By Everson Luhanga
- Soweto businessman KK Diaz launched an AI business platform at SA Innovation Week in Nasrec from 16 to 20 March.
- The platform puts planning, sales, finance and daily operations in one place and can cut software costs by about 80%.
Small business owners in townships often juggle sales, money and staff with little support. KK Diaz from Soweto spent more than 10 years studying how these businesses survive. He tested ideas, coached owners and wrote eight books on the subject.
At first, Diaz believed his frameworks should be rolled out at a national level. When that did not happen, he and his team built the solution themselves.
Working with teams in Johannesburg and Cape Town, they built an AI-powered platform. The system puts planning, sales, finance and daily operations in one place. Diaz launched it at SA Innovation Week in Nasrec from 16 to 20 March 2026.
Small businesses often use many tools that do not work together. They rely on slow advice and manual tracking. Diaz says his platform closes that gap.
“Most systems tell you what happened,” he said. “This system shows you, daily, whether your actions are actually driving growth, and what to do next.”
The platform can cut software and setup costs by about 80% for small businesses. It can also reduce wasted effort by half.
Diaz says the way people work is changing fast. “We are moving from a world where knowledge is monetised, to one where execution is measured,” he said. “Professionals who adapt will scale. Those who don’t will be replaced by systems.”
He says his goal for small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) owners is simple. “This is about giving SME owners clarity, control, and the ability to build self-managing businesses,” he said.
Pictured above: KK Diaz at the launch of his AI business platform in Nasrec.
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