Akoona LLC
Akoona LLC, develops, manufactures, and sells the Akoona ice and water vending machines internationally. Using proprietary technology, the Akoona machine is able to efficiently and reliably produce fresh, bulk ice and filtered water, and dispense it directly to consumers on demand.
Akoona develops and integrates into each vending machine, a wireless management system. The company owns all of the intellectual property and other proprietary rights associated with the machine and its production.
Akoona is in the process of setting up a worldwide distribution network and will soon start to license manufacturers to assemble the machine in various locations around the world.
Akoona is proud to be revolutionizing the outdated, energy wasting, packaged ice industry with its environmentally friendly and energy-efficient ice vending machine.
SparkFly (Pty) Ltd
SparkFly is a privately held US corporation. Sparkfly's solutions are designed on a unique platform that incorporates more than 24 Sparkfly-owned patents related to the distribution, processing and redemption of electronic promotions. SparkFly is in a hot sector that includes Groupon and Google Offers. The platform allows small merchants like restaurants as well as large retailers, fanbases and other communities, the ability to engage with their customers in a manner never seen before, leading to repeat purchases and increased loyalty
Connection Telecom (Pty) Ltd
Connection Telecom is a trusted provider of open, unified voice communications solutions for businesses and has pioneered the industry since 2004. Its offering is based on open, industry-standard hardware and software technology that is designed to give customers the best value for money, greater choice, freedom and flexibility.
Connection Telecom is a leader in open source telephony solutions. As more and more businesses look to reduce costs Connection Telecom’s value proposition becomes more and more valid. They are leaders in their field and continue to attract interest from large corporate and Internet companies.
Pythio Ltd
Pythio is a machine to machine (M2M) telemetry provider that was created out of the telemetry needs of Akoona. It has developed a very sophisticated M2M service within the vending industry by building its own controller boards and management software. Pythio continue to focus on providing M2M solutions to large retailers and environments with a critical mass of machines.
Expert Communities Ltd
Expert Communities has developed an Analytics software service hosted in the cloud. The core system is designed using a complex set of Artificial Intelligence algorithms, statistical methods, data mining and database integration.
The platform provides the domain owners the ability to let their users or customers understand specific problems or opportunities through a comprehensive set of tools. Pronto IT Solutions is an empowered IT and Office Solutions Company that provides service driven IT solutions. Pronto assists companies to define their IT strategy and requirements and do the necessary installation, maintenance and support thereof. Pronto’s core business is outsourcing IT services and focusing on delivering an exceptional service and adding value to their customers business. Custotech is a privately owned company in South Africa. It was formed 13 years ago to serve the criminal justice environment.
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Custotech (Pty) Ltd
The company pursues a policy whereby they seek out and establish strategic alliances with leaders in technology with the ultimate aim to create business excellence through long term, value-add relationships, so as to serve their clients better.
Custotech was part of the development team that designed the CUSTOS prison management software, that was implemented at the 3,000 bed Mangaung private prison in 2001/2 and where it is currently still in use. The CUSTOS Cashless Society solution was adopted by the South African department of Corrections in 2010. Three prisons are currently being commissioned with this solution.
