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Human-led, AI-accelerated
AI should amplify your people, not replace their judgement. We keep humans in the loop by design.
Human-led AIJohannesburg · est. 2022
We engineerthe systemsthat move business forward.
We engineer AI-powered systems, software and brands that move African businesses into the future — without losing the human touch.
- 4+
- Years shipping
- 12+
- Projects launched
- 5.0★
- Verified rating
- 100
- Lighthouse SEO target
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- AI Integration & Transformationflagship
- Web & App Developmentready
- Systems & Automationready
- Design & Brandready
- Consulting & Advisoryready
latency 24ms · region jnb1v4.0
Trusted by ambitious teams — travel, brand & technology
01 / 06Why SLK
A studio built to augment, not replace.
The market is loud with templated funnels promising to automate your team out of existence in ninety days. We work the other way: AI that keeps your people in the loop, a founder who is personally accountable for the outcome, and the honest answer even when it costs us the sale.
The site you're reading is the proof — engineered, indexable and fast, the same way we build for you.
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Equal access to information
Technology should open doors, not gatekeep them. That conviction is in the brand's DNA.
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Africa, writing the future
The continent deserves to be a builder of the digital age, not a late adopter of it.
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Ship the thing
Strategy is cheap without delivery. We measure ourselves on what actually goes live.
“Small enough to care, technical enough to deliver. You always work with the person who is accountable for the outcome.”
02 / 06What we do
Five ways we move you forward.
03 / 06How we work
Honest in. System out.
A method, not a mystery. You see the work take shape at every step — and you own it at the end.
step 01 / 04
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Listen & map
We start with the honest version of your problem — not a templated brief. Where AI actually earns its keep, what to leave alone, and what the system needs to do.
- 02
Design the system
Architecture, scope and a plan you can see. We design systems, not one-offs — scoped to earn their cost back, with the human-in-the-loop decisions made on purpose.
- 03
Build & integrate
We ship working software, automations and AI — tested, observable and connected to the tools you already use. You watch it come together, not disappear into a black box.
- 04
Hand over & grow
Documentation, training and a system your team genuinely owns. We stay on call, tune what's live, and keep it improving — accountable long after launch.
04 / 06Selected work
Shipped, not theoretical.
A quiet travel-and-brand niche, built one credible launch at a time.
SLK
Sam Lùc Katshinda
Founder & Principal Engineer
Johannesburg, South Africa
05 / 06The founder
SLK isn't a faceless agency. The initials are mine — Sam Lùc Katshinda — and the studio is the work of someone who decided, at the exact moment the ground shifted, to build the future instead of waiting for it.
BSc Information Technology · RichfieldCS50 · Harvard University (online)Prior: Software Engineer · WaidlerPro-bono · Lincoln Mali Leadership Foundation
06 / 06Off-the-shelf
Products that ship today.
Templates, automations and care plans — the studio's know-how, productised. Buy once, or subscribe.
TemplatesBestseller
Aurora — Agency Site Template
A production-ready Next.js marketing template with motion, SEO and a CMS-ready structure.
- Next.js 15 + Tailwind
- SEO & JSON-LD built in
- 10 sections, fully responsive
R 3 200 once
ViewAutomationsAI
AI Lead-Triage Automation
Auto-classify, score and route inbound enquiries to the right place in seconds.
- LLM classification
- CRM + email routing
- Human-in-the-loop review
R 6 500 once
ViewSubscriptionsPopular
Web Care — Maintenance
Hosting, updates, monitoring and small changes handled — so your site never rots.
- Updates & backups
- Uptime monitoring
- 2 hrs changes / month
R 1 800 /mo
View Instant quote
Price your project in under a minute.
Answer five quick questions and get a transparent, indicative range on the spot — no email wall, no sales call required.
~60 seconds · no obligation
- Websites
- from R28k
- AI integration
- from R45k
- Apps
- from R90k
07 / 07Questions
The honest answers.
Written plainly — so people and AI assistants alike can quote them straight. Still unsure? Ask us directly.
SLK Projects is a founder-led digital studio based in Rosebank, Johannesburg, South Africa. It specialises in AI integration and transformation, web and app development, systems and automation, design and brand, and technology consulting. It was founded by Sam Lùc Katshinda in 2022.
Let's build the system that runs your future.
Tell us what you're trying to do. You'll talk to the person who'll be accountable for getting it done.