THE VISIONARY
KOBUS MEIRING - Founder: Optimal Energy

As the CEO and founder of Optimal Energy, Meiring is changing the way we look at transport, with the development of South Africa's first ever electric car, the Joule. Passionate about protecting the environment and taking control of global warming, his innovative ideas aren’t only going to bring us the country's first electric vehicle, but he's also constantly looking for ways to generate clean energy and utilise renewable energy wherever possible.

SCHALK VAN ROOYEN - Founder: Media Contact

After buying his first apartment he took a gamble, leaving a stable job to start his own business, Media Contact. That gamble has more than paid off: Media Contact now supplies 3D perspectives and graphic animation for some of the country's top property developers. And Van Rooyen? He recently sold the company and has moved on to his next project, Fab Graphics.

ROBERT SUSSMAN & LANCE FANAROFF - Founder: Integr8

They are the see-it/achieve-it minds behind Integr8, South Africa's largest privately-owned BEE ICT network infrastructure management specialists. So what makes them visionaries? Integr8 started out as a tiny, bedroom-based company, and through Sussman and Fanaroff's sheer hard work it grew within a decade into the award-winning enterprise it is today.