JUST ASK Daniel. Bring Daniel to your school
The school's WhatsApp assistant

Daniel remembers everything,
so you don't have to.

The improbably switched-on best friend who happens to know everything about your kid's school. He lives on WhatsApp. He never forgets a fixture. He runs Park Run before answering your 5am message.

JUST ASK Daniel .
Daniel Forbes — illustrated portrait, navy fleece, honey-tortoiseshell glasses
The 6:47am problem

Every parent has lived this scene.

Tuesday morning, 6:47am. You find out — by accident, on a half-buried WhatsApp thread — that Andrew has a U13B rugby fixture against Virginia tomorrow. Wednesday. The other side of the Dolphin Coast.

You blink. Saturday is already a home match. That's two games in three days. No bus arranged. No kit list. No kick-off time. Just a rumour from another parent who heard it from another parent.

The fixture exists. The information just didn't travel in time for anyone to plan around it.

Multiply that by 1,000+ pupils. Hundreds of families. 47 weeks a year. 100+ overlapping WhatsApp groups.

The information exists. It just doesn't travel in time. That's what Daniel fixes.

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Chats
14 groups. The fixture is in one of them.
What he handles

He lives on WhatsApp. 24/7.

One conversation. Every answer. Every child.

School report? Check.
Fixtures? Check.
Anything, the minute it lands? Check.

Just ask Daniel.

See him work

Three real moments.

A parent asks at 6:47am. A fixture confirmation flies out and back. A coach sees the squad take shape live.

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SPORTS DEPARTMENT · WEDNESDAY 23 APRIL
U13B vs Virginia.
Kick-off 14:30 · Virginia Sports Complex · Bus 12:45
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Want to see Daniel running your school? Bring him on board.
For your school

Four commitments. One guarantee.

Your POPIA. Protected.

The school holds the parent consent. We process data under a signed Data Processing Agreement that mirrors POPIA Section 21. Your compliance posture stays yours.

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Human review for 30 days

At every new school, our team reviews Daniel's draft messages before they reach parents — until the school's sign-off team is satisfied he's earned the trust.

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Clear terms. Fair liability.

A signed Master Services Agreement, Data Processing Agreement, and parent-facing Terms before deployment. Daniel is a tool. The school remains the source of truth.

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The 10× guarantee

If Daniel isn't worth at least 10× his fee by month three, we refund every cent and walk away. No paperwork, no friction.

Founding-school terms · Twelve schools · Term 3 2026

Twelve founding partners.
Then they close.

  • No setup fee (vs. R15,000 standard once founders close)
  • Locked rate for 24 months
  • Direct line to Daren for the duration of the pilot

We don't list the monthly rate publicly — every school is a conversation. But it costs less than a part-time receptionist's hours, and Daniel never goes home.

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Founding partner · #1

Built first for Umhlali Preparatory.

Umhlali Preparatory School, established 1918. KwaZulu-Natal North Coast. A century of teaching the children of teachers. The kind of school where the Headmaster knows every kid's name, the Bursar knows every fee, and the sport coordinator runs the whole fixture calendar from a battered notebook.

Daniel's first deployment. May 2026. Six-month pilot. The Founding Partner. By month three, if Daniel hasn't earned 10× his fee, Umhlali walks with a full refund and we lose the right to the case study.

No spin. The bar is real.

"Our next 100 years will provide us with a new set of demands, and I have no doubt that Umhlali Prep and our North Coast community will answer those challenges — with all our might."

Jonathan de Wet · Governing Body Chairman · Centenary 2018

We'll publish Umhlali's full case study at month six. Until then, the work speaks for itself.

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The questions every Head asks

Five answers. One email.

They already use WhatsApp 4 hours a day. Daniel is one number on that same app. Adoption isn't a question — it's automatic.

In the first 30 days, every draft message is reviewed by a human on our team before it reaches parents. After that, a clear protocol governs autonomous messages — and we keep an audit log of every single one.

The school is the data controller — parent consent for Daniel sits with you, alongside the existing consent you already collect. We are the data processor, operating under a signed Data Processing Agreement that mirrors POPIA Section 21. Parents can opt out at any time; we delete data on request, no friction.

There's nothing to integrate. Daniel runs on WhatsApp Business API, on a number we provision. We need read access to your existing fixtures and calendars — no plug-ins, no logins, no SSO.

The 10× guarantee. By month three, if Daniel hasn't returned 10× his fee, we refund every cent and walk. Your data is deleted within 7 days.

Bring Daniel to your school.

Twelve founding schools. Term 3 2026. Then they close. Write to Daniel directly — he'll forward to Daren.