Latest Technology News In South Africa
SoundThinking was founded in 1996 as ShotSpotter by physicist Robert Showen. The business commercialised acoustic gunshot-detection technology, became public and changed its corporate name to SoundThinking in 2023 as it broadened into a wider public-safety technology portfolio.
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Tribal Group’s present public-company structure was established around the turn of the millennium, building a specialist business focused on education software and services. Over more than three decades, the group developed student-information systems, education-quality services and benchmarking products used by institutions in the United Kingdom and internationally.
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Vishay Intertechnology was founded in 1962 by engineer Felix Zandman with financial backing from Alfred P. Slaner, initially to commercialise precision foil-resistor technology. By 2026, Vishay supplied resistors, capacitors, inductors, diodes, MOSFETs, optoelectronics and other electronic components to automotive, industrial and consumer markets.
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Sega Sammy Holdings was formed in October 2004 through the management integration of game company Sega and pachislot and amusement-machine company Sammy. By 2026, Sega Sammy remained active across console and PC games, mobile and online entertainment, amusement machines and other entertainment businesses.
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Nippon Ichi Software was established in Japan on 12 July 1993 and built a business around developing, manufacturing and selling computer software, particularly games. The company created and published role-playing and strategy titles, established overseas distribution through NIS America and maintained a portfolio of internal and subsidiary studios.
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Rekor Systems was formed in 2017, originally under the Novume Solutions name. It changed its name to Rekor in 2019 and moved into AI-based roadway intelligence through vehicle-recognition technology, later adding traffic analytics and mobility data through acquisitions.
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Serviceware was founded in Germany in 1998 by Dirk Martin and Harald Popp as PM Computer Services. The company added the helpLine service-management product in 2003, moved toward SaaS delivery, adopted the Serviceware identity and listed in Germany in 2018.
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LifeStance Health was founded in 2017 to build a large outpatient mental-healthcare network using both physical clinics and virtual care. By 2026, LifeStance operated behavioural-health services across the United States through in-person and telehealth appointments.
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TOTVS was founded in Brazil in 1983 as Microsiga Software by Laércio Cosentino and Ernesto Haberkorn, initially developing business-management systems for smaller companies. By 2026, TOTVS was one of Latin America’s major enterprise-software companies, offering ERP, cloud, financial-technology and…
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Mentice was launched in 1999 to create simulation technology for endovascular and other image-guided medical procedures. The Swedish company developed software and hardware simulators for hospitals, training centres and medical-device manufacturers and acquired Vascular Simulations in 2020.
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