innovation

SA startups getting snapped up

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

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

From concept to company to cash

It takes more than a bright idea to commercialise startups in Africa; it requires an ecosystem.

Mckevin Ayaba

Chris Tredger

A solar safari

While Eskom struggles to keep the lights on, one company is looking to harness the power of the sun so we can silently view game in an environmentally clean way.

Solar safari

Lesley Stones

Getting left behind

Is South Africa’s prominent place in the African startup scene under threat?

Tanya van Lill

Stephen Timm

Giving farmers an eye in the sky

Aerobotics combines analytics and drones to give agriculture a better chance of success.

Benji Meltzer

Lesley Stones

The next Dimension Data

We look for the rising star systems integrators of the South African channel.

Rob Godlonton

Tamsin Oxford

Behind the silver screen

The business of film exhibition has come a long way since film reels were delivered to cinemas.

Hilton Martin

Matthew Burbidge

Startups finally focus on Africa

The international route most travelled by many South African startups was into the US or Europe. Things are changing.

Stephen Timm

Talking to robots

Is there a more natural way of interacting with technology that could benefit businesses? UJ’s Devakshan Naicker thinks so.

Tiana Cline

The startup selection

Here’s a handful of startups with very different models that we think are destined for great things.

Tamsin Oxford

The next Bill Gates will be Zimbabwean

A handful of schools in Zimbabwe are pioneering technology and innovation in education.

Lesley Stones

A thoroughly modern lawyer

Nerushka Bowan has been mixing the fast-paced worlds of technology and innovation with the more conservative world of law.

Lesley Stones