Latest Technology News In South Africa
Asure Software’s listed-company lineage passes through earlier technology businesses including VTEL and Forgent Networks before the group shifted decisively toward workforce-management software. Through portfolio changes and acquisitions, the company concentrated on payroll, tax, time-and-attendance and human-capital-management services, particularly for smaller and mid-sized employers.
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Lyft’s corporate predecessor was formed in 2007 and operated the Zimride long-distance ridesharing service before the Lyft service launched in 2012. By 2026, Lyft operated a mobility platform centred on ride-hailing, with additional partnerships and services around transportation.
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Weebit Nano was established in 2015 to develop resistive random-access memory technology intended as an alternative or complement to flash memory. In 2026 Weebit Nano is commercialising semiconductor intellectual property for ReRAM through foundry and licensing relationships.
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Lime Technologies traces its history to Lundalogik, founded in Lund, Sweden, in 1990 by three engineering students who initially took on programming assignments. By 2026 Lime provides CRM software aimed particularly at organisations seeking industry-adapted customer and case-management workflows.
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Streamwide was created in France in 2001 and developed software platforms for telecom operators and enterprise communications. The company expanded from value-added voice and messaging services into secure team communications, mission-critical collaboration and push-to-talk products such as Team on Mission and Team on the Run.
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Descartes Systems Group was founded in 1981 in Waterloo, Canada, and developed software for logistics and transportation operations. By 2026, Descartes provided cloud software and data services for logistics, routing, customs, trade compliance and supply-chain visibility.
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Pinewood Technologies emerged as an independent public technology company in 2024 after Pendragon sold its automotive retail operations and retained the Pinewood dealer-management software business. In 2026 Pinewood Technologies provides automotive retail software under the Pinewood.AI brand and is pursuing international expansion.
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WithSecure carries the enterprise-security business of the original F-Secure, whose roots go back to Data Fellows, founded in Finland in 1988. By 2026 WithSecure focuses on corporate cybersecurity, including endpoint protection, exposure management, cloud security and consulting services.
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Compugen was incorporated in Israel on 10 February 1993 and initially commercialised computing systems for biological sequence analysis. From the late 1990s the company shifted toward computational biology and predictive discovery, eventually leaving its early Bioccelerator hardware line and focusing on therapeutic targets and drug development.
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NextVision Stabilized Systems was founded in Israel in 2009 to develop compact stabilised imaging systems for small airborne and ground platforms. By 2026, NextVision supplied stabilised day and thermal imaging products to defence, security, first-responder and selected commercial customers.
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