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Geospatial Decision Intelligence Big Data Analytics AI Integration Automation

International · Since 2013

Turn your data into insight.

From real-world challenges to decision intelligence.

Cost-effective, turnkey solutions for start-ups, SMMEs, government, NGOs, donors and universities. We combine big data analytics, AI and automation with your spatial, field, climate and operational data to build the maps, dashboards and systems your teams actually use. Our own lightweight GIS and dashboard apps run in any browser, with no per-seat licences.

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  • ◆ AI Integration
  • ◆ Intelligent Automation
  • ◆ Big Data Analytics
  • ◆ Digital Transformation
  • ◆ Geospatial Intelligence
  • ◆ Climate & Risk Modelling
  • ◆ Real-time Dashboards
  • ◆ Predictive Analytics
Live nowIn production
7
live systems
30
organisations served
2013
delivering since
Africa · Europe · Central Asia
● 7 live systems in production Reg. 2013/190800/07 B-BBEE Level 1 · 100% black-owned CSD MAAA0045120 Pretoria HQ · International delivery
DATA STREAMS · DEMO
THE PROBLEM

Still running the programme on spreadsheets, paper forms and WhatsApp?

Pick where you fit and see what changes.

BEFORE
  • Inspection forms on clipboards, retyped at the office
  • Fourteen versions of the same Excel file
  • Audit queries answered by digging through email
AFTER
  • Captured once in the field — geotagged, photographed, signed
  • One system of record with an audit trail
  • Reports that refresh themselves

Paper forms → verified records

METHOD

We map first.
Then we build.

A dashboard nobody opens is an expensive screenshot. Every engagement starts with the decision it must support — and ends with a team that can run it without us.

STEP 01 Week 1–2

Locate

We start with the decision, not the data. Who acts on this, how often, and what is in their way? We audit what already exists before proposing anything new.

YOU GET
  • Decision and user map
  • Data audit and gap list
  • Scoped roadmap with costs
PROOF

Numbers with context.

2013

Registered and delivering

Over a decade of spatial and analytics work across public, donor and private clients.

24+

Projects in this portfolio

Across Africa, Europe and Central Asia — for UN agencies, IFIs, government and NGOs.

05

Core disciplines

Geospatial intelligence, big data analytics, energy, climate & risk modelling, AI integration & automation — under one roof.

QGIS · MapLibre · Power BI · Tableau · Python · SQL

100%

End-to-end, in-house

Designed, engineered and supported by our own team — for clients across four continents.

TRUSTED BY · OUR TEAM HAS DELIVERED FOR 30 organisations across UN agencies, IFIs, government, research, academia and the private sector
OHCHRUN AGENCY
UNHCRUN AGENCY
WHOUN AGENCY
IOMUN AGENCY
UNIDOUN AGENCY
World BankIFI
IWMI · CGIARRESEARCH
IEAINTL. AGENCY
Lawrence Berkeley National LabRESEARCH
University of Cape Town — Energy Research CentreACADEMIC
CSIRRESEARCH
GIZDEVELOPMENT
ECODIT · Power AfricaDEVELOPMENT
Carbon TrustCLIMATE
Transform HealthNGO
Voice for the VoicelessEDUCATION
Dept. of Electricity & EnergyGOVERNMENT
SANEDIGOVERNMENT
Statistics South AfricaGOVERNMENT
DALRRDGOVERNMENT
Gauteng Office of the PremierGOVERNMENT
Local MunicipalitiesGOVERNMENT
Strategic Reform Agency, UzbekistanGOVERNMENT
Africa Health PlacementsHEALTH
Bigen AfricaPRIVATE
ICONISPRIVATE
AsikaPRIVATE
Luba TransPRIVATE
Sibahle ProjectsPRIVATE
NavteqPRIVATE
SELECTED WORK

Systems in the field.
Not slides in a drawer.

Real builds, real users — across Southern, East and West Africa, Europe and Central Asia. Many are live: click in and use them.

Field apps PWA Public sector

EPC Compliance Monitor

Verified on site. Signed on the spot.

A field data-collection app for EPC compliance monitoring and verification at the Department of Electricity and Energy. Collectors capture inspections with signatures, GPS and photos; admins get structured records and PDF reports instead of paper forms. Installable on any phone as a progressive web app, with a reporting dashboard on top.

