Meet Katlego, the Achieva AI tutor who lives where your learner already is.
No app to download, no login to remember. Katlego is a WhatsApp contact, as familiar as messaging a friend, available whenever a question comes up.
Katlego doesn't just hand over the answer. It checks for understanding first.
Tap a reply to steer the lesson · illustrative demo conversation
Pick a wrong answer on purpose. Watch what happens. Each card lights up as the conversation reaches that beat.
Learner asks
A question, a photo of a textbook page, or "explain this topic from scratch."
Katlego guides
Socratic-style prompts and worked examples, not just the final answer.
Understanding is checked
A quick practice problem updates that topic's mastery score.
The next step adapts
Remediate, practice, challenge, or advance, based on that score, not a fixed schedule.
If a learner already knows how to send a voice note, they already know how to use TutoBuddy.
Katlego is added as a WhatsApp contact: the same app already open on the phone for schoolwork groups and family chats. A learner types a question, sends a photo of a textbook page, or asks Katlego to walk through a topic from scratch.
WhatsApp social/data bundles run R29-R99/month depending on network, and many networks zero-rate WhatsApp text entirely, so reaching Katlego doesn't compete with a family's data budget the way a dedicated app would.
Four simple beats, repeated for every topic.
Learner asks
A question, a photo of a textbook page, or "explain this topic from scratch."
Katlego guides
Socratic-style prompts and worked examples, not just the final answer.
Understanding is checked
A quick practice problem updates that topic's mastery score.
The next step adapts
Remediate, practice, challenge, or advance, based on that score, not a fixed schedule.
Grade 8-12, starting with Mathematics.
TutoBuddy launches CAPS-aligned to Mathematics for Grades 8-12, with one to two additional core subjects following at MVP. Lower grades are planned within 12 months as the curriculum knowledge graph expands.
Every topic is mapped to the same mastery-tracking engine, so a learner's progress is consistent whether they're revising for a Friday quiz or catching up on a topic from earlier in the year.
Safe by design.
Katlego is a learning tool, not an open-ended chatbot. Conversations stay on-curriculum, consent and data-retention flows are POPIA-first, and the mastery engine gives parents and schools a transparent way to see progress rather than a black box.
Katlego is scoped to CAPS-aligned subjects and topics, not general-purpose chat.
Consent flows and defensible data retention are built into the MVP from day one.