Geek Inc Solutions · Technology Studio 25.7°S 28.2°E · South Africa

We build AI systems, automations, and the tools that watch over wild places.

A South African technology studio building applied AI & automation, data annotation, and a flagship edge-AI platform that protects Africa’s reserves and farms. Built from scratch, built to last.

  1. 01 AI Systems & Automation
  2. 02 AI Data Annotation
  3. 03 GIS Suite: Drone Security
Aerial drone view over an African reserve at dusk
Field deployment · Anti-poaching patrol Edge inference · No connectivity required
  • BasedSouth Africa
  • CompliancePOPIA-aligned
  • DeploymentOffline-capable edge AI
  • ApproachBuilt from scratch
Why work with us

No templates. No generic off-the-shelf.

Principles · 01–04
  • 01

    Built From Scratch

    Every system is engineered for the problem in front of it. No page builders, no boilerplate you’ll fight later.

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  • 02

    Offline & Edge AI

    Full capability where the network isn’t. Inference on the device, at the edge, in the bush.

    See it in the field →
  • 03

    POPIA-Aligned

    Data sovereignty by design. Your footage, routes, and detections stay under your control.

    Read the article →
  • 04

    Local & Accountable

    A South African team that answers the phone. Real support, real turnaround.

    Talk to us →
Flagship / Case Study

GIS Suite: edge AI for the field.

An anti-poaching and farm-security platform built for African conditions: real-time detection of people, vehicles, and wildlife from drone video, geotagged, recorded, and fully offline. Annotate, retrain, redeploy.

  • DetectionPeople · Vehicles · Wildlife
  • ConnectivityFully offline · edge inference
  • CompliancePOPIA-aligned, data stays local
Five applications, one ecosystem
01
GIS Drone App

The intelligence hub: mission planning, AI model training, live analysis and reporting from a single workstation.

Desktop · Linux
02
GIS Controller In development

The field app: live detections, alerts, and session recording on the DJI RC Plus 2. No connection required.

Android · DJI RC
03
GIS Annotation Studio

Precision dataset labelling: bounding boxes on drone footage, exported straight to YOLO format.

Android
04
Annotation Studio ENT

Enterprise annotation: team review workflows, multi-user projects, and an audit trail for large pipelines.

Enterprise · Android
05
GIS Authenticator

Offline TOTP two-factor authentication for suite operators, biometric-protected on Android.

Android
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How we work

A single process, end to end.

Process · 01–04
  1. 01

    Scope

    We map the problem, the data, and the constraints before a line of code, in plain language.

  2. 02

    Build

    Custom systems engineered from scratch, versioned and testable, with you in the loop.

  3. 03

    Annotate & Train

    Quality datasets and model training tuned to your terrain, species, and threats.

  4. 04

    Deploy & Iterate

    Shipped to the edge, monitored, and improved. Live in weeks, not months.

On the ground

Designed for South African conditions.

  • Limpopo & Kruger
  • Mpumalanga Lowveld
  • KwaZulu-Natal
  • Eastern Cape
  • Western Cape
  • North West Bushveld
  • Free State
  • Northern Cape
  • Gauteng

Hardware suited to remote ARM (NVIDIA Jetson) and x86 platforms, with full offline operation for low-connectivity areas.

Insights

Field notes, written from experience.

African reserve landscape with wildlife
Article / 8 min read

Deploying Drone Tech in African Operations: True Costs, Real Risks, and the Case for Edge AI

What the AI drone marketing leaves out: the real costs of connectivity, training and POPIA compliance, the operational risks that bite, and the architectural shift that flips the maths for African operations.

Questions

The things people ask first.

What does it cost?

Pricing is quoted per project, in ZAR. Scope, data, and integration needs vary widely, so we’d rather quote honestly than list a fake price. Tell us what you’re solving and we’ll come back within two business days.

How long does it take?

Most first deliverables are live in weeks, not months. A single-site GIS Suite deployment typically runs 2–4 weeks including hardware prep, on-site model tuning, and operator training.

Does it work without internet?

Yes. Our edge systems, including the GIS Drone App and Controller, run fully offline. Inference, mission planning, and logging all happen on-device; sessions sync to your private database when a connection is available.

How do you handle data privacy (POPIA)?

Your data stays under your control. Systems are built around POPIA’s conditions for lawful processing: data sovereignty, purpose-bound retention, access & correction rights, and an auditable processing register. We can share our Information Officer details on request.

What about hardware?

We work with off-the-shelf drones (DJI Matrice and similar) plus an NVIDIA Jetson edge computer or a Linux workstation. We can supply turnkey bundles or work with your existing fleet.

Start a project

Tell us what you’re trying to solve.

The studio

Built by an engineer, for the field.

African reserve landscape

“Geek Inc Solutions was founded by Nicholas Cupido, a South African software engineer working in computer vision, edge AI, and systems integration. After watching African reserves struggle with off-the-shelf tools built for other continents, we started building from the ground up: offline-first, edge-AI, POPIA-aligned, and made for the conditions here.”

Nicholas Cupido / Founder, Geek Inc Solutions
Contact

Let’s talk.

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Whether it’s an AI system, an annotation pipeline, or a reserve to protect, start with one message.

We reply by email or phone, never share your details, and we’re POPIA-aligned.

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