STATUS · LIVE Request a demo →
EPC InspectionCollector
Project
EPC-2026-0142 · Pretoria
GPS locationCaptured
Photos
Signature
Submit & generate PDF
ILLUSTRATIVE
Location · Akaki River, Addis AbabaNATURAL EARTH 1:10M
Akaki catchment, Addis Ababa Awash River (the Akaki is a tributary)
Water quality GIS AI assistant Ethiopia

Akaki River Pollution Control

A river, monitored end to end.

A pollution-control and water-quality dashboard for the Akaki River in Addis Ababa, developed with the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and the Addis Ababa Environmental Protection Authority. Monitoring-station results come together on one map, so agencies can see where pollution exceeds limits and act on it — and a built-in AI assistant answers questions about the data in plain language.

STATUS · LIVE Open dashboard ↗
Tableau Global health NGO · repeat client

Transform Health

“Where's My Data?” — answered country by country.

The public dashboard behind Transform Health's global “Where's My Data?” campaign, turning the coalition's MyData survey into interactive results that policymakers, advocates and partners can explore for themselves. Published on Transform Health's own Tableau Public profile.

STATUS · PUBLISHED View the dashboards ↗
Survey results by countryILLUSTRATIVE
Uzbekistan · interpolated surfaceBOUNDARY NATURAL EARTH · VALUES ILLUSTRATIVE
LowHighSample siteCapital
Spatial statistics Water quality Uzbekistan

World Bank — Rural Water Quality

From scattered samples to a whole-country picture.

For the World Bank in Uzbekistan: GIS analysis of rural water quality using kriging interpolation and spatial statistics to estimate conditions between sampling sites — delivered as an interactive analysis and statistics dashboard alongside a multi-sector monitoring dashboard.

STATUS · DELIVERED Request a walkthrough →

Portfolio.

Filter by what you need. 21 projects
Some work involves sensitive locations and data. We show the capability, never the specifics — full case studies are available under NDA.

FLOOD RISK · ETHIOPIALIVE

Addis Ababa Flood Risk

City-wide flood-risk mapping and dashboard showing where exposure is highest and where to act first — with a built-in AI assistant that answers questions about the data, and full user and technical deployment manuals.

Open dashboard ↗
RISK · 14 COUNTRIESLIVE

Horizon Scanning 2026

A 22-indicator composite risk index for Southern Africa, layered by risk, structure and timing and normalised across the region.

Open dashboard ↗
HUMAN RIGHTS · SOUTH AFRICALIVE

Xenophobia Tracker

AI-assisted incident tracking of xenophobia and anti-migrant violence, mapped and searchable.

Open tracker ↗
LEGAL · FINANCEIN PRODUCTION

Foreclosure Intelligence

Multi-bank, multi-region foreclosure dashboard for a national law firm, on the practice SQL Server with a Microsoft Fabric migration path.

Request a walkthrough →
ENERGY · PUBLIC SECTORLIVE

Energy Efficiency Dashboard

The reporting side of the EPC programme: compliance and energy-performance results in one portal, fed automatically by the field app — with automated PDF reporting.

Request a demo →
EDUCATION · ACCESSIBILITYLIVE

Voice for the Voiceless apps

Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) and learning apps for Voice for the Voiceless, with AI-assisted learner assessments — giving learners with special needs a voice, installable on any phone.

Request a demo →
WATER · IWMI / CGIARPUBLISHED

Zambezi Water Accounting Dashboard

Regional water-resource intelligence across the Zambezi Basin riparian states for IWMI, funded through the Helmsley Charitable Trust and USAID.

Ask about this work →
GOVERNMENT · UZBEKISTANDELIVERED

Uzbekistan Monitoring Dashboard

A multi-sector monitoring dashboard for the Strategic Reform Agency of Uzbekistan, giving decision-makers one view of reform progress.

Request a walkthrough →
PLATFORM · EARLY ACCESS

Maps and dashboards without the licence bill.

Our own lightweight GIS and dashboard apps run in any browser — no desktop GIS seats, no Power BI Pro or Tableau Creator licences per viewer. Share a link; your executives open it on their phone. Already invested in Power BI or Tableau? We build those too.

LAYERS
PEOPLE VS LAND · GAUTENG
Share of people25.7%
Share of land1.5%

Gauteng shown as an example — select any province to compare.

