Autonomous agents
Agents that research, draft and act inside your systems, orchestrated through AgentGateway and MCP.
Software, AI and products, engineered in Durban.
We build custom software and AI systems for ambitious businesses, and run SaaS products of our own.
Trusted by brands, government and founders across South Africa
- Gauteng Provincial Government
- SALGA
- Road Accident Fund
- Lamise Beauty
Campaigns, platforms and products for brands you know, and for businesses you have never heard of that needed the work just as badly.
FMCG
Digital marketing campaign
A multi-channel campaign for the ABI portfolio: strategy, creative and production across web and video.
- 12M+
- Impressions
- 4.2x
- Return on ad spend
Automotive
Marketing strategy and media
End-to-end strategy and media production, from concept through to the national launch rollout.
- 38%
- Engagement lift
- 2.5x
- Lead volume
FMCG
Reimagine product launch
Brand and digital launch for a reimagined product line: identity, web platform and the full campaign asset suite.
- 54%
- Revenue increase
- 27%
- Conversion rate
- Lamise Beauty
Beauty and retail
Bomnal skincare launch
Full brand identity, packaging direction and the digital launch platform for the Bomnal skincare range.
- 25%
- Customer retention
- 3x
- App performance
- Enterprise retail group
Retail
Multi-brand loyalty platform
A re-architected loyalty backend carrying more than 15 premium retail brands, with 24/7 coverage and no downtime.
- 99.9%
- Uptime
- 30%
- Faster resolution
- Logistics provider
On-demand
Drone-integrated delivery
A delivery platform that streamlines last-mile logistics with live tracking and zero carbon emissions.
- 70%
- Faster delivery
- 500+
- Drone flights
Six products, built and run by us.
The engineering we sell, running in products we own. Five are live and billing today. The sixth launches soon.
Agentic sales CRM
Naya CRM
Walk in at 8. Your pipeline is already briefed.
An AI chief of staff researches leads overnight, drafts follow-ups and flags the deals likely to slip.
- Deal heat scores
- Overnight lead research
- WhatsApp and email follow-ups
Free for 2 seats, then from R349 per user a month
AI-built websites
Appetite Host
Your website, built while you chat.
Describe your business, the agent builds the site. Your own .co.za, hosting and daily backups included.
- Live within one working day
- Domain and hosting included
- Daily backups
From R5,000 once-off, then R249 a month
Business in one link
Newbi
Your entire business. One link.
Digital card, micro-site, mini store, bookings and payments. Share it by QR, NFC tap or wallet pass.
- 8 languages
- NFC and wallet passes
- Android app live
From R79 a month, 14-day trial
Church management and accounting
ChERP
Member care, ministry and books in one place.
A church ERP behind a privacy firewall, with AI agents, WhatsApp, online giving and QuickBooks or Sage sync.
- Giving and donor records
- Bulk and personal messaging
- Accounting sync
From R899 a month
Learning platform
Kwalifi
Train on site. Prove it anywhere.
Mobile-first health and safety courses with certificates anyone can verify by scanning a QR code.
- QR-verifiable certificates
- Built for phones on site
- Self-paced
Courses from free to R249
ApexBusiness network
Apex Business Network
A business network in the Appetite family.
Connecting founders, operators and the platforms they run on. Details are launching soon.
- Founder introductions
- Shared tooling
- Launching soon
Early access by request
Request accessAI engineering
We design, build and run AI systems inside real businesses, and inside our own products first.
RAG and enterprise search
Answers grounded in your own documents, with citations your team can check.
Copilots and assistants
Naya runs across our products by chat, voice and WhatsApp. We build the same for you.
Forecasting
Models that score deals, predict demand and warn you early.
Automation and integration
Workflows that remove the copy-paste between your tools.
Governance and safety
Compliance checks, audit trails and guardrails from day one, with ComplyAI.
We work with
- OpenAI
- Anthropic
- LangChain
- Hugging Face
- PyTorch
- TensorFlow
- MCP
- Supabase
Twelve services under one roof, with real starting prices. Final quotes follow a short scoping call.
Software, apps and AI systems, engineered to run in production.
