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9 South African Tech Companies To Watch

9 South African Tech Companies To Watch

South Africa has produced many exceptional, and famous, tech entrepreneurs, like Mark Shuttleworth, Vinny Lingham, and Elon Musk.

The entrepreneurial spirit in SA’s tech space remains strong, despite the political and economic challenges in the country.

While most media coverage focuses on Internet companies aiming to be the next unicorn, the country has many companies doing exceptional work.

These companies may not be working on self-driving cars or rockets to Mars, but they do provide top tech products and create employment opportunities for IT professionals.

Below are nine of South Africa’s small-to-medium-sized tech companies that are doing great work.

From My Broadband.

Axxess (Port Elizabeth)

Founder: Franco Barbalich

CEO: Andrew Simpson

Revenue: Around R250 million

Employees: 99

Axxess was started in November 1997 after Franco Barbalich could not find a company to provide his former employer with an easy way to get a website and Internet access.

He started Axxess without any investment and grew it to one of the largest ISPs in South Africa.

The company’s business philosophy is to make “getting connected” easy and seamless, allowing anyone to access the Web.

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