SpillionLabs builds WhatsApp-first, multilingual government platforms — starting with liquor licensing for the Free State authority.
A first-time applicant opens WhatsApp, types in Sesotho, and within minutes has a complete, pre-validated licence application in front of the committee. Officials work a single triaged queue of clean applications instead of a backlog of paper.
The authority collects renewals on time because licensees are reminded proactively, in their own language. Every decision is captured on a tamper-evident audit trail. Co-created with the Free State Gambling, Liquor and Tourism Authority (FSGLTA).
Every platform below is built and deployed. Government work leads; the wider portfolio shows the same engineering discipline applied across fintech, hospitality and infrastructure.
WhatsApp-first, Sesotho-fluent AI liquor-licensing platform for the Free State Gambling, Liquor & Tourism Authority.
Trip advances, reimbursements and cash-outs paid straight to an employee's bank account — replacing the paper-form-and-petty-cash chain with a digital approval flow and auto-reconciliation.
A financial operating system for South African hospitality — bookings, invoicing, bank reconciliation, OTA payout matching, VAT tracking and revenue forecasting in one platform.
A PMS-connected point of sale for guest houses and lodges — floor, kitchen tickets and room charges posted straight to the guest's booking. The front-of-house companion to AutoStays.
A South African student-accommodation platform — verified digs backed by resident reviews and a landlord reputation system, across 26 campuses. "Student digs you can actually trust."
A marketplace connecting learner drivers with vetted South African driving schools, with escrow payments released lesson-by-lesson so a learner's money is protected until each lesson is done.
A South African marketplace connecting customers with verified tradespeople — plumbers, electricians, tilers, solar installers and more — with in-app job requests, chat and reviews. "Trusted trades, no guesswork."
An AI-powered bookkeeping assistant for South African guesthouses — turning bank feeds and bookings into clean, VAT-ready books without a spreadsheet.
Electric-powered guided safari tours in Kruger National Park. Public marketing site with a partner-enquiry pipeline — and the one open-source repo in the portfolio.
Public-sector software carries obligations consumer apps never face. We build for those from day one — not as a compliance retrofit.
We meet citizens on WhatsApp and USSD, because that's where they already are — not behind an app-store download or a data-heavy portal.
South Africa's official languages are a first-class input, so a first-time applicant is never blocked by English.
Tamper-evident, hash-chained logs mean every decision is traceable — the accountability a public body is held to.
POPIA-aligned, multi-tenant and documented, so a supply-chain officer can say yes with confidence.
Selling to an organ of state has its own prerequisites. We front the ones that matter to a procurement officer, plainly — the register most vendors leave you to chase.
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Sets product direction and leads client and public-sector engagement. Architected and shipped the SpillionLabs portfolio, from the FSGLTA licensing platform to the wider fintech and hospitality stack.
Owns platform engineering and technical architecture across the portfolio — building the multi-tenant, auditable, AI-assisted systems SpillionLabs runs on.
We build citizen-facing public services that reduce queues, speed up approvals and give officials a clean, auditable view of the work. Send us the process you'd want to fix — we'll come back with a live walkthrough.