AI strategy that earns its keep.
In rands. In five business days.
A 5-day diagnostic that tells you, in rands, exactly where AI saves time, lifts revenue, and recovers margin in your business — and where it isn't worth it. Built for South African SMBs from 5 to 100 staff. Fixed price.
Six concrete deliverables, built for your business.
Everything you walk away with after five business days. No hand-wavy frameworks. No generic decks.
Your AI readiness score
A single number that sits at the top of your report and is built to be circulated to your board or leadership team.
Three high-ROI use cases
Specific AI workstreams ranked by what they are actually worth in your business, in rands.
ROI projections in rands
Modelled from your real staff costs, process volumes and current tooling spend — not industry averages.
Process & data audit
An honest picture of which workflows are ready to automate today, and which need fixing first.
15-page diagnostic report
A document built for circulating to your team or board — not a generic deck stitched together from a template.
90-minute walkthrough + 90-day roadmap
A live session with a Veld team member, plus a sequenced plan you can hand to a developer or run in-house.
Three steps. Five business days.
Discovery call
A 30-minute conversation so we understand your business, your team and your current operations. No sales pitch — just enough context to make the five days count. Free.
Five-day deep dive
A Veld team member works through all six dimensions across your systems, data and processes. We talk to your team. We look at your tools. We do the work.
Your readiness report
A 15-page document covering your readiness score, three high-ROI use cases, ROI projections in rands, and a 90-day roadmap — delivered with a 90-minute live walkthrough.
Delivered virtually across South Africa. In-person available for Cape Town businesses.
Six dimensions. One honest picture.
Most AI assessments are questionnaires you fill in yourself. Ours isn't. Behind every Veld assessment is a person, not a platform — operators who have spent years inside South African businesses across retail, logistics, hospitality and professional services.
Data maturity
We assess what data your business is capturing, where it lives, and whether it's in a state that can power automation.
Process structure
We map your core workflows to identify which ones are repeatable enough to automate today.
Technology stack
We look at your current systems—POS, CRM, ERP—to see how easily AI tools can integrate with what you already use.
Team capability
We evaluate your staff's readiness to adopt new tools and where the biggest resistance to change might lie.
Commercial opportunity
We find the 'low hanging fruit' where AI can most quickly increase margin or reduce operational cost.
Risk & compliance
We factor in local SA conditions, ensuring any proposed roadmap is fully POPIA-compliant.
Know what the report looks like before you commit.
Every assessment ends with a 15-page diagnostic report. We'll send you a redacted sample from a recent engagement when you book your discovery call — so you know exactly what you're paying for.
- Headline AI readiness score with a one-page executive summary
- Three use cases sized in rands and ranked by ROI
- Process & data findings, with the workflows ready to automate today
- A 90-day implementation roadmap built for your team
Every engagement starts with a conversation.
Tell us a little about your business. We'll respond personally within two business days to schedule a 30-minute discovery call before anything else begins.
We decline more requests than we accept. The discovery call is how both sides decide whether we're the right fit.
Request an assessment
A Veld team member will reply personally within two business days.
Know exactly where you stand —
before you spend a rand on AI.
An honest picture of your data, three high-ROI use cases sized in rands, and a clear recommendation on what to do first.
Request my assessmentEverything you'd want to know before booking.
Six engagements per intake. We open a new intake roughly every six weeks. Each assessment is built specifically for your business — not a template — so we cap the number to keep the depth honest.
A Veld team member contacts you personally — no automated sequence — to schedule a 30-minute discovery call. We use the call to understand your business, scope the engagement, and decide together whether to go ahead. There is no charge for the call.
The assessment is built for South African SMBs with 5 to 100 staff. If you are in that range and you have at least one operational system that captures data (a POS, an accounting tool, a CRM, a booking platform), the answer is almost certainly yes.
The full six-dimension assessment, your AI readiness score, three high-ROI use cases sized in rands, ROI projections built from your real numbers, a 15-page diagnostic report, a 90-minute walkthrough, and two follow-up calls (at 30 and 60 days). Fixed fee, VAT inclusive. No hidden costs.
About one in three businesses we speak to are not ready for an AI assessment yet — usually because their process or data foundations need work first. We'll tell you that on the discovery call, before any money changes hands.
A traditional consultant sells you their time, then their tools, then their retainer. We sell you a fixed-price diagnostic and step away. If you want help implementing what we recommend, you can hire us, hire someone else, or run it in-house. The report is yours either way.
AI is moving fast. We help SA SMBs cut through the noise.
A short, occasional note from the Veld team on what is actually worth your time as a South African business owner — and what is just hype. No spam.