Fast Company South Africa - 22 Aug 2025
MEET DR LULU GWAGWA
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Her life journey has been inspirational. Now, Dr Lulu Gwagwa is enabling young women to shape their future.
THE FINTECH WAVE
WORLD CHANGING IDEAS
STARTUP FUNDING FAILURE
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WHAT IS QUANTUM?
WHAT IS QUANTUM?
THE STRANGE BEAUTY OF A QUANTUM MACHINE
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Leading Fintech Companies 2025
Leading Fintech Companies 2025
Yoco: Building an Ecosystem for Small Businesses
Bank Zero: Rethinking the Architecture of Banking
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WORLD CHANGING IDEAS 2025
SAFER FOODWARE FOR SCHOOL CAFETERIAS
Growing potato seed tubers with little water in the Saudi Arabian desert
Vertically integrated city transit system
Impervio battery separator technology
Start Without a Shot
USV Pioneer
BeeHome
A NEW TREATMENT FOR SPINAL INJURIES
Shield blood test for colorectal cancer
Bringing e-books to independent bookstores
Large-scale solar grazing
The Living Heart Project and the Enrichment Playbook
Automated microscopes for AI-powered disease diagnostics
Off-grid, hydrogenpowered data centre
Plastic-eating microbes that can clean up waste
AI waste analytics system
Using satellite technology to track methane leaks
Net-zero homes
A NEW TREATMENT FOR SPINAL INJURIES
AN INFLATABLE, DURABLE BIKE HELMET
Hilda L. Solis Environmental Justice Centre at Puente Hills Regional Park
Protsvitayuchyy
SuperWood fireresistant siding
Menopause Transitions Kit
Zero-plastic warehouse
COOL SHELTERS
Home healthcare for highrisk families
Clean Earth Magnet technology
Project Humanity
Portable dialysis
Advanced liquid cooling for data centres
Generative AI for antibiotics
The Opportunity Coach
PDX Airport
Hunters Point
Paradigm surgical platform
A HYBRID RV
Using AI for energyefficient heating and cooling upgrades
WeatherMesh-2 AI forecast model
Tulsa Hub for Equitable and Trustworthy Autonomy
Retrofitted lampposts for EV charging
Kavian dry electrodeprinting process
X-ray scanner with diffraction technology
Reimagined public bathrooms
Creating apparel from waste
Supersede Marine Board
A HYBRID RV
The Elizabeth River Project’s Ryan Resilience Lab
Future Ready kit-of-parts
Hydrogen fuel cell systems
Guerrilla Greening
VISIONARY OF THE YEAR
Doula training programme for nurse care managers
Soil to Spoon Transparency standards
MRI imaging technology
Nasal spray to treat Alzheimer’s disease
Tully Tube compostable medicine container
TeamTranslate
Tech Take Back Box
Future You
TACTILE WAYFINDING
Water bottling system
Youth Mental Health Corps
Making leather from invasive species
LUNA sensor
AI-powered insurance appeals platform
C-Thru platform for firefighters
DriveWell Fusion
Layer 7 Cortical Interface
EVs for Equity programme
Material visibility platform for recyclers
Disease diagnostics platform
BuzzCam
Sepsis ImmunoScore
Gene therapies
Interim housing solutions
SOIL-POWERED LAMP
Entry to Employment Network
Hydrus underwater drone
AI-powered learning platform
Electric school bus
Sip water filter
USING AI TO ELIMINATE COUNTERFEIT DRUGS
Wazzii health platform
Direct lithium extraction and refining technology
“Adoptable” campaign
Paralympic Sport Explainers
GridScan
REPLACING SUGAR WITH PROTEIN
RECYCLING WASTEWATER
Battery swapping for electric motorcycles in Latin America
Sustainable Biocapsules Project
Learning platform for frontline workers
Climatile roofing and cladding system
Absurd Promises
REPLACING SUGAR WITH PROTEIN
Customised proteins
Home heat pump
OutRun autonomous tractor system
Preloaded cards for the hungry
HubbIT
Outdoor health platform
THE PRICE OF LIFE
THE PRICE OF LIFE
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