French DeepTech · Global Ambition
ZAKALA
One portfolio. One standard.
A French house. A global standard. An engineering mindset.
PARIS · ABIDJAN · DAKAR · LAGOS · NAIROBI · LONDON · SAN FRANCISCO · SINGAPORE · SEOUL
THE THESIS
SMAXIA acts before learning time is committed. REVAKTIS acts before growth capital is committed. OPERAKTIS acts before automation capital is committed. The other projects apply the same discipline to their markets: reducing uncertainty before the decision.
Understand the GroupTHE SYSTEM
One group organises governance. The Zakala intellectual-property model organises and protects the portfolio's assets. Engines, offerings and projects meet their markets without confusing the asset, the operation and the allocation decision. Each level has one function. None replaces another.
ZAKALA GROUP
portfolio governance and allocation
ZAKALA INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
organisation and protection of assets
ENGINES, OFFERINGS AND PROJECTS
operations and market
ZAKALA GROUP
portfolio governance and allocation
ZAKALA INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
organisation and protection of assets
ENGINES, OFFERINGS AND PROJECTS
operations and market
THE STANDARD
Frame. Source. Specify. Build. Test. Audit. Seal. Each stage leaves an artefact. Every artefact can be reviewed. Every version can be stopped before it consumes more time or capital.
FRAME
Define the problem, scope, exclusions and stop condition.
SOURCE
Tie every claim to a dated document or remove it.
SPECIFY
Write the expected behaviour and acceptance criteria before construction.
BUILD
Execute the specification without freedom over names, prices or scope.
TEST
Prove by measurement, never by description.
AUDIT
Submit the result to a contradictory review independent from construction.
SEAL
Freeze the version, timestamp it and publish its fingerprint where appropriate.
GO / REWORK / STOP
One verdict per version. Reviewable, timestamped, sealed.
FRAME
Define the problem, scope, exclusions and stop condition.
SOURCE
Tie every claim to a dated document or remove it.
SPECIFY
Write the expected behaviour and acceptance criteria before construction.
BUILD
Execute the specification without freedom over names, prices or scope.
TEST
Prove by measurement, never by description.
AUDIT
Submit the result to a contradictory review independent from construction.
SEAL
Freeze the version, timestamp it and publish its fingerprint where appropriate.
GO / REWORK / STOP
One verdict per version. Reviewable, timestamped, sealed.
NEXT PROOF
Each priority engine has one next proof to produce before the next stage is committed. The portfolio does not try to prove everything at once.
SMAXIA
One subject, one chapter, one assessment, reference teachers and measured results.
REVAKTIS
A real budget decided before spending and an outcome compared with the projections.
OPERAKTIS
A documented baseline, a real cost and a GO or STOP verdict.
Decide, then commit
Fund the proof. Not the promise.
SMAXIA
One subject, one chapter, one assessment, reference teachers and measured results.
REVAKTIS
A real budget decided before spending and an outcome compared with the projections.
OPERAKTIS
A documented baseline, a real cost and a GO or STOP verdict.
Decide, then commit
Fund the proof. Not the promise.
DEPLOYMENT
France → World for SMAXIA and REVAKTIS. France + Côte d'Ivoire → World for OPERAKTIS. Côte d'Ivoire → West Africa → other markets for IZUXE EduOne, ZurraGo, iZénéo and KobaaGo. The world is never automatic — it becomes the consequence of transferable proof.
FRANCE
Engineering · intellectual property · innovation funding.
CÔTE D'IVOIRE
Pilots · partners · operations.
OTHER MARKETS
Replication after evidence.
FRANCE
Engineering · intellectual property · innovation funding.
CÔTE D'IVOIRE
Pilots · partners · operations.
OTHER MARKETS
Replication after evidence.
Build · Activate · Replicate
THE FOUNDER
Before Zakala, Alexis ZAH BI worked on programme portfolios at BNP Paribas and then Orange France. He learnt a simple discipline: a budget is not evidence, a schedule is not a result, and a project deserves to continue only while its decisions remain clear. Zakala applies that discipline to products, markets and the teams expected to carry them.
Arrange a call with the FounderTALENT
Zakala Talent links an opportunity, a server-side assessment and a traceable decision. The Corporate website opens a door to the product. It does not expose it or confuse it with the Group website.
Discover Zakala TalentOPEN A CONVERSATION
An investor funds a stage. A company opens a pilot. A partner brings a market or a corpus. A leader takes responsibility for a proof.