In a year that load-shedding has reached unprecedented levels, the founders of power-tracking app EskomSePush (ESP) must be among the busiest people in South Africa. Particularly when you consider that Herman Maritz and Dan Wells are the only two people working on an app that’s used by more than 7-million South Africans.

They’re looking to make their first hire — but until then, “it’s a 24/7 job”, Maritz tells the FM...

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