Latest Technology News In South Africa
Zoom Telephonics became Minim to add Wi-Fi management software. Its Motorola licences ended in 2023, with support platforms and inventory transferred to Motorola in 2024.
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SoundHound was founded in 2005, initially developing speech, sound-recognition and music-discovery technologies before broadening toward conversational voice AI. By 2026, SoundHound AI focused on voice and conversational AI systems that let companies automate customer interactions and embed spoken interfaces into…
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Weedmaps launched in July 2008 and became the core consumer platform of WM Technology. The business added software for cannabis retailers and brands, advocated around a rapidly changing regulatory market and became publicly traded on Nasdaq in 2021.
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Coheris was created in France in 1994 and became a specialist in CRM, sales-force and analytics software. The company built a listed software business serving customer-engagement workflows and broadened its portfolio through product development and acquisitions such as FDV Concept.
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KORE traces its operating history to the early 2000s and developed connectivity services for machine-to-machine and later Internet-of-Things deployments. The group expanded through acquisitions, became a US public company through a 2021 business combination and broadened into IoT connectivity, device management and managed services.
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Wedia’s Lyvio is a digital asset management platform built to connect marketing content with the rights, approvals, local versions and delivery workflows that make it safe to reuse. Here is how the platform works and what changed around the company.
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VisEra Technologies was established in Taiwan in 2003 as a joint venture between TSMC and OmniVision Technologies to provide specialised image-sensor manufacturing services. By 2026, VisEra operated as a specialist image-sensor foundry and optical-processing company serving semiconductor customers.
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Identiv began in 1990 in Munich as SCM Microsystems. After expanding smart-card and identity technology, SCM merged with Hirsch Electronics and Bluehill ID in 2009, adopted the Identive and later Identiv names and increasingly focused on RFID, NFC and IoT applications.
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Agilysys traces its corporate heritage to electronics-distribution businesses dating back to the 1930s, including Standard Radio and Pioneer, which later became Pioneer-Standard Electronics. By 2026, Agilysys provided hotel and resort software including property management, point of sale, reservations, payments and…
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Kingsoft was founded in China in 1988 and became one of the country’s early commercial software companies, initially gaining recognition for WPS office software. By 2026, Kingsoft operated as a software and internet group with major activities in office productivity and online games, alongside investments in related technology businesses.
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