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Gareth Price

Crowdfunding: a dream deferred

Crowdfunding is a tough game and has failed to gain traction in South Africa.

The assistant edition

Creating solutions and innovations that help save, change and transform lives.

Ones to watch
Tamsin Oxford

The health edition

Discovering intelligent solutions to healthcare challenges.

Zikho Pali
Tamsin Oxford

Show me the honey

Bees in the cloud – the sweet spot of technology, sustainability and social impact.

Martine Solomon
Tiana Cline

A bird in the hand

Uniting amateur ornithologists one sighting at a time, the Birda app and social platform aims to create a sense of community around the world, particularly on the globe’s birding continent.

John White
Joanne Carew

Building innovation into insurance

From the safety of corporate law to launching a business, it’s been quite a voyage into tech for Charlotte Koep.

Charlotte Koep
Kate Thompson Davy

Reinvent, convene and create

Nyari Samushonga started her career as an accountant. Today, she is helping reinvent SA’s technology education.

Nyari Samushonga
James Francis

Lots of research, little development

Could South Africa be running out of steam when it comes to turning out grand innovations?

Boitumelo Nkatlo
Stephen Timm

Academic commercialisation

Universities are a vital source of research and innovation, but how is the country faring in monetising academic work?

Mpumelelo Nkomo
Stephen Timm

Startup moneymakers

What sort of wealth can be created by founders when selling their startups?

Brett Commaille
Stephen Timm

A sour taste

After a protracted legal battle, it’s still not clear whether government’s Technology Innovation Agency will ever see anywhere close to the sum it was expecting for investment in a multimillion-dollar biotech startup.

Mark Fyvie
Stephen Timm

SA startups getting snapped up

South Africa’s startup scene is showing signs of maturity as investments and acquisitions become increasingly common.

Dustin Graham
Stephen Timm

The care-about-society edition

Finding the minds and innovations behind the inventions that are designed to make South Africa a better place to live.

Roadsave
Tamsin Oxford
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