Ali Kibao

Independent builder & problem solver

What are you
trying to solve?

I build the software businesses run on.

Esrapia

How AI sees
your business.

Ijue Nchi Yako

Know your country.

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How I work

  1. ListenFind what's actually stuck
  2. SketchOn paper, before code
  3. BuildIncluding the boring parts
  4. Stick aroundLaunch is the middle, not the end

The tools keep changing.
The job doesn't.

I started out as a one-man agency: social media first, then websites, then apps for whoever needed one. Fifteen years later the projects are bigger, but the job is the same. Sit with a business, find what's slowing it down, and build the thing that fixes it.

Today that means a retail platform used by US brands, auction and debt-counselling systems in South Africa, AI products of my own, and a civic project for Tanzania. I write most of the code myself, more and more alongside AI agents, and I stay around after launch.

What I've built, properly explained.

For clients

Retail tech · United States · 2024 to now

Incarts

A brand puts a link or QR code on an ad, a post or a cereal box. The shopper taps it and lands with the product already in their cart at Walmart, Target, Instacart or Kroger.

The problem
Ads usually send people to a generic page, and brands can't tell which ad sold anything. If the product is out of stock nearby, the sale is lost too.
What I built
The whole platform: the dashboard brands use, the link and QR service, shoppable landing pages, a public API, team permissions, and the connection to each retailer. Thirteen code repositories, eight of them running today.
The hard part
Each click gets under a second to check where the shopper is and whether the product is in stock near them, and to swap in a backup product if it isn't. If anything fails, the shopper still lands on the original link.

Since July 2024 · 13 repos · about 95% of the commits are mine

Visit incarts.co

Auctions · South Africa · 2026

Michael James Organisation

An auction house founded in 1964, selling property, vehicles and equipment from Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and Johannesburg. I rebuilt their auction platform.

The problem
One old app was trying to be the website, the admin system and the mobile app at once. Emails ran through a third-party automation service, and bids weren't properly checked against who was signed in.
What I built
A new admin system with a live auction control room, a public site with a live bidding room, an online shop with PayFast payments, and a service that publishes listings straight to Property24.
The hard part
Fair bidding in the final seconds. Every bid either fully succeeds or doesn't happen, and a late bid extends the clock, so nobody wins by sniping. The old and new systems shared the same live data during the switch.

Feb to Sep 2026 · 250 commits · 91 pull requests

Visit michaeljames.co.za

Finance · South Africa · 2023 to now

Debt Review Centre

A debt counselling firm that helps South Africans get out from under their debt. I built the systems their sales and case teams work in every day.

The problem
Leads arrived by web form, phone, WhatsApp and email. Every case then moves through legal steps, with paperwork, signatures and court dates. Inboxes and spreadsheets couldn't keep up.
What I built
A custom CRM: fair lead assignment, credit-report consent, e-signing, a pipeline that runs all the way to the court order, and one inbox for WhatsApp, SMS, email and web chat. Then a WhatsApp assistant clients use to check their case and send documents.

Since 2023 · 1,370 commits on the CRM alone

Visit debtreviewcentre.co.za

Construction & engineering · South Africa

Comfix & Engineering

An engineering and construction firm. I look after the operations side so the engineers can get on with engineering.

What I did
Streamlined how they track stock and projects and how the team communicates, and moved the whole company's email to Microsoft 365 in a single day.

Some of the brands I've worked with

  • Comfix & Engineering
  • Michael James Organisation
  • Fitness Breakthru
  • Nelson Mandela University

My own

Advertising · AI · 2025 to now

1stly

An AI growth agent for online advertising. It studies a business's Google Ads, Meta, Analytics and Shopify data, finds changes that should bring in more sales, and proposes them. Nothing goes live until a person approves it.

The problem
Good ad management is expensive, and generic automation doesn't know your business, your margins or your competitors.
What I built
The app, the platform behind it, the connections to each ad network, and one AI agent per business that remembers past work and can only act through tools the platform controls. It never holds your ad account passwords.
The hard part
Never paying for the same ad twice. If Meta times out halfway through a request, a careless retry could launch a duplicate campaign with real money. 1stly records a checkpoint first, so a retry stops instead of spending again.

Since Nov 2025 · about 2,100 commits · AI proposes, you decide

Visit 1stly.com

AI visibility · 2026

Esrapia

More people now ask ChatGPT or Claude to recommend a business. Esrapia reads your website the way those assistants do and tells you whether they would pick you.

How it works
It works out what your ideal customer would ask, reads your site as plain text, and grades each answer. If the AI can't quote your own page word for word, the answer doesn't count.
What you get
A score, quotes from your pages as evidence, and a short list of fixes. The quick check is free and takes about 30 seconds.
Try esrapia.com

Civic tech · Tanzania · Ongoing

Ijue Nchi Yako

"Know your country." A Swahili-first assistant that answers citizens' questions about their government, using only what the government has already published: the constitution, laws, budgets and audit reports.

The rules
Every answer cites its source. No opinions, no blame. When the public record runs out, it tells you who holds the information and how to ask for it.
Where it is
Early, and slow on purpose. A small private trial, starting with health.
Ask me about it

Sisi ni daraja la lugha,
si sauti.(A bridge of language,
not a voice.)

Put AI to work.
Keep your business in control.

I set your team up with tools like Claude and ChatGPT, connect them safely to what your business already knows, and train people to actually use them.

Talk to me about AI

Things I believe

  1. AI should take the pressure off a business so it can hire people, not replace them.
  2. Generic AI gives you the industry average. Your own know-how is what makes it useful.
  3. Nothing touches your money without a person saying yes.
  4. If you can't cite it, don't say it.
  5. Most problems aren't AI problems. Some are spreadsheet problems. I'll tell you which.

Found something with my name on it?

Here's how to tell if it's really me.

  • For anything on this site, I'm at ali@afrodynamics.com.
  • The projects on this page are mine, or built by me for the clients named. If something is credited to me and it isn't here, ask me.
  • I will never ask you for a password, a one-time PIN or money in a message. If "I" do, it isn't me.
  • I write with AI's help. I still read every word and stand behind it.

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