Applied AI &
data infrastructure.

I design and ship AI systems for environments where the system has to be governable before it is allowed to be useful.

About

I am an Engineer working on applied AI and data infrastructure in regulated enterprise environments. Trained as an electrical engineer at the University of Cape Town, then moved into software, then into data. Master's in Big Data Science from the University of Pretoria.

Outside of that I run Rooral Platforms, building data and AI infrastructure for Africa.

Capability
01

Agentic & applied AI

Assistants and agent systems designed for oversight — human checkpoints, audit trails, and clear failure behaviour built in from the start.

02

Data platforms

Pipelines, warehouses and batch systems that hold up under regulatory scrutiny and still make sense to whoever inherits them.

03

Cloud architecture

Azure-first design and cost discipline, with multi-cloud where the constraints genuinely call for it.

Record
PositionFocusPeriod
Founder — Rooral PlatformsData and AI infrastructure for Southern Africa2025 —
Enterprise AI — Financial servicesApplied AI and data science in a regulated group function2022 —
Software engineering — ConsultingPublic sector modernisation; distributed batch systems2018 — 2022
MSc Big Data ScienceUniversity of Pretoria2023
BScEng ElectricalUniversity of Cape Town2016
Writing
001Structuring software for humans, MCP and peer agentsJun 2026002Run sandboxed tasks for AI using Azure Container JobsJun 2026003Understanding IAM using a football analogyJun 2026004You do not always need OCR2025

Notes from the build

One considered piece a month on applied AI, cloud and data engineering. Written for practitioners.

Enquirieshello@ndamulelo.co.za
ProfilesLinkedIn  ·  GitHub
CompanyRooral Platforms (Pty) Ltd