SPII contract complete

DTI IDC SPII

Korwe Software are proud to announce that we have now completed the final milestone of the SPII program of the IDC.


Wednesday September 23, 2009

Link to press release.

Korwe Clinches First Round Funding to Drive SA’s Mobile Tech Leadership

Basic R&D in mobile technology moves forward in SA through investment in business-centric technology innovation

Cape Town, ­ 23 September 2009 ­
Korwe Software, a South African pioneer in engineering and development for mobile applications, has received its first round of funding from SPII , the support programme for industrial innovation managed by the IDC for the Department of Trade and Industry. This will allow Korwe to continue to pursue fundamental research into new mobile software technologies even as it expands its commercial contract work with corporate clients.

Korwe has been self-funding its growth since it was founded in 2003 through a number of software development projects for SA corporates, developing core technologies that allow them to deploy online services to their customers via mobile phone. The SPII funding, the first of three rounds, allows Korwe to allocate more resources to its R&D into The Core, the mobile application engine that lies at the core of the business.

Funding from SPII is a strong endorsement for Korwe's technology vision, which is based on the concept of Just the Right Information as a design philosophy, and centred on the dotmobi technology paradigm, which is the quickest, simplest and most powerful way to provide a personalised end user experience on mobile phones, says Nithia Govender, CEO of Korwe Software. There is no question that mobile services will become not only the first, but the easiest way for people to look for information and to communicate. We are very encouraged that the DTI is so aware of the pressing need for South African technology companies to stay globally competitive in this space, and is investing accordingly, comments Govender.

Korwe¹s technology allows companies to roll out mobile services faster and more reliably, using The Core as a powerful tool to bring to bear contextual information that dramatically simplifies the end-user experience, making it simpler and more natural. In addition it makes the deployment of new services easy for the operator and leverages existing data sources for the enterprise.

The Core provides a system to manage and increase value for users in their social networks. Information that enters a network can be optimally tuned to flow across it in a way that makes it more intelligent.

Korwe's technology solves many of the tricky technical problems inherent in mobile, as well as introducing context to interactions, allowing Web service developers to focus on their users requirements, especially in terms or reducing how much navigation or input they need to engage in to get what they want.