Inventor sets his sights on health technology

Building smart and innovative technology to solve real-world problems

- By Boitumelo Kgobotlo

From the township of KwaMashu to the forefront of African innovation, Landile Mabele is transforming lives with technology and innovation.

The 23-year-old South African entrepreneur has already developed a smart cane for the visually impaired, a continuous glucose monitoring device for people living with diabetes, and a Covid-19 prevention tool.

As a founder of Navwok Technologies and Formidable technology, Mabele said this was his contribution to curbing the sky-rocketing unemployment in South Africa while redefining what it means to build solutions that are not only smart but socially impactful.

Growing up in the township, Mabele said, meant access to opportunity was limited while his ambition was limitless.

“Growing up in such a community fostered in me a strong sense of resilience, a hunger to solve real-world problems, and a deep desire to uplift others through innovation and always thinking big, not limited by my circumstance.”