| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
| LuxSE: SUPPA | |
| ISIN | GB00BPVBQD10 |
| Industry | Technology, Artificial Intelligence |
| Founded | 4 April 2024 |
| Founders | Goitse Konopi, Eldrid Jordaan, Phillip Chauke |
| Headquarters | 37 Parliament St, Cape Town, Western Cape, 7925, South Africa. |
Key people | Goitse Konopi (CEO), Pali Lehohla (Chairman) |
| Products | artificial intelligence platforms, artificial intelligence applications, digital infrastructure |
| Website | www |
Suppple Group Plc is a British-South African artificial intelligence technology company founded in December 2022, and incorporated in the U.K in April 2024. It develops artificial intelligence platforms, and digital infrastructure. [1]
Suppple was co-founded in December 2022, and incorporated as a public company in the United Kingdom on 4 April 2024 by Goitse Konopi, Eldrid Jordaan, and Phillip Chauke. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] The company has offices in London, England and Cape Town, South Africa. [7] [8]
Suppple is mainly known for developing enterprise software,artificial intelligence platforms, artificial intelligence applications and infrastructure services. [7] Its products include the search platform Seeek, the no-code builder Makerrr, the data-to-agent system GRIO, the product traceability tool Verified, the citizen login service Notify.Gov and the automation platform Operatorr AI. [9] [10] [11]
In May 2024, the company was listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. [12] [13] [14] [15]
In 2016, Konopi and Jordaan co-founded GovChat, an official citizen engagement and communication platform developed in partnership with the Government of South Africa. The platform enables real-time interaction between citizens and government departments, providing access to public services and facilitating feedback through mobile and web-based tools, including a WhatsApp chatbot. [16] By 2022, GovChat had grown to more than 9.5 million active users and was endorsed by the African Union and the United Nations as a model for digital civic participation in Africa. [17] The platform received support from Nardos Bakele-Thomas and signed an MoU with the UN across agency systems [18] [19] [20]
During the COVID-19 pandemic, GovChat played a critical role in supporting social assistance and health-related communication. The platform facilitated applications and queries for the South African Social Security Agency's Social Relied of Distress (SRD) Grant and other economic stimulus measures, helping with the application, processing, and verification for the distribution of over R66 billion ($3.2 billion) in aid and supporting between 10 and 13.5 million users. It was also used to deliver medical test results and public health updates as part of the Department of Health (South Africa) national response to the pandemic. [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28]
Konopi resigned from GovChat in November 2022, to start Suppple, followed by Eldrid Jordaan, after internal strategic developments and Jordaan’s public acquisition proposal. [29] [30] [31] [32]
In December 2022, Konopi, Jordaan, and Chauke co-founded Suppple Group Plc (stylised as suppple), a name derived from the word “supple,” reflecting flexibility and adaptability in digital infrastructure. The company was launched in April 2024 by Konopi, Eldrid Jordaan, and Phillip Chauke, with an initial focus on providing infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) solutions for governments and large enterprises. [33] Drawing on concepts developed during the GovChat project, Suppple was conceived to build scalable digital infrastructure with applications extending to national data systems and security. [34] [35]
Suppple has partnered with the Consumer Goods Council of South Africa (CGCSA) and GS1 to develop digital product verification systems, [36] [37] and with Resolv Global to provide business process outsourcing in South Africa, Kenya, and Colombia. The company has also led initiatives in Dakar and Nairobi focused on digital health for the 54 African Union member states [38] [39] [40] and on digital education programmes supported by the United Nations.
The company received investment from MSM Property Fund, a listed equities institutional investor. Suppple listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange on 14 May 2024 with a market capitalisation of approximately £200 million (R4.6 billion) at £2 per share, following an initial public offering in May 2024 valued at about US$270 million (US$3.31 per share). [41] [42]
On 1 April 2025, co-founder Eldrid Jordaan resigned from the company, leaving Konopi as the sole Chief Executive Officer. [43] [44] As of 2025, Suppple’s market capitalisation was estimated at approximately £248 million. [45] [46] The company’s board of directors includes Konopi and Chauke as executive members, with non-executive directors such as former South African Statistician-General Pali Lehohla serving as the board Chairman.
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