Co-Founder & COO, Fiasco Industries

Building technology for the
people who need it most.

I run product and operations at Fiasco Industries, a South African software studio. Data and AI engineer by craft, operator by role. From Tenanto, our rental platform for small landlords, to free AI tools for students, I ship software that solves real problems.

3 Microsoft Certifications

Oracle Certified

6 Products Built and Shipped

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Obey Musimbo Co-Founder & COO, Fiasco Industries

Johannesburg, South Africa

Years Building

Products Built

MS Credentials

108K+

MS Learn XP

Platforms Shipped

24/7

Always Building

About Me

Operator. Engineer. Builder.

I co-founded Fiasco Industries to build software that matters in South Africa. As COO I turn ideas into shipped, secured, documented products. As an engineer I still write the code that gets us there.

Co-Founder & COO at Fiasco Industries
Data and AI Engineer at Afribit Technologies
Microsoft Virtual Agent-a-thon 2026 (EMEA)
Believer in technology for good

Flagship Product

Tenanto

In Development, Pilot 2026

Property management built for South Africa's small landlords. A landlord app, an install-free tenant portal, and a marketing site running on one secure backend. Rent ledgers, SARS-ready expense tracking, maintenance tickets, inspections with dual e-signatures, and a one-click audit pack for tax season.

Apps, One Platform

Installs for Tenants (PWA)

1-Click

SARS Audit Pack

100%

Row-Level Security

POPIA

Export and Erase Built In

Party E-Signatures

Automated Tests

Monorepo Workspaces

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Selected Work

Real products. Real impact.

Products I have conceived, built, and shipped across proptech, edtech, sport, and productivity. Every one of them solves a problem I could see and touch.

Fiasco Club-Site Platform

Product Engineering, Site Generator, Admin Portals

A wizard that turns a short form into a complete football club website with its own admin portal. Theme presets, per-client Firebase projects, hardened security rules, and content the club edits itself. The engine behind Fiasco's club offering.

Node.jsFirebaseCloudinaryProduct

New Hope Stars FC

Live Club Website and Admin Portal, Firebase

The full digital home of a grassroots academy, designed and built end to end. Nine public pages plus an admin portal where staff manage news, fixtures, squads, shop, and sponsors. XSS-escaped output, locked-down Firestore rules, and security headers throughout.

Visit Live Site

FirebaseFirestoreJavaScriptSecurity

EduAid Explorer

Conversational AI, Copilot Studio

South Africa's first free AI assistant for government student funding. Grounded in four official sources, with scam detection, temporal reasoning, and step-by-step eligibility guidance. Submitted to the 2026 Microsoft Virtual Agent-a-thon (EMEA).

Copilot StudioLLMsPrompt EngineeringEMEA Entry

Sunbird

Adaptive Learning, EdTech

An adaptive learning app for Grade 1 to 3 learners in English, Afrikaans, isiZulu, and Sesotho. A speech-based reading coach, visual maths, and a parent dashboard with WhatsApp-shareable weekly reports. Local-first, runs on any device with a browser.

EdTechSpeech Recognition4 LanguagesPWA

Universal Notebook

Flutter, Cross-Platform, AI

An offline-first notes app for Android, Windows, and the web. Markdown editing with live preview, Supabase sync behind row-level security, Claude-powered AI assist, and a CI pipeline that ships every push straight to a live APK and PWA.

Open the Web App View on GitHub

FlutterSupabaseClaude APICI/CD

Adobe Acrobat Bulk Downloader

Open Source, Python, Playwright

An automation tool that downloads image links in bulk from Adobe Acrobat exports. Published to GitHub with a full README, .gitignore hygiene, and open-source best practices.

PythonPlaywrightOpen Source

Skills and Expertise

What I work with.

The tools, platforms, and disciplines I use to design, build, and ship data and AI products, and to run the operation behind them.

Data & Analytics

Enterprise pipelines, semantic models, and dashboards that executives actually use.

Microsoft FabricPower BI & DAXSQL & Data ModellingAzure Data FactoryReal-Time Intelligence

AI Engineering

Conversational agents grounded in real sources, from Copilot Studio to the Claude API.

Microsoft Copilot StudioPrompt EngineeringConversational AIAzure OpenAIClaude API

Product Engineering

Full products across web, mobile, and desktop, from schema design to store-ready builds.

PythonJavaScript & TypeScriptFlutter & DartReact Native & ExpoSupabaseFirebaseNode.js

Operations & Leadership

The COO side: strategy, compliance, documentation, and getting products over the line.

Product StrategySecurity & POPIA ComplianceTechnical DocumentationTraining & FacilitationClient DeliveryData Governance

Experience Timeline

My professional journey.

From operations control to co-founding a product studio. Every role added a layer.

FEB 2026 TO PRESENT

Co-Founder & COO

Fiasco Industries

Co-founded with Marshall Dube and Sihle Nkabinde. I run operations and product delivery across the studio's portfolio: Tenanto, the club-site platform, EduAid Explorer, and Sunbird. Own architecture, security and compliance decisions, documentation, and shipping.

APR 2025 TO PRESENT

Data and AI Engineer

Afribit Technologies

Working across four disciplines: data analytics, data engineering, AI engineering, and software development. Build and maintain Microsoft Fabric pipelines, Power BI dashboards, and Copilot-based conversational agents for enterprise clients.

JUL 2023 TO PRESENT

Freelance Programmer

Self-employed

Independent projects across automation, web development, and data tooling. Publish open-source utilities and contribute to community projects.

NOV 2019 TO DEC 2024

Operations Control Specialist

Alpha Armed Response

Managed real-time operational monitoring and incident response across a 24/7 environment for over five years. Built the operational discipline and problem-solving mindset now applied to running a product studio.

Credentials

Certified. Verified. Trusted.

Three Microsoft Certifications, two Microsoft Applied Skills, plus Oracle and Full Stack credentials. Microsoft Learn Level 10, 108,475 XP, 73 badges, 19 trophies.

MICROSOFT CERTIFICATIONS

MICROSOFT APPLIED SKILLS

Applied Skill

Create agents in Microsoft Copilot Studio

EARNED JAN 2026

Applied Skill

Implement Real-Time Intelligence with Microsoft Fabric

EARNED JUL 2025

Microsoft Learn

Level 10, 108,475 XP

73 BADGES, 19 TROPHIES

ADDITIONAL CREDENTIALS

Currently Building

What I'm building now.

Recognition

Microsoft Virtual Agent-a-thon 2026EMEA Region, Level 1 Submitted

6 Products Built and ShippedAcross proptech, edtech, sport, and productivity

5 Microsoft Credentials3 Certifications, 2 Applied Skills

This Season

Tenanto to pilot. Sunbird to families. Clubs onto the platform.

Driving Tenanto through its final sprint toward pilot launch with real landlords. Validating Sunbird's reading coach with real families in four languages. Onboarding new football clubs onto the Fiasco club-site platform, each with their own branded site and admin portal.

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Let's Connect

Open to opportunities

Available for collaboration

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Johannesburg, South Africa

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Whether it is an enterprise data platform, an AI product idea, or a collaboration for social good, I would love to hear about it.

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