Latest Technology News In South Africa
Tracsis was founded in January 2004 as an IP Group spin-out from the University of Leeds to commercialise transport scheduling and optimisation research. It listed on AIM in 2007 and expanded through a long series of acquisitions into rail software, traffic data, events and transport-technology services.
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cBrain was founded in Denmark in 2002 by Per Tejs Knudsen and built enterprise software for document, case and process management. The company listed in 2006 and increasingly focused on government digitalisation through its F2 platform, which supports public-sector workflows and administrative processes.
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Core Scientific was founded in 2017 and grew into a large operator of digital infrastructure for Bitcoin mining and hosting. By 2026, Core Scientific operated Bitcoin-mining facilities and provided data-centre hosting intended for high-performance computing and artificial-intelligence workloads.
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Kalray was founded in 2008 as a spin-off from France’s CEA research organisation to commercialise massively parallel processor technology. The company developed MPPA and DPU architectures for data-intensive computing, listed on Euronext Growth in 2018 and broadened from embedded processing toward data-centre, networking and storage applications.
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Capital B is the name adopted in July 2025 by the French listed company formerly known as The Blockchain Group. The group repositioned around a Bitcoin-treasury strategy while retaining technology subsidiaries in data intelligence, artificial intelligence and decentralised technologies.
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Cirrus Logic was founded in 1984 and was an early participant in the fabless semiconductor model, designing chips while relying on external manufacturing. By 2026, Cirrus Logic supplied high-performance mixed-signal products used especially in smartphones and other consumer devices.
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MotorK began in Milan in 2010 as DriveK, initially focused on digital car comparison and lead generation. The company expanded into software for automotive retailers and manufacturers, raised growth capital, listed on Euronext Amsterdam in 2021 and added capabilities through acquisitions across Europe.
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The public company now called DeFi Technologies previously operated under the Valour name and adopted the DeFi Technologies identity in July 2023. Its strategy centres on digital-asset investment products and infrastructure, including Valour-branded exchange-traded products that provide listed-market exposure to cryptocurrencies and blockchain networks.
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MakeMyTrip was founded in 2000 by Deep Kalra, initially serving travellers in the United States booking trips to India. By 2026, MakeMyTrip operated one of India’s largest online travel platforms across accommodation, transport and holiday bookings.
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accesso’s listed-company structure dates to 2000 and for many years traded under the Lo-Q name around virtual-queuing technology. The group acquired ticketing businesses, adopted the accesso Technology Group name in 2013 and expanded into ticketing, virtual queues, guest management and commerce for leisure venues.
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