assistance, operator training, and twelve months of maintenance included.
About
A remote-first South African software studio
Digital Service Invention Technologies (DSIT) is a remote-first South African software studio. We work with industrial parks, educational institutions, and growing businesses nationwide — favouring clear scopes, direct communication, and systems that remain operable after handover.
- 67
- Public GitHub projects
- 64
- Original repositories
- 6
- Live product demos
- ELIDZ
- Flagship institutional client
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