Long reads, short takes and project spotlights from the team behind GEMIS Technical Academy — written for South African professionals, educators and organisations who want to use AI tools well, not just talk about them.
Jordan Wine Estate. November 2025. A room of professionals who had built long careers without AI — and two days to change that.
An honest account of experienced professionals encountering AI tools for the first time.
Excel is not the problem. The problem is that Excel has become a coping mechanism for everything a business does not have a proper system for.
Not generic AI prompts. Built around CCMA processes, POPIA compliance and the specific realities of South African workplaces.
Most AI training produces enthusiasm. Very little of it produces lasting behaviour change. Here is why — and what good looks like.
Every tool we teach with is free. Not a budget decision — a design principle built around how behaviour change actually works.
South African teachers are not short of dedication. They are short of time. A practical account of where AI gives it back.
South Africa’s education system faces structural challenges AI cannot solve. But for teachers working within those constraints, AI changes everything.
“CAPS-aligned” is easy to say and hard to verify. Here is what it actually means in the context of AI training for South African educators.
AI tools change faster than any curriculum can be manually updated. We built a system that solves this problem from first principles.
Practical insights for South African professionals and educators. No hype. No more than twice a month.