Automating Marketing and Build Interactive Content with AI
AIZA August Meetup focused on growth, content systems, and real-world Claude workflows for marketing.
- Claude
- Marketing automation
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AIZA is Artificial Intelligence South Africa, a community for builders, business leaders, and curious minds. Our meetups bring practical talks, demos, and open conversations into the same room.
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- AI policy
- Responsible AI
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- AI automation
- Enterprise AI
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Rishal Hurbans
Founder & organiser
Author of Grokking AI Algorithms, Director at Viszen
Rishal is a technologist, entrepreneur, and author with over 15 years of experience building products across industries. He makes complex ideas accessible through visual, practical experiences and has delivered keynotes and workshops worldwide on AI, software engineering, and leadership. His work combines design, technology, and creativity to amplify human potential.
About Rishal
Ritesh Kanjee
Organiser
Director, Augmented AI Automations
Ritesh helps founders and operators automate busywork with practical AI systems. He brings 11 years in AI and automation engineering and an M.Eng in Electronic Engineering to his work at Augmented AI. His projects include RAG chatbots for universities, video pipelines that scaled content tenfold, and document automation that halved processing time. Through Corporate Automation OS, training, and his YouTube and LinkedIn communities, he shares the systems and lessons behind what he builds.
About Ritesh