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Metacom's 25-Year Infrastructure Bet

Cape Town's Metacom Quietly Connects Eskom, Pep and 6,000 ATMs

Unverified — auto-generated summary, not yet reviewedInfrastructureSouth AfricaOct 24, 2026

Cape Town-based company Metacom has spent 25 years bootstrapping a payments and connectivity infrastructure business that now links Eskom, retailer Pep and approximately 6,000 ATMs across South Africa. The company's trajectory is being cited as a contrarian case study in sustainable infrastructure building in the African technology sector.

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