Adriaan Kruger, a South African technology entrepreneur, is making his mark in digital health by designing platforms for clinical research. He is the cofounder and chief executive of nuvoteQ.io, a software development firm. In September, he was selected among the ten finalists of Africa’s Business Heroes, whose semifinal took place in Dakar, Senegal.

Founded in 2