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Ninth Group / Technology group, South Africa
The wave thatchanges everything.
Ninth Group helps startups, small businesses, corporates and government build, run and grow with technology: from websites and cloud infrastructure to AI agents that work like digital employees.
- Divisions
- 06Web · Labs · Agentic · Cloud · Ventures · Health
- Based in
- PTA · JHBPretoria and Johannesburg, South Africa
- Building for
- Every sizeStartups, small business, corporates and government
- Running on
- The edgeDeployed across a global network
§ 01The ecosystem
One group.
Six divisions.
Every division shares one standard of engineering and one goal: technology that helps your business build, run and grow. Work with one, or let them work together.
- N.01Ninth WebWebsites, web applications and e-commerce, engineered to perform.Web & AppsLive
- N.02Ninth LabsOur own products and experiments: where the next wave is built.Products & R&DIn development
- N.03Ninth AgenticAI agents and automation that work like digital employees.AI AgentsLive
- N.04Ninth CloudHosting, infrastructure and APIs on a global edge network.Cloud & APIsLive
- N.05Ninth VenturesBusiness registration and the services that get you trading.Business ServicesLive
- N.06Ninth HealthAI-powered clinical decision support, built with doctors.Clinical AIComing soon
§ 02The name
Why the ninth wave?
Sailors have long spoken of the ninth wave. Waves arrive in sets, and the ninth is said to be the largest and most powerful of them all: the one that reshapes the shoreline.
That is the role we want to play for our clients. Not another ripple, but the wave that changes everything about how their business runs.
Read our story§ 03How we deliver
Five disciplines. One line into your business.
Whichever division you work with, the same five disciplines carry the work from first conversation to a system you can depend on.
- 01
Strategy
We start with the business problem, the people affected and what success should look like.
- 02
Design
Clear interfaces and system designs, tested with real users before they are built.
- 03
Engineering
Typed, tested, documented software on modern infrastructure, built to be maintained.
- 04
Intelligence
Data and AI applied where they measurably help, always with a person in control.
- 05
Support
Monitoring, updates and a team you can reach long after launch day.
§ 04Who we build for
Built for every size of ambition.
From a founder with an idea to a department serving millions, we size the technology to the organisation, not the other way round.
Startups
Launch quickly on foundations that will not need rebuilding when you grow.
Small businesses
Professional technology at a sensible scale, explained in plain language.
Corporates
Modernise systems and automate operations without disrupting the business.
Government
Reliable, accessible digital services that citizens can depend on.
§ 05Built on the edge
Engineered like infrastructure. Because it is.
Global edge network
Sites and APIs served from data centres close to every visitor, including Johannesburg and Cape Town.
Secure by default
TLS everywhere, firewall rules, bot protection and least-privilege access from day one.
Fast and accessible
Performance budgets and accessibility checks are part of the build, not an afterthought.
Typed, tested, documented
Code your team, or any future team, can understand, change and trust.
§ 06Selected work
Work that speaks for itself.
Case studies from across the group, published with our clients' permission.
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We publish projects once clients have signed off. Ask us for examples relevant to yours.
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Case study in preparation
We publish projects once clients have signed off. Ask us for examples relevant to yours.