Northern Cape Western Cape Eastern Cape Free State North West KwaZulu-Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga Gauteng NCWCECFSNWKZNLPMP LESOTHOESWATINI Johannesburg Pretoria Cape Town Durban Gqeberha East London Bloemfontein
SOUTH AFRICA · 1×
POPULATION 2026 · MILLIONS
<3
3–5
5–7
7–12
12+

BOUNDARIES NATURAL EARTH 1:10M · POPULATION STATS SA MYPE 2026 · ALBERS EQUAL-AREA, WGS84 · ● ZARON, PRETORIA

SELECTION
South Africa
63.5 million people (2026 estimate)9 provinces · ≈ 1.22 million km²Gauteng: 25.7% of people on 1.5% of the landClick a province, or choose one below
POPULATION BY PROVINCE · 2026
Runs in the browserPhone, tablet or laptop — installable, works offline in the field.
No per-seat licencesNo GIS desktop seats and no Power BI or Tableau viewer licences. You pay for the system, not the headcount.
Open standards, your dataImport and export shapefiles, GeoJSON and CSV. No lock-in.
Works anywhereAny country, any boundary set, any coordinate system — local admin units and datums out of the box.
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READY TO DEPLOY

Start with a product. Grow it into a platform.

Proven building blocks we configure to your data in weeks, not months — then extend as your needs grow.

P/01

Early Warning & Risk Dashboard

Composite risk indices, hotspot maps and threshold alerts for programmes that need to see trouble coming.

P/02

Field Compliance & M&V Portal

Inspections captured on site, verified against the rules and reported automatically — the engine behind our EPC work.

P/03

Media Scanning & AI Briefing Agent

Scans news, reports and media around the clock, raises alerts when thresholds are crossed, summarises what changed and drafts the brief for a human to approve.

P/04

Asset Registry & Map

Every site, facility or asset geolocated, photographed and searchable — with condition history and export to your finance system.

P/05

M&E Indicator Dashboard

Results frameworks turned into live indicator tracking that donors, boards and auditors can open themselves.

P/06

Zaron Academy

Hands-on Power BI, GIS and AI courses from beginner to advanced — for teams, graduates and students.

P/07

Intelligent Automation Kit

Monthly reports, data pulls, approvals and alerts that currently eat a person's week — automated end to end, with AI summaries on top.

P/08

AI Data Assistant

Add a plain-language assistant to any dashboard so managers can ask “what changed?” and get an answer grounded in their own data.

SERVICES

Five disciplines.
One accountable team.

01 Geospatial Intelligence

Where things are, why it matters, and what to do about it — on our own light GIS or the platform you already run.

  • Spatial analysis & remote sensingSuitability, change detection, interpolation and earth observation.
  • Spatial data infrastructureGeodatabases, corridor and asset registers, metadata standards.
  • Field data captureODK and custom PWAs with GPS, photos and signatures.
  • Production mappingAtlases, facility maps and enumeration maps at national scale.
02 Big Data Analytics & Dashboards

One version of the truth, refreshed without anyone copying spreadsheets.

  • Power BI & TableauExecutive, operational and public-facing dashboards.
  • Big data & Microsoft FabricLakehouse design, data pipelines and migration from legacy SQL.
  • Licence-free web dashboardsOur own platform: branded, shareable by link, no viewer licences.
  • Automated reportingPaginated reports and Power Automate flows.
03 Energy & Climate

Evidence for energy savings and climate risk that stands up to verification.

  • Measurement & verificationM&V methodology aligned to SANS 50010.
  • EPC & EnPC verificationCompliance monitoring for energy performance programmes.
  • Household & facility surveysLarge-sample field surveys with live syncing and QA.
  • IEA & national energy dataEnergy-efficiency indicators and data collection to international standards.
04 Climate & Risk Modelling

See the risk before it lands — from flood exposure in a single city to early warning across a whole region.

  • Climate risk & vulnerabilityHazard, exposure and vulnerability mapping behind climate change response plans.
  • Flood & hydrological riskFlood-risk mapping and dashboards for cities and river basins.
  • Composite risk indicesMulti-indicator indices with regional normalisation and risk timing.
  • Early warning & alertsMedia scanning, thresholds and automated alerts to the people who act.
05 AI Integration & Automation

Digital transformation that removes manual work: AI built into the systems you already use through secure APIs, and intelligent automation that keeps running after the team goes home. It's in almost every system we ship today.

