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The Clickatell Story

Silicon Overdrive Founders Series

What does it take to stay relevant in tech for two decades? Pieter de Villiers knows. As the co-founder and CEO of Clickatell, he built one of Africa's earliest global tech successes before funding, accelerators, or the word "ecosystem" became startup vocabulary. In this live conversation, we unpack his journey from Stellenbosch to Silicon Valley and back again, and what every founder needs to know about resilience, relevance, and reinvention.