Start-Ups - MarcoPolis Your local business media with a global reach Mon, 29 Apr 2024 11:45:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 A South African Revolution in Breast Imaging Technology /a-south-african-revolution-in-breast-imaging-technology.htm Tue, 30 Aug 2016 11:13:38 +0000 /a-south-african-revolution-in-breast-imaging-technology.htm "I think the end game for CapeRay and for me would be that CapeRay continues to exist, perhaps as a research and development enterprise where we develop new products that we ultimately license off or that get incorporated into other businesses."

The post A South African Revolution in Breast Imaging Technology first appeared on MarcoPolis.

]]> Knife Capital, a Southern African Growth Equity Fund Manager Focused on Technology-Enabled Ventures /knife-capital-a-southern-african-growth-equity-fund-manager-focused-on-technology-enabled-ventures.htm Tue, 30 Aug 2016 08:10:20 +0000 /knife-capital-a-southern-african-growth-equity-fund-manager-focused-on-technology-enabled-ventures.htm "What’s missing in South Africa is that we don’t have enough serial entrepreneurs, people who have done it two, three, four times. If you start a business the first time around, you need help."

The post Knife Capital, a Southern African Growth Equity Fund Manager Focused on Technology-Enabled Ventures first appeared on MarcoPolis.

]]> Synthetic Heart Valve Ushers in a Revolution in Heart Surgery – Strait Access Technologies /synthetic-heart-valve-ushers-in-a-revolution-in-heart-surgery-strait-access-technologies.htm Thu, 12 May 2016 17:21:47 +0000 /synthetic-heart-valve-ushers-in-a-revolution-in-heart-surgery-strait-access-technologies.htm "We are expecting the first product, the balloon, to be ready for the first world in early 2017. Our first valves will be ready second half of 2017."

The post Synthetic Heart Valve Ushers in a Revolution in Heart Surgery � Strait Access Technologies first appeared on MarcoPolis.

]]> Silicone Cape: A Catalyst for Tech in the Western Cape /silicone-cape-a-catalyst-for-tech-in-the-western-cape.htm Mon, 09 May 2016 15:37:04 +0000 /silicone-cape-a-catalyst-for-tech-in-the-western-cape.htm "I don’t think our vision is to replicate the original Silicone Valley. You could never do that. The key drive is to build the ecosystem."

The post Silicone Cape: A Catalyst for Tech in the Western Cape first appeared on MarcoPolis.

]]> Industrial Development of the Western Cape /industrial-development-of-the-western-cape.htm Tue, 26 Apr 2016 17:53:04 +0000 /industrial-development-of-the-western-cape.htm "We put a very strong emphasis on hi-tech, and indeed, that is precisely what our broadband rollout has been about. We want to enable ICTs, Information and Communication Technologies, as the bedrock of why services work so well in the Western Cape," explains Helen Zille, Premier of Western Cape.

The post Industrial Development of the Western Cape first appeared on MarcoPolis.

]]> The Western Cape Province Is Number One in South Africa – Commentary of Premier Helen Zille /the-western-cape-province-is-number-one-in-south-africa-commentary-of-premier-helen-zille.htm Tue, 26 Apr 2016 17:34:22 +0000 /the-western-cape-province-is-number-one-in-south-africa-commentary-of-premier-helen-zille.htm "The Western Cape is number one on every single indicator, including economic growth, and including employment. So we do rank number one, and it’s because we’ve put an enormous effort into building a capable state," says Helen Zille, Premier of Western Cape.

The post The Western Cape Province Is Number One in South Africa � Commentary of Premier Helen Zille first appeared on MarcoPolis.

]]> wiGroup South Africa: Building A Fintech Empire in Electronic Payments /wigroup-south-africa-building-a-fintech-empire-in-electronic-payments.htm Mon, 25 Apr 2016 11:25:16 +0000 /wigroup-south-africa-building-a-fintech-empire-in-electronic-payments.htm "We are definitely expanding into Africa."

The post wiGroup South Africa: Building A Fintech Empire in Electronic Payments first appeared on MarcoPolis.

]]> National Health Insurance Scheme in South Africa � Commentary by CapeRay /national-health-insurance-scheme-in-south-africa-commentary-by-caperay.htm Sun, 27 Mar 2016 17:39:35 +0000 /national-health-insurance-scheme-in-south-africa-commentary-by-caperay.htm "I think the government’s biggest challenge is going to be funding it adequately. Do we have the tax base in this country to fund such a program?" asks Dr Kit Vaughan, CEO of CapeRay.

The post National Health Insurance Scheme in South Africa � Commentary by CapeRay first appeared on MarcoPolis.

]]> Medical Technology in South Africa: Competitive Advantages /medical-technology-in-south-africa-competitive-advantages.htm Sun, 27 Mar 2016 17:34:49 +0000 /medical-technology-in-south-africa-competitive-advantages.htm "There are people with good ideas; here in the Western Cape we have four institutions of higher learning, each of which has an engineering faculty and two of them have medical faculties and so in the medical device space there is every opportunity for new products to be developed," says Dr Kit Vaughan, CEO of CapeRay.

The post Medical Technology in South Africa: Competitive Advantages first appeared on MarcoPolis.

]]> Medical Equipment Manufacturing in South Africa /medical-equipment-manufacturing-in-south-africa.htm Sun, 27 Mar 2016 17:26:04 +0000 /medical-equipment-manufacturing-in-south-africa.htm "I write a weekly blog about various activities in my field including more generally about medical devices and I have compared the Western Cape as a medical device destination with other areas in the world," says Dr Kit Vaughan, CEO of CapeRay.

The post Medical Equipment Manufacturing in South Africa first appeared on MarcoPolis.

]]>