Facts the internet doesn't have

Ask about a store, street or billboard. People nearby find out.

They check with a photo, location and time. Every answer is checked before it reaches you, so you can decide.

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Concept illustration: a phone lies on its side and a neighbourhood of shops, billboards and streets rises out of the screen, with location pins marking places people have checked.
  • Billboard up? Cape Town · Photo · GPS · time
  • Shelf price? Soweto · Photo · GPS · time
  • Campaign live? Abidjan · Checked in person

Clients, backers and partners

  • Clients and pilots
  • Primedia Outdoor
  • Old Mutual
  • Sanlam
  • Glovo
  • Virgin Active
  • Rewoven
  • Backed by
  • Kaleo VC
  • Amazon Web Services
  • Exxaro
  • Ninety One
  • Programmes
  • Endeavor
  • PostHog for Startups
  • MongoDB for Startups
  • OpenAI for Startups
  • Partners
  • AWS Partner Network
  • Cloud On Demand
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You ask. People nearby check. You decide.

  1. The 2Klip game in Langa asking a local question with Yes and No answers

    2Klip Local people answer in a game, for rewards

  2. FOONA contributors verifying observed conditions in Cape Town

    FOONA Our field team checks the places that matter

  3. The Pikaboo dashboard: billboard sites with audience results

    Pikaboo You get the answer, with photo proof

The next decision brings a fresh check

See a buyer-facing example ↗

Who buys: brands, agencies and media owners.

  1. Concept illustration of a busy township retail street with shoppers and shopfronts

    01 · Brands

    “Is our product on the shelf, and at what price?”

    Field checks on demand

    Name the outlets and the question. We check and send the proof.

    Ask us a question How it works for brands →

  2. A Timbuk2 contributor checks a roadside billboard in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

    02 · Agencies

    “Did the campaign actually run?”

    Campaign Proof

    Proof each billboard ran: a photo, location and time for every face.

    Book a Campaign Proof How it works for agencies →

  3. Pikaboo planning view with Cape Town areas and a site shortlist

    03 · Media owners

    “Who passes our billboards?”

    Pikaboo audience planning

    Audience estimates for every site, from anonymised movement data, verified in person.

    Explore Pikaboo ↗ How it works for media owners →

AI and data teams. Fresh facts from places models can't see. How a record is built →

Clients have paid for and used our answers.

  • Primedia Outdoor Billboard audience measurement licence Paid · 2025–26
  • Old Mutual Field evidence, Western Cape Paid · 2026
  • Sanlam Sales-intelligence pilot Paid pilot · 2025
  • Virgin Active Location test, France Delivered · 2024
  • Rewoven Market research Delivered · 2024
  • Glovo Campaign verification pilot, Abidjan Pilot delivered · 2026
  • <1 day to check 76 billboards in Abidjan, March 2026

Next: the network AI can ask when the answer isn't online.

A Timbuk2 contributor photographs a roadside billboard in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
One record, Abidjan

AI learned from the web. Most shops, streets and billboards in emerging markets aren't on it. Our network goes and looks.

  1. Photo On every record
  2. Place GPS-fixed to the site
  3. Time Stamped at capture
  4. Consent Opt-in and pseudonymous
  5. Review Checked before it counts
  1. Name the places, the question and how often
  2. Set the rule an answer must pass
  3. Start with a small paid sample

Scope a sampleHow it works for AI teams

Built by people who deliver for enterprise.

  • Matimba Nkuna, Founder & CEO Matimba Nkuna Founder & CEO
  • Takalani Malivha, VP Business Operations Takalani Malivha VP Business Operations
  • Kouame Kouassi, Technical Lead Kouame Kouassi Technical Lead
  • Kunta-Kinte Ngcobo, Product Kunta-Kinte Ngcobo Product
  • Phelelani Mkhize, Growth Phelelani Mkhize Growth
  • Robyn Khoury, Chief of Staff Robyn Khoury Chief of Staff
  • Nyimpini Mabunda, Advisor Nyimpini Mabunda Advisor
  • Andrew Firman, CFA, Strategic Advisor Andrew Firman, CFA Strategic Advisor
  • Tim Henshall, Legal & IP Tim Henshall Legal & IP

Backed by

  • Kaleo VC
  • Amazon Web Services
  • Exxaro
  • Ninety One

Programmes and accelerators

  • Endeavor
  • PostHog for Startups
  • MongoDB for Startups
  • OpenAI for Startups
Ninety One and Endeavor South Africa 2026 Accelerator Program announcement featuring Matimba J. Nkuna of Timbuk2.AI alongside the founders of Ask Mandla and Gobuddy
Selected for the Ninety One × Endeavor South Africa 2026 Accelerator

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Backed by Kaleo VC, Amazon Web Services, Exxaro and Ninety One. We share the detail one to one.

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