Saab Grintek Defence is best known for its work in advanced defence technologies, but behind the engineering sits a longer-term ambition: building South Africa’s next generation of highly skilled technologists and engineers. Through its local operations in Pretoria and Cape Town, Saab Grintek Defence is using...
There’s a quiet shift happening in marketing right now. Search isn’t what it used to be. Social isn’t what it used to be. AI isn’t a future concept anymore. And attention - real human attention - has become the most valuable currency in the room! This year's...
If there was one defining feature of 2025 inside Innovation City, it wasn’t noise or hype; it was follow-through. Across fintech, AI, proptech, marketplaces, infrastructure and services, our members didn’t just talk about what they were building. They launched. They partnered. They expanded. They raised. They...
Bersella Advisors is one of the newest additions to the Innovation City community, bringing a fresh approach to financial advice for founders, scale-ups, and fast-growing companies. Led by Co-Founder & CEO Luca Bersella, the firm blends traditional financial expertise with AI-driven advisory models designed specifically...
For more than a decade, Luuk Winkens has worked in fintech, helping companies scale across African markets through better financial infrastructure. Today, as Head of Growth at NjiaPay, he leads the commercial strategy behind a platform designed to simplify and optimise online payments for South...
If challenger brands are the future, what is the future of the agency? That’s the question Rival, the global consultancy redefining how brands grow, is bringing to Cape Town this November at Innovation City. After four years and over 10,000 hours of research, Rival has published...
In industries like property maintenance and compliance, field teams often find themselves caught in the chaos of too many tools and too little time. PARAMOS, founded in 2024, is on a mission to change that. By connecting existing systems and simplifying workflows, the platform empowers...
When you first meet Mei Liou, founder of SlataDoc, you sense the depth of experience and resilience behind her calm confidence. A Liberian-born Taiwanese South African, Mei’s story weaves together displacement, determination, and a two-decade career in impact investment, all leading to a startup that...
Innovation City is proud to announce a new partnership with Summit.Deals, the private capital platform now powering Business Speed Dating 2025. This collaboration takes the event’s mission one step further: turning high-impact introductions into measurable investment outcomes. For the first time, every startup and investor participating...
At Innovation City, we love showcasing the builders who are reshaping industries with fresh ideas and bold execution. This month, we sat down with Alon Lichtenstein, founder of HANGAR49, to talk about how his team is bringing clarity, science, and humanity to the world of...