Web design and development
ReactNext.jsPHPWordPressPython
From
R15,000
Mobile apps
iOSAndroidReact NativeFlutterKotlin
From
R80,000
AI and intelligent automation
AgentsRAGCopilotsMCP
From
R50,000
Cloud and DevOps
AWSAzureGCPKubernetesTerraform
From
R30,000
Systems integration and APIs
API designMiddlewareLegacySAP
From
R40,000
How it runs
01
Discover and strategise
We dig into the business, the audience and the goal, and challenge the roadmap before a line of code is written.
02
Design and prototype
Brand, interface and experience, prototyped early so you can see and feel the key flows before we build them.
03
Build and integrate
Modern stacks, clean architecture and integrations that fit how the business actually runs.
04
Launch and grow
We ship, measure and optimise, then layer in SEO, automation and AI to keep the results compounding.
Durban rates, with real overlap into your working day.
Our South African delivery base gives you experienced engineering talent at competitive economics, and a working day that overlaps meaningfully with the US, Europe and Australia.
Different sectors, same question: what should this actually do for the business? These are the places we have spent enough time to answer it quickly.
FinTech and banking
- AI in fintech
- Real-time payments
- Blockchain in finance
- Loyalty platforms
Retail and e-commerce
- AI recommendations
- Multi-brand platforms
- Conversion optimisation
- Headless commerce
Healthcare
- Compliant platforms
- IoMT integration
- Telemedicine
- Patient portals
Real estate
- Property platforms
- AI search
- Virtual tours
- Listing management
Logistics and on-demand
- Fleet management
- Last-mile delivery
- Hyperlocal marketplaces
- Route optimisation
Education
- AI in education
- Live streaming
- Personalised learning
- LMS platforms
Gaming
- AI in gaming
- Game streaming
- Generative AI in games
- Real-time multiplayer
Fitness and wellness
- AI physiotherapy
- Gamification
- Meditation apps
- Wearable integration
Founder-led engineering, hands still on the keyboard.
- Projects delivered
- 240+
- Years building
- 17
- Industry awards
- 12
- Clients served
- 208+
Founder
Wesley spent his early career producing television at SABC and FCI Studios, then moved into code. He founded Appetite Technology in 2012 and still leads the engineering: building for Coca-Cola, Toyota, Colgate-Palmolive, government and small businesses across Africa.
2009 to 2014
Executive Producer
SABC Studios
2014 to 2019
Senior Executive
FCI Studios
Since 2012
Founder and CEO
Appetite Technology
Twelve industry awards
Six of them:
Best Achievement in Editing
For the craft of configuring time and space across the scenes of a documentary.
Best Documentary Short
For a nonfiction film dealing creatively with cultural, artistic and social subjects.
Best Youth Programme
Presented annually for an outstanding television series made for younger audiences.
Best International Format
The leading global format award, judged in association with MIPFormats.
Best Breakthrough Developer
For a new developer behind an app that lets South Africans trade securely and conveniently.
Most Innovative Solution
For a first-to-market application that was one of a kind and genuinely disruptive.
Hands-on skills
- React
- Next.js
- TypeScript
- Node.js
- Python
- PHP
- Swift
- Kotlin
- Flutter
- PostgreSQL
- Supabase
- AWS
- Azure
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Terraform
- LangChain
- RAG
- MCP
- Broadcast engineering
- Post-production
- UI / UX
Electrical Engineering (UNISA), Broadcast Engineering (IADT), with Apple, Google and Microsoft certifications.
“A relationship spanning more than 10 years. He built our website, then a few years later built our app. His expertise on and off the clock has been exceptional.”
We are a Durban-based software, AI and digital agency. We build web and mobile apps, AI agents and automation, cloud infrastructure, brands and campaigns, and we run our own SaaS products: Naya CRM, Appetite Host, Newbi, ChERP and Kwalifi.
Send the form and we reply within one business day. Prefer to talk now? WhatsApp goes straight to Wesley.
Ready to build? Complete the Project Onboarding Form and we will book your discovery call.
- WhatsApp+27 83 781 7000
- Emailhello@appetitetech.com
- Durban+27 31 012 5361
- Cape Town+27 21 330 5844
- Mon to Fri, 08:00 to 17:00 SASTDurban, South Africa