GeoKeys tells stories of South Africa and the world through maps, research, and data.
The work examines the forces that shape how places function — from retail and property to infrastructure, history, geology, development, and the patterns behind everyday life. Some stories are local. Some are global. The common thread is simple: place matters, and understanding where something happens often helps explain why it happens at all.
"Everything connects — and place is what makes those connections visible."
Where something happens often explains why it happens. Maps make those connections visible.
Complex patterns translated into insight anyone curious can understand — no jargon required.
Grounded locally, relevant globally. From townships to metros, retail to infrastructure.
The same research-backed storytelling, expressed through different formats. Short-form video, long-form explainers, and written analysis — choose the depth that fits your curiosity.
Each format serves a different depth. Pick what fits your curiosity.
The same research and insight, told through video. Quick takes on TikTok, deeper dives on YouTube.
Some ideas need room to breathe. Essays, research, and long-form pieces on the places, patterns, and systems that shape how we live.
Walk through any South African township and you'll witness something remarkable — an economic ecosystem where relationships matter more than credit scores.
An analysis of Cape Town's housing policies and their unintended consequences on spatial inequality.
Toastmasters Division 74 Table Topics Champion · International Speaker · Senior Product & Insights Lead
Keynotes, panels, and workshops on AI, location intelligence, workflow automation, and the patterns shaping how places — and businesses — work.
API Summit · Cape Town 2024
Panel Moderator — AI, Workflows & Geospatial Data
With Andrew Davies (CEO, Orchestrate) and Sienna Hickey (Co-Founder, Spacelink)
API Summit · Cape Town 2024
Keynote — Location Intelligence in Practice
Making geospatial data accessible to product teams
Teams bolt LLMs onto broken workflows and call it transformation. Phelelani brings the operator's lens: map how work moves, then apply AI where it actually compounds value.
Strategy decks ignore geography until it costs money. Sessions show how location intelligence and geospatial data sharpen investment, retail, and policy calls.
Technical teams can't reach the boardroom; boardrooms can't brief technical teams. Phelelani sits in the middle, trained to make complex patterns land for non-specialist audiences.
From board-level strategy sessions to community engagements — facilitating conversations that help organisations and their stakeholders tell their own stories, together.
20–45 minutes. Conferences, summits, internal all-hands.
AI adoption, location intelligence, the patterns behind place.
Curated discussion or moderation.
Tech, property, urbanism, AI strategy.
Half-day or full-day sessions.
Workflow mapping, AI-readiness, geospatial decision-making for non-technical teams.
Retainer or project-based.
Editorial collaborations, research partnerships, strategic content.
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