Engineering, Reliability & Digital Readiness Diagnostics™
Independent assessments that reveal misalignment across engineering systems, reliability practices, data quality, digital tools, and decision processes.
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NICP
Turning Innovation into Impact
Engineering AI • Systems Assurance • Digital Solutions
Clarity Before Investment™
New Innovations Consulting & Projects (NICP) is an engineering-led firm supporting organisations that operate in complex, delivery-critical environments. We work at the intersection of engineering reality, reliability discipline, and digital systems to help organisations reduce risk and make confident, defensible decisions.
Innovation alone does not create impact. Impact is achieved when innovation is applied with clarity, discipline, and a deep understanding of how systems actually behave. NICP exists to ensure that AI, digital platforms, and technology investments are introduced at the right time, for the right reasons, and in the right sequence.
Explore our structured packages or learn more about how we work before choosing your next step.
What We Do
NICP provides structured support across assessment, assurance, and enablement. Our services are designed to meet organisations at different stages of readiness while maintaining a consistent focus on clarity, alignment, and impact.
Systems Assurance & Decision Support
Ongoing senior-level advisory support to help organisations interpret system signals, manage risk, and maintain alignment over time.
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Engineering AI & Decision-Support Solutions
AI-enabled tools that enhance engineering judgement and decision quality, applied responsibly and only where readiness exists.
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Digital Infrastructure & Website Development
Professional websites and digital platforms designed as system interfaces that improve clarity, credibility, and trust.
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Why Innovation Often Fails to Deliver Impact
Across engineering-driven organisations, innovation initiatives frequently underperform. This is rarely due to lack of effort, funding, or ambition. More often, it is the result of misalignment between how systems are assumed to operate and how they actually behave in practice.
Engineering systems evolve over time. Reliability practices drift, data quality degrades, and digital tools are layered on top of existing processes without clear integration. Decisions are then made under pressure, using incomplete or unreliable signals.
When this happens, organisations invest in technology or AI to "fix" symptoms rather than addressing root causes. The result is complexity without clarity, cost without confidence, and innovation without impact.
Clarity Before Investment™
At NICP, every engagement is guided by a single operating principle: Clarity Before Investment™.
This means we do not start with tools, platforms, or AI models. We start by understanding: how engineering systems actually perform day-to-day, how reliability is managed and measured, whether data can be trusted to support decisions, and how information flows into leadership decision-making.
Only once this clarity is established do we support digital or AI enablement. This disciplined approach ensures innovation strengthens the system rather than increasing risk.
About New Innovations Consulting & Projects (NICP)
Engineering-led firm delivering Engineering AI, systems assurance, and digital solutions
About NICP
New Innovations Consulting & Projects (NICP) is an engineering-led firm delivering Engineering AI, systems assurance, digital solutions, and professional website development for organisations operating in complex environments.
Our purpose is Turning Innovation into Impact by helping organisations understand their systems deeply before committing resources to change. We work with leadership teams who recognise that sustainable performance is built on clarity, not speed.
Our Perspective on Engineering Systems
Engineering systems do not fail suddenly. They drift gradually through small misalignments that accumulate over time. These misalignments often remain invisible until failure, cost overruns, or performance decline force urgent action.
NICP approaches systems as living environments shaped by engineering design, operational practice, human decision-making, and digital tools. We pay close attention to how reliability is sustained, how data is generated, and how decisions are made under real operating conditions.
This perspective allows us to identify risk early and support decisions that are both technically sound and operationally realistic.
What Makes NICP Different
NICP is not a software vendor, marketing agency, or generic consulting firm. We do not promote tools for their own sake or position AI as a universal solution.
Our work is grounded in engineering reality and guided by systems assurance principles. We prioritise decision quality, risk awareness, and long-term performance over short-term optimisation or trend adoption.
This approach allows organisations to adopt innovation responsibly and translate it into meaningful impact.
Our Services
NICP services are designed to provide clarity at each stage of an organisation's journey — from early assessment to sustained assurance and responsible digital enablement.
Engineering, Reliability & Digital Readiness Diagnostics™
This diagnostic provides a structured, independent assessment of how engineering systems, reliability practices, data quality, digital tools, and decision-making processes interact within an organisation.
The diagnostic is designed to answer critical questions about risk, readiness, and what should be addressed first.
Where is risk accumulating within the system?
Which issues are technical, systemic, or decision-related?
Is the organisation ready for AI or advanced digital solutions?
What should be addressed first — and what should wait?
Systems Assurance & Decision Support
Systems assurance provides ongoing support for organisations responsible for complex, high-risk environments.
This service helps leadership teams maintain alignment, detect reliability drift, interpret data accurately, and make defensible decisions under uncertainty.
Maintain alignment as conditions change
Detect early signs of reliability drift
Interpret data and system signals accurately
Make defensible decisions under uncertainty
Sustain clarity over time
Engineering AI & Decision-Support Solutions
NICP designs AI-enabled tools that support engineering and operational decision-making without replacing human judgement.
