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The Founder

Nandawula
Regine

Creative Technologist·AI Engineer·Published Poet·Founder

“I build AI systems before anyone confirms it’s possible — then I build them anyway.”

Nandawula Regine Kabali-Kagwa

“I love every second of this.”

Said at 3am, while four business threads moved at once.

Eight production systems. 1,600+ commits. A published book. One studio that works while I sleep — built in under 18 months. Alone. No co-founder. No external funding. No permission. From East London, Africa.

What I do

Three minds, one builder.

The poet asks what is true. The engineer asks what is elegant. The founder asks what it costs and what it generates. The work happens where all three meet.

Full-Stack Engineering

Eight production SaaS applications, shipped solo — from schema to deployment.

AI / ML Integration

Claude-powered agents, RAG pipelines, and prompt-caching priced for African scale.

African Market Strategy

Built for NSFAS, load shedding, WhatsApp and R-budgets — not Silicon Valley assumptions.

Ubuntu Product Design

Technology that builds capability, not dependency. I am because we are.

Creative Writing

A published poet (Inside Her Roses). Brand voice that sounds like a person, not a template.

Business Operations

A studio that runs 24/7 on systems — not on my constant presence.

The build

Under eighteen months.

2025

The studio begins

Mirembe Muse (Pty) Ltd is founded in East London, Eastern Cape. JarvisOS — the internal operating system that runs everything — begins development.

Early 2026

Seven systems live

Seven AI-powered SaaS applications shipped and in production — all solving African problems with African context.

June 2026

The ecosystem, in the open

Eight production systems, 1,600+ commits, and mirembemuse.co.za live. Built alone — no co-founder, no external funding, no permission.

Nelson Mandela University

Business Management

SheCodes

SheCodes Plus — software development

Before the code

Before the code, there was the blood.

Nseenee Clan · Buganda Kingdom

Nine documented generations. The grasshopper clan who milked the Kabaka’s cows. I carry the name of Dr. Nandawula — a wealthy physician, my great-grandmother.

AmaTshawe · Xhosa Royal House

The oldest royal house in South Africa, founded before 1600 CE. Every Xhosa king from Tshawe forward is his descendant.

AmaHlubi

Traced to the Samburu of Kenya. So formidable that Shaka kept peace with them. Rebuilt by Langalibalele — imprisoned on Robben Island before Mandela.

Msimango · oThabizolo

The ones who were happy the day before. My ancestor celebrated before the crown was named — then built something new from that moment. So do I.

“I build AI systems in East London, South Africa. I celebrate what I am building before the world confirms it. The ancestral wealth never left spiritually — now we bring it into the physical, one system at a time.”

Nseenee · AmaTshawe · AmaHlubi · Msimango · Thabizolo

Nandawula Regine Kabali-Kagwa · East London, Eastern Cape

Enter the full lineage

“The grasshopper does not announce the season is changing. She simply launches — and suddenly she is everywhere, and the sound is undeniable, and everyone knows the season arrived.”

Nandawula Regine Kabali-Kagwa — Founder, Mirembe Muse | Mirembe Muse