  • AI inside dashboards & appsAssistants that answer questions about your data — live on our flood-risk and water-quality dashboards — plus AI-assisted learner assessments.
  • AI agents & API integrationMedia scanning, classification, alerting and briefing drafts, built securely on leading AI model APIs.
  • Intelligent workflow automationScheduled data pipelines, auto-generated PDF reports, approvals and alerts — with Power Automate or our own engine.
  • Digital transformationPaper forms, spreadsheets and email chains moved onto secure grant, case and compliance platforms.
  • Web & mobile appsReact, .NET and PWAs that work offline in the field.
  • Training & capacityAI-readiness, admin and user training, manuals and handover.
INDUSTRIES

Wherever decisions still run on guesswork.

Energy programmesPaper verification forms→ Signed, geotagged inspections
MunicipalitiesComplaints logged in a spreadsheet→ Ward-level hotspot maps
Water & environmentLab results in email attachments→ A live station map with limits
Legal & financeMonthly reports rebuilt by hand→ Live dashboards on the source system
HealthFacility lists in five formats→ One geodatabase, mapped to districts
Development & donorsIndicator tables emailed quarterly→ An M&E dashboard funders can open
Rights & researchNews clippings in folders→ An AI-assisted incident tracker
ZARON LAB

No brief. No client.
Just the problem.

Self-initiated products where we build capability before anyone asks for it — aimed at problems our clients can't afford to ignore.

LIVE · 2026

Xenophobia Tracker

An AI-assisted pipeline that tracks xenophobia and anti-migrant violence across South Africa, mapped and searchable — with a way for the public to flag inaccurate entries.

Open tracker ↗
LAUNCHING AS PWA

SENTINEL

Scam detection for WhatsApp. Paste a message, share a link or upload a screenshot and get a verdict — anonymously. Built so the platform itself never becomes a data risk.

IN DEVELOPMENT

Board Portal

Secure board-pack distribution, minutes and resolutions for SOEs and public entities — configurable to local governance and compliance requirements.

REVIVING

Solar Feasibility App

ZBS's own field data-collection app for solar site assessments — capturing roof, load and site data on the spot to size a system before anyone writes a quote. Coming back, rebuilt.

COVERAGE

Based in Pretoria. Mapping well beyond it.

On site across South Africa, with delivered work in Southern, East and West Africa, Europe (France, Romania) and Central Asia — and remote delivery for international donors and agencies.

South Africa · all nine provinces SADC Ethiopia West Africa Uzbekistan France Romania International · remote
FAQ

Straight answers.

What does Zaron actually do?

We turn spatial, field and operational data into decisions: GIS analysis, dashboards, field data-capture apps and purpose-built platforms — then train your team to run them.

Do you work with start-ups and large organisations?

Yes — from start-ups and SMMEs to corporates, government, UN agencies, donors and universities. Smaller teams usually start with one of our ready-to-deploy products; larger programmes get a scoped, phased build.

Do we need GIS, Power BI or Tableau licences?

No. Our own light GIS and dashboard apps run in the browser on open standards, with no per-seat desktop or viewer licences — share a link and anyone you approve can open it. If you've already invested in ArcGIS, QGIS, Power BI or Tableau, we import your work or build on those platforms instead.

Can government and SOEs procure from you?

Yes. We're registered on the Central Supplier Database (supplier number MAAA0045120) as a 100% black-owned, B-BBEE Level 1 enterprise (135% procurement recognition), and tax-compliant. Compliance documents are available on request.

What is an AI agent, in practice?

A working layer that reads your reports, news and data, summarises what changed, flags risks and drafts briefs — so your team reviews and decides instead of compiling. A person always approves what goes out.

How do you handle security and personal data?

Security by design: role-based access, audit trails, encrypted connections and the minimum personal data the job needs, handled in line with POPIA, GDPR and local data-protection law. In-country hosting is available where your data must stay at home.

Will it work with our existing systems?

That's where we start. We connect to the SQL Server, SharePoint, GIS layers or spreadsheets you already have before recommending anything new.

What does a project cost?

Every engagement is scoped after a short discovery call, and you receive a written proposal with costs before any work starts. Products from our ready-to-deploy range cost less and go live faster.

START HERE

Your data already knows. Let's make it say so.

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