These solutions may include decision-support dashboards, predictive insights, and structured AI assistants, applied only where data integrity and system understanding are in place.
Decision-support dashboards
Predictive insights
Structured AI assistants
Improved decision quality and risk awareness
Applied only where readiness exists
Digital Infrastructure & Website Development
Digital platforms and websites play a critical role in how organisations communicate capability, credibility, and readiness.
NICP develops professional websites and digital platforms that are treated as system interfaces rather than marketing assets.
Reflect real capability
Support stakeholder trust
Integrate with operational needs
Improve clarity and credibility
Function as system interfaces
Ready to Gain Clarity Before Your Next Decision?
Let's discuss your current challenges, system readiness, and where clarity is needed before investing in technology, AI, or digital change.
Request a Readiness Discussion
Packages & Pricing
Our packages are designed to provide clarity, defined scope, and decision-ready outputs for organisations operating in complex environments. Each package reflects a different depth of assessment and level of insight, allowing organisations to engage at the stage that best fits their needs.
All packages are delivered under our operating principle: Clarity Before Investment™
This ensures that decisions around AI, digital systems, and technology investments are informed, sequenced correctly, and grounded in engineering reality.
Engineering, AI & Systems Assurance
Diagnostic and assurance packages for organisations requiring clarity before investing in AI or digital transformation.
Package 1
Foundation Readiness Diagnostic
Best for:
Organisations seeking an initial, structured understanding of their current engineering, digital, and decision-making readiness before making changes.
Indicative investment:
R150,000 – R200,000
Package 2
Most Recommended
Core Engineering, Reliability & Digital Readiness Diagnostic™
Best for:
Organisations planning to invest in AI, digital platforms, or system upgrades and requiring a defensible, in-depth understanding of readiness and risk.
Indicative investment:
R200,000 – R350,000
Package 3
Advanced Diagnostic & Systems Assurance
Best for:
Large or high-risk organisations requiring deeper insight, governance support, and ongoing decision assurance.
Indicative investment:
R350,000 – R500,000+
Important Notes
These packages provide decision-support and systems assurance. They are not implementation services. Any implementation or digital enablement is scoped separately once clarity is established.
All prices are estimates and are subject to each organisation's needs and size. Each organisation is unique, and pricing may be adjusted to reflect the specific scope and complexity of your requirements.
Website Development Packages
At NICP, websites are treated as digital infrastructure, not marketing assets. They act as system interfaces that communicate capability, credibility, and readiness to stakeholders, partners, and decision-makers.
Our website development packages are designed for organisations that require clarity, professionalism, and trust — especially in engineering-driven or regulated environments.
Website Package 1
Foundation Website
Best for:
Small organisations or professionals requiring a clean, credible digital presence.
Indicative investment:
From R10,000
Website Package 2
Most Recommended
Professional Website
Best for:
Engineering firms and organisations requiring strong credibility, clarity, and structured communication.
Indicative investment:
From R50,000
Website Package 3
Advanced Digital Platform
Best for:
Organisations requiring a more comprehensive digital presence or platform-style website.
Indicative investment:
From R100,000+
Pricing Note
All prices are estimates and are subject to each organisation's needs and size. Each organisation is unique, and pricing may be adjusted to reflect the specific scope and complexity of your requirements.
Not sure which package is right for your organisation?
Start with a readiness discussion and we'll guide you toward the most appropriate option.
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Coming Soon
Resource Hub
The NICP Resource Hub is being developed to support organisations that operate in complex environments and want to make better decisions before investing in technology, AI, or system changes.
This hub will provide practical, decision-support resources grounded in engineering reality, systems assurance, and disciplined thinking — not generic templates or theoretical content.
All resources are guided by our operating principle:
Clarity Before Investment™
Why the Resource Hub Exists
Many organisations face similar challenges but lack structured ways to think through them before taking action. The Resource Hub is designed to help teams pause, reflect, and assess readiness before committing resources.
The resources are intended to support:
- internal discussions and alignment
- early identification of risk and misalignment
- better sequencing of improvement initiatives
- more informed conversations about AI and digital solutions
They are not a substitute for diagnostics or advisory services, but a way to build understanding and decision confidence.
What You'll Find in the Resource Hub
Once live, the Resource Hub will include a mix of free and paid resources designed for engineering-driven organisations, including:
Readiness checklists and self-assessments
Engineering, reliability, and data quality guides
Decision-support frameworks
AI and digital readiness tools
Practical playbooks for structured thinking
Each resource is designed to help organisations understand where they are, what matters most, and what should wait.
Coming Soon
The NICP Resource Hub is currently under development and will be launched soon.
We are taking a deliberate approach to ensure the resources are practical, credible, and genuinely useful — not rushed or generic.
Get Early Access
If you would like early access to the Resource Hub, you can register your interest below.
Early access subscribers will:
- be notified as soon as the Resource Hub goes live
- receive early access to selected resources
- qualify for exclusive discounts on paid decision-support resources
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We believe in sharing insight with purpose. Updates are sent only when there is something meaningful to share.
