Impact Beyond Ten: Innovator Trust unveils Women in Tech Awards 2025 nominees and categories

The 2025 Innovator Trust Women in Tech Awards (WIT) celebrate a decade and counting of empowering women who have turned innovative ideas into sustainable impact. This milestone event, scheduled for November 20, 2025, recognises the women driving South Africa's digital economy forward.

"While there are many ways to acknowledge celebrations of success, these awards have been crafted in recognition of creative problem-solving, pure grit, and intention," highlights Tashline Jooste, the CEO of the Innovator Trust. "Each nominee exemplifies how women in tech continue to shape sustainable growth, expand employment, and write the next chapter of Africa's digital economy." 

Celebrating A Legacy of Over A Decade of Impact

A diverse group of businesses, entrepreneurs and youth on the rise have been recognised for their achievements over the past year. From technology innovators to engineering firms, boutique consultancies to youth achievers, leading the charge at WIT 2025, and the women to watch, are the incredibly hard-working nominees.

Olem Business Boutique

Synergy Trading and Projects

Tsokotla Engineering

Billion Power Solutions

New Era IT

Bolunga Systems

SM Solutions PE Trading

Niche Integrated Solutions

Ayanda Nene

Simphiwe Security Consulting

Thamani Technologies & Systems

Makhoba Professional Services

Tala Consulting

Samo Engineering

In addition to recognising individual female owned smme achievement, the awards reaffirm the Innovator Trust's long-term investment in sustainability and the next generation of female tech leaders. By amplifying the voices of women shaping the digital future, the WIT Awards inspire both industry and community to envision a more inclusive and resilient economy.

The 2025 campaign is forward-looking and challenges industry norms by highlighting women who drive innovation beyond their own organisations. As the event marks more than ten years of progress, it concretises the notion that building enduring impact continues.

As the curtain rises on this year's celebration of excellence, the Innovator Trust's Women in Tech Awards stands as a call to action: a call to continue shaping her future. Each nominee's journey is proof that when women mould ideas with intent and have the support to do so, they build legacies that scale across industries, communities, and generations.