We are building Africa's AI future -
from the ground up.

PROFF-IT Investment Group serves as the parent holding company for two core divisions: PROFF-IT Operations and YashNic.

Together, they provide the operational and technical foundation for VukaOS - Africa's agentic AI workforce.

PROFF-IT Strategic Team
We have partnered with

VukaOS: Africa's Agentic AI Co-Pilot


You bring the vision. We bring the team.

Software gives you tools. VukaOS gives you a workforce. Meet Vuka - your always-on AI Co-Pilot that recruits, briefs, and manages a bench of specialist AI agents built around your specific venture.

Ideation & Validation

Vuka checks market fit and identifies audience gaps before you commit resources.

Business Planning

Agents generate a structured, investor-ready business plan - value proposition, revenue model, competitive landscape, and financial scenarios.

Investor Readiness

Structures pitch narratives, cap tables, and investability checklists from day one.

GTM Strategy

Turns real-time African market data into a launch roadmap (channels, pricing, timing).

Overnight Monitoring

Bench agents watch markets and regulatory portals while you sleep, briefing you every morning.

Plan-to-Build Handoff

Seamless transfer of your entire context directly into Dala Studio for technical execution.

Two Platforms. One Unbroken Journey.

VukaOS and Dala Studio provide the most significant alliance in African AI entrepreneurship. VukaOS is the exclusive Ideation/GTM engine; Dala Studio is the exclusive Build partner. Move from strategy to execution without re-entering a single data point.

100,000+Users
35Countries
15Languages

Our Commitment to Africa

Built in Africa, funded by Africans. We prioritize data sovereignty - your venture data stays in African infrastructure, ensuring that the value generated by African SMEs stays within the continent.

April 2026 Exclusive MOU

Gebeya Inc. Partnership

In April 2026, PROFF-IT Investment Group signed an exclusive strategic MOU with Gebeya Inc. - the pan-African AI company behind Dala Studio, Africa's leading AI creator platform.

VukaOS is now the exclusive Ideation and GTM engine embedded within Dala Studio. Dala Studio is the exclusive Build partner for VukaOS.

Together, we have created Africa's first seamless Plan-to-Build workflow: entrepreneurs use VukaOS to plan, validate, and become investor-ready - then launch directly into Dala Studio to build their product.

No re-entry of information. No starting over.

Backed by:
Partech Africa Orange Digital Ventures Inclusion Japan (ICJ) IFC (World Bank Group) Mastercard Foundation Microsoft NVIDIA Cassava Technologies M-PESA Ethiopia Partech Africa Orange Digital Ventures Inclusion Japan (ICJ) IFC (World Bank Group) Mastercard Foundation Microsoft NVIDIA Cassava Technologies M-PESA Ethiopia

What this means for you

If you are an African entrepreneur, this means you now have access to two of the most powerful AI platforms on the continent - working together, for you, for free at the point of entry. Start with VukaOS. Build with Dala Studio. Launch faster than you ever thought possible.

"This alliance closes the critical gap between business planning and technical execution. African entrepreneurs can now move from concept to launch faster than ever before." - Amadou Daffe, CEO Gebeya Inc.
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100,000+ Dala Studio Users
35+ African Countries

Strategic Divisions

PROFF-IT Operations

PROFF-IT Operations is the strategic operational engine for VukaOS. We provide essential human expertise, specializing in business brokering, deal origination, and advisory services. Our team ensures that AI-driven efficiency is met with real-world strategic execution and operational excellence.

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YashNic

YashNic serves as the technical foundry for VukaOS. Our specialized development teams are responsible for building and maintaining the foundational code of the platform. By combining deep software engineering talent with agentic AI principles, we turn visionary concepts into technical reality.

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Why Africa?

Africa is home to 54 million SMEs, representing the backbone of the continent's economic potential. We believe the path forward is through Sovereign AI for Africa-infrastructure that is built, owned, and directed by the continent to solve local challenges at a global scale.


African AI adoption has grown at over 340% since 2020. The agentic AI category - AI that acts, not just answers - is being written right now. The companies that build the infrastructure for this shift will define the next generation of African commerce.

Digital Infrastructure

Executive Leadership

Gerhardt van Deventer
GROUP EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Gerhardt van Deventer

INNOVATION & STRATEGY
Strategic Mandate

Visionary innovation and macro-systemic strategy alignment. Commands the architectural direction of the 16-pillar AI engine, ensuring all nodes synthesize to bypass legacy bottlenecks and drive endogenous economic growth.

Nico Kruger
GROUP MANAGING DIRECTOR

Nico Kruger

OPERATIONS & VELOCITY
Strategic Mandate

Operational oversight and execution velocity. Translates high-level scenario modeling into frictionless on-the-ground deployment, ensuring cross-pillar integration functions with absolute precision and zero operational drag.

Contact Details

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36 Cathedral Street,
George Central, George,
South Africa, 6529