All resources are provided for general decision-support and educational purposes. They do not constitute consulting, implementation, or professional advisory services.
Turning Innovation into Impact through disciplined thinking and clarity before investment.
Insights & Articles
Our articles explore Engineering AI, systems assurance, reliability, and digital decision-making in complex environments. Each article reflects how we think about systems, risk, and long-term performance.
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Blog Articles Coming Soon
We're currently developing in-depth articles on Engineering AI, systems assurance, reliability discipline, and decision-making in complex environments. Check back soon for valuable insights.
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Our Credentials
Led by recognised expertise in engineering, AI, and systems-led digital decision-making
Unathi Pretty Mbengwana
Founder & CEO
Award-Winning Engineering & AI Leader
Projects are guided by an award-winning engineering and AI leader with a strong focus on disciplined thinking, system understanding, and responsible application of technology. This ensures every engagement is grounded in professional rigour, clarity, and long-term value.
Professional Excellence
Distinguished qualifications, leadership roles, and international recognition
Professional Qualifications & Certifications
- Globally Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)
- Degree in Electrical Engineering
- Postgraduate Diploma (Honours) in Business Administration with a digital-lens
- Engineering Specialist
- Multiple AI certifications in different applications
Leadership Roles
- South Africa Country Lead — Africa Women in AI (AWAI)
- Queen Elizabeth Prize For Engineering (QEPrize) Ambassador
Awards & Recognition
- South Africa Top 3 Nominee — BRICS Young Innovator Prize 2025
- WomHub 100: Women Leading With Impact
- South Africa Top 20 Young Engineer — Water Research Commission Young Engineer Changemaker Programme
- Outstanding Candidate in Water & Sanitation — Women in the Built Environment
- Recognised across Africa for contributions to engineering, AI, and youth development
Excellence Through Disciplined Delivery
Our leadership ensures every engagement is delivered with professional rigour, disciplined thinking, and long-term performance in mind.
Technical Excellence
Deep engineering knowledge combined with cutting-edge AI expertise ensures solutions that are practical, defensible, and fit for purpose.
Global Recognition
International awards and recognition validate our commitment to innovation and quality.
Industry Leadership
Active leadership roles ensure continued exposure to emerging thinking, standards, and best practices.
Proven Track Record
Recognition across multiple programmes reflects consistent delivery of high-quality, impactful work.
Credentials reflect leadership and experience. All client engagements are scoped and delivered based on organisational context and agreed outcomes.
Let's Understand Your Context
This page is the starting point for organisations seeking clarity before committing to technology, AI, or digital change. Share your context and we'll guide the appropriate next step.
Ways to Connect
You can reach NICP through the channels below. We respond thoughtfully and within 24 hours to ensure your enquiry is properly understood.
info@nicp.tech
Location
Gauteng, South Africa
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Use the form below to share your situation, challenges, or questions. This helps us understand whether a diagnostic, package, or next step is appropriate.
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Privacy Policy
Last updated: January 2026
Introduction
New Innovations Consulting & Projects (NICP) ("we," "our," or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website nicp.tech.
Information We Collect
Personal Information
We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you:
- Submit a contact form or inquiry
- Request services or packages
- Subscribe to our newsletter or communications
- Interact with our social media channels
This information may include: name, email address, phone number, company name, job title, and any other information you choose to provide.
Automatically Collected Information
When you visit our website, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including:
- Browser type and version
- Operating system
- IP address
- Referring website addresses
- Pages viewed and time spent on pages
- Date and time of visit
How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect to:
- Respond to your inquiries and provide customer service
- Process your service requests and deliver our services
- Send you information about our services, updates, and marketing communications
- Improve our website, services, and customer experience
- Analyze website usage and trends
- Prevent fraudulent activity and ensure security
- Comply with legal obligations
Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our website and hold certain information. Cookies are files with small amounts of data that are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our website.
We use Google Analytics to help us understand how visitors use our website. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect information such as how often users visit our site, what pages they visit, and what other sites they used prior to coming to our site.
Data Sharing and Disclosure
We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to third parties. We may share your information in the following circumstances:
- Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party service providers who perform services on our behalf, such as hosting, data analysis, email delivery, and customer service.
- Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities.
- Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, your information may be transferred to the acquiring entity.
Data Security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
Your Rights
Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal information:
- Access: You can request access to the personal information we hold about you
- Correction: You can request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete information
- Deletion: You can request that we delete your personal information
- Objection: You can object to our processing of your personal information
- Restriction: You can request that we restrict the processing of your information
- Data Portability: You can request a copy of your information in a machine-readable format
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at info@nicp.tech
Data Retention
We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.
Third-Party Links
Our website may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of these external sites. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of any third-party sites you visit.
Children's Privacy
Our website is not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13, we will delete that information promptly.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us:
NICP - New Innovations Consulting & Projects
Email: info@nicp.tech
Phone: +27 63 174 9770
Location: Gauteng, South Africa