Our approach
How we decide what to build.
Mayele Works builds products that help people understand, use and pass on meaningful knowledge. These are the choices behind that work: where we start, who we work with and how we use technology.
Our principles
Six choices that shape our work.
Human need first
We start with what someone needs to understand, use or pass on. Only then do we decide what to build.
Meaning in context
Language and knowledge make sense in the situations where people use them, not as isolated facts.
Human expertise matters
Language, culture and meaning need input from people who know them deeply. Their review comes before content becomes final.
Technology with a purpose
We use technology, including AI, where it makes an experience more useful. We set limits where it could mislead.
Privacy as a starting point
Useful personalisation should not require collecting more data than the experience needs.
Quality before scale
We would rather do one thing well than many things averagely.
How we build
Small steps, checked by people.
01
Listen
Understand the need before deciding on a solution.
02
Test small
Try ideas with a few real people before building more.
03
Build
Turn what holds up into something people can use.
04
Review
Let people who know the subject check the content.
05
Improve
Change what does not work, then repeat.
In practice
What this means for Mayele Learn.
Our first product is where these choices become concrete.
One language first
Mayele Learn starts with Lingala instead of many languages at once.
Examples marked as in review
Lingala examples that have not yet been reviewed are marked as in review.
Test before wider release
Mayele Learn is being developed in stages, with room to test and improve before wider release.
Honest status
Features still in development are labelled that way.
Questions about how we work?
We are happy to talk about our approach, our first product or working together.