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    How South Africans are solving their own power problems, with Syntech and Gizzu

    Toby ShapshakBy Updated:No Comments1 Min Read
    Gizzu, backup power solutions

    South Africans are good at solving problems. With extreme ‘load-shredding‘, we’ve started finding alternatives in true boer maak ‘n plan style. From LED lightbulbs with built-in batteries to backup batteries for Wi-Fi routers, and a new category of small, portable power stations, there is a range of new Eskom-induced technologies.

    Several innovative South African companies have their own ways of tackling the blackouts. In the second of Stuff’s going off-grid podcast series, editor-in-chief Toby Shapshak meets local firm Syntech. He speaks to co-founder Ryan Martyn​ and CEO Craig Nowitz.

    Local power problems often require local power solutions

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    Toby Shapshak is editor-in-chief and publisher of Stuff, a Forbes senior contributor and a columnist for the Financial Mail and Daily Maverick. He has been writing about technology and the internet for 28 years and his TED Global talk on innovation in Africa has over 1,5-million views. He has written about Africa's tech and start-up ecosystem for Forbes, CNN and The Guardian in London. He was named in GQ's top 30 men in media and the Mail & Guardian newspaper's influential young South Africans. He has been featured in the New York Times. GQ said he "has become the most high-profile technology journalist in the country" while the M&G wrote: "Toby Shapshak is all things tech... he reigns supreme as the major talking head for everything and anything tech."

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