…turn your spreadsheets into a system that thinks.
Without the agency bloat. Nearly two decades of commercial operations — from Tesco to premium London fashion — now composed with applied AI for considered businesses.
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From the commercial powerhouse of Dreams to the central operations of Tesco and the storefront of a premium London fashion brand, I have spent my career where commerce meets code — translating between the finance office, the stockroom and the engineering team.
That fluency is the point. Most technology fails commercially not because the code is bad, but because nobody in the room speaks all three languages. Darikwa exists to be that person — and now brings applied AI into the conversation: not as a buzzword, but as a working material with a margin attached.
From brands and product type exposure, disciplines and some tools I've shipped against, the foundations behind every Darikwa build.
Good systems are quiet. They reconcile the numbers, move the stock and answer the customer — then leave you free to think about what's next. That is the standard every Darikwa build is held to.
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LLM integrations inside real workflows, generative tooling, and automations that quietly retire repetitive work. Measured in hours returned, not demos given.
Accounting platforms, inventory, financial modelling and reporting — the numbers your decisions actually run on, wired together properly.
Shopify stores, replatforming and end-to-end migrations, and bespoke storefronts for independent brands with standards.
MVPs, dashboards and full platforms on modern, scalable stacks — shipped lean, then grown deliberately.
End-to-end process mapping, swimlane diagrams and workflow documentation — so the system you automate is the one you actually run.
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Free calculators and professional templates — from VAT and landed cost to merchandise planning and cash flow modelling. Use them as they are, or commission a bespoke version tailored to your business.
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The point
Every system I build has AI and automation woven into its foundation — not as a gimmick, but because it's the most powerful way to give small and growing businesses capabilities that used to require entire departments.
What that looks like
LLM integrations inside finance and operations workflows, generative tooling, and reporting that surfaces the insights you'd otherwise miss — always grounded in how a real business actually runs.
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Darikwa designs and builds commercial technology for ambitious businesses: accounting and inventory platforms, e-commerce builds and migrations, end-to-end process mapping, and custom web applications — increasingly with AI and automation at the core.
Edward Madziwa, a UK-based commercial technology consultant with two decades across British retail, including Dreams, Tesco and a premium London fashion brand.
As an engineering material, not a gimmick: LLM integrations inside finance and operations workflows, generative tooling, and automations that remove repetitive work — always measured against a commercial outcome.
Yes — currently open for new projects, from focused MVPs and dashboards to full platforms and e-commerce replatforming.
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