About · Built in Pretoria · Trusted globally

We built clinicaltrial software in Africafor the world.

The only African clinical trial software dual-compliant with the US FDA and the European EMA. Founded in Pretoria in 2015. Deployed across 65+ countries on five continents.

Why we started

Africa carries roughly a quarter of the global disease burden.
It hosts less than 3% of clinical trials.

Paper-based processes, fragmented data and expensive international software were the obstacles. In 2015, Adriaan Kruger and Abraham van Wyk founded nuvoteQ in Pretoria to remove them — purpose-built electronic research records for the African context, engineered to meet the world's strictest regulatory frameworks from day one.

A decade on, the platforms are deployed across five continents. The mission hasn't changed: world-class software, built in Africa, accessible everywhere.

Co-founders · 2015Adriaan KrugerCEOAbraham van WykCo-founder
Our commitment
Our goal is to offer our customers world-class software built in Africa for Africa, at an affordable price.
Adriaan KrugerCo-Founder & CEO
01 · Value

Cost-effective.

Affordable, enterprise-grade software that competes directly with global platforms on capability, not on price.

02 · Value

Flexible & adaptable.

A configurable front-end over a cohesive, interoperable back-end. Every deployment fits the customer's protocol via our no-code front-end interface.

03 · Value

Accessible to all.

Engineered for resource-constrained research environments and decentralised, multi-site African trials.

What we do

Configurable front-end.
Cohesive, interoperable back-end.

We specialise in Electronic Research Records (ERR) for clinical research — eliminating the paper, transcription and fragmentation that slow down trials. Every customer's protocol fits via a no-code front-end interface, not consulting hours.

100,000+

Users

65+

Countries

3M+

Visits

450+

Research Centres

Leadership

Efficiency meets precision.

Five cross-functional specialists between Pretoria, Cape Town and the regional hubs — running technology, product, operations, customer success and digital from one accountable team.

Adriaan Kruger

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

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Marina Lazaridis

Chief Product Officer

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Charl Bachuis

Chief Technology Officer

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Nicolene du Plessis

Chief Operating Officer

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Corneile Liebenberg

Chief Digital Officer

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Locations

Built in Pretoria.
Deployed everywhere.

Hazelwood Incub8tor, 47 Hazelwood Rd, Pretoria, 0081, South Africa — plus regional hubs across Africa, Asia and Latin America.

  • Pretoria

    South Africa

    HQ
  • Cape Town

    South Africa

  • Nairobi

    Kenya

  • Bangalore

    India

  • Belo Horizonte

    Brazil

  • Europe

    Coming 2026

    Soon
Ecosystem

Three organisations.
One value chain.

Sponsors, CROs and research institutions engage with one integrated stack — contracted, supported and delivered as a single accountable partnership across the full trial lifecycle.

  • nuvoteQ

    Core

    Clinical Trial Tech

    Kronus (CTMS), Nukleus (EDC) and SafetyBase (PV) — the audit-ready platform backbone.

  • Scigenix.ai

    AI · Data Science

    Biostatistics, CDM, medical writing and AI tooling (LEXI, Checkm8, Project J) integrated directly with nuvoteQ data structures.

  • nuvoteQ Foundation

    Non-profit · Public health

    Gates- and EDCTP-funded programmes with SAHPRA and African NRAs — regulatory modernisation and capacity building.

Recognition

Africa Business Heroes Top 20.
2025 cohort.

Jack Ma Foundation

CEO Adriaan Kruger selected as a top-3 finalist out of more than 32,000 continent-wide applicants — in recognition of nuvoteQ's contribution to clinical research infrastructure across Africa.

Global pharma
  • Merck
  • Pfizer
  • Novartis
  • GSK
  • Gilead
  • J&J
  • Takeda
  • Aspen
International funders
  • Gates Foundation
  • EDCTP
  • Science for Africa
  • CEPI
  • KfW
  • GIZ
African regulators
  • SAHPRA
  • BOMRA
  • NAFDAC
  • Rwanda FDA
  • AVAREF
  • WHO-Afro

Disruptive Innovation. Simplified.

Built locally.
Trusted globally.