Before we recommend anything, we ask one question.

Where does your organisation actually stand with AI today?

We help organisations at every stage of their AI journey: assessing where they actually stand, adopting what fits, and advancing with governance that holds as they scale.

Talk to us How the Ladder works
The AI Adoption Ladder Four rungs rising left to right: Aware, Exploring, Adopting, Scaling. A teal arrow continues the trajectory beyond the top rung. AwareNobody owns it yet ExploringIndividual experiments AdoptingOne use case live ScalingA governed portfolio Aware Exploring Adopting Scaling

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About Consultaix

Turning AI readiness into real-world results.

Consultaix helps organisations navigate AI readiness, governance and implementation with clarity and rigour. We assess where an organisation stands before recommending technology, then help translate that understanding into practical adoption and measurable progress.

Our approach connects strategy, governance, data, organisational capability and implementation, so that AI adoption is grounded in what the organisation can realistically absorb and sustain.

The engine behind two of Mauritius's established AI initiatives.

Evidence over hype. Readiness before rollout.

  • SME & organisational focus

    Practical approaches designed around organisational realities.

  • Research-backed

    Evidence and structured assessment before recommendation.

  • Measurable outcomes

    Move from capability to demonstrable organisational value.

  • End-to-end advisory

    From readiness and governance through implementation.

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Why readiness first

Most AI programmes fail before they start.

Not because the technology is wrong, but because the organisation was not ready to absorb it. The same three failures recur in the projects we have reviewed.

  1. The tool is bought before the question is asked.A vendor sets the agenda, and the business case is written backwards from the product.
  2. Governance arrives after the incident.Policy, accountability and risk are added once something has already gone wrong with data or a decision.
  3. Capability sits with two people.The pilot works while they are in the room, and stalls the week they are not.

One sequence, in a fixed order. Each stage produces the evidence the next is scoped against.

  1. Assess Readiness across strategy, governance, data, capability and execution Placement on the AI Adoption Ladder™ and a prioritised roadmap
  2. Adopt Implementation scoped to what the assessment says can be absorbed Phased delivery with adoption measured, not just deployment
  3. Advance Governance designed in as adoption scales, informed by ISO/IEC 42001 Accountable, compliant, trusted AI that holds without us

How we engage

Three ways to work with us.

No fixed-scope packages. Each engagement is scoped and priced on organisational maturity, ambition and pace, not a rate card.

Ongoing

Fractional Advisor

Senior AI advisory at the level and cadence you need, without a full-time hire or a rigid retainer.

Shape
A standing seat at the table, on an agreed rhythm
Covers
AI decisions, vendor claims and governance questions as they arise
Access
Direct to the lead advisor, not an account layer
Fits
Leadership teams that want a constant, independent view
Defined scope

Project Basis

A defined engagement for one assessment, governance framework or implementation. Clear start, clear end.

Shape
Scoped deliverables, agreed timeline, agreed price
Covers
One Assess, Adopt or Advance engagement, or a sequence
Access
Direct to the lead advisor, specialists brought in as needed
Fits
Organisations with a specific decision to make or system to deliver
Change management & training

Capability Programme

Workshops and coaching for named teams, so your people are ready for the systems the roadmap introduces.

Shape
A fixed run of sessions for a cohort or team, with a start and end
Covers
AI literacy for leaders, adoption of new systems and the change around them
Access
Designed and led by Faaleh, specialist trainers as needed
Fits
Organisations whose systems are ready before their people are
Faaleh M. Sookye, Founder and Lead Advisor of Consultaix

Leadership

Faaleh M. Sookye

Founder & Lead Advisor

Digital Transformation & AI Strategy. Mauritius, working internationally.

Faaleh has spent more than fifteen years in operations, programme delivery and digital transformation, across telecommunications in Malaysia and training and enterprise development in Mauritius. In that time he has reviewed and assessed over 200 SME transformation projects. That is where the Consultaix method comes from: organisations rarely fail at buying technology. They fail at being ready for it.

He is a doctoral candidate researching AI readiness in Mauritian SMEs, developing and validating a theory-anchored readiness instrument. That research is the basis of the AI Adoption Ladder™ and of AiReady.mu.

Consultaix is founder-led. Specialist AI, governance and implementation expertise is brought in on a fractional basis as each engagement requires, and every client deals with Faaleh directly.

Founded
Mauritius AI Network. AiReady.mu.
Author of
Winning with AI (2026), The Intelligent Business (2026), Entrepreneurial Mindset in the AI Era (2025).
Credentials
MBA. Certified ISO/IEC 42001:2023 (AI Management System) Implementer. Google Cloud Generative AI Leader. University of Pennsylvania AI Strategy and Governance. Chartered Marketer (CIM, UK).

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Thinking

Perspectives

Practical guidance on governing and adopting AI: the law that already applies, what a board should ask, and what has to be true before a system holds. Written by Faaleh M. Sookye.

  1. AI governance An AI governance framework for a 20 to 200 person organisation How a 20 to 200 person organisation with no compliance function can govern AI with named owners, a system register, a three-tier risk classification and a review cadence that stands up to later audit.
  2. Data Protection Act The Data Protection Act 2017 and AI: the six sections that apply to your systems Mauritius has no AI statute, but the Data Protection Act 2017 already governs most AI use on personal data. Here are the six provisions that apply, and what they mean in practice.
  3. Board oversight What a board should ask before approving an AI investment A board does not need to understand machine learning to govern an AI investment well. It needs to ask the right twelve questions and insist on evidence.
  4. ISO/IEC 42001 ISO/IEC 42001 for small and non-technical organisations: what it involves, who certifies, and when it is worth it A decision guide to ISO/IEC 42001 for small and non-technical organisations in Mauritius: what an AI management system is, alignment versus certification, cost and timeline drivers, and when certification pays.

All Consultaix insights. Further reading by the founder on strategy and readiness at faaleh.com.

Next step

Start with a conversation.

Tell us where you think you stand and what you are trying to decide. You will hear back from Faaleh, not a sales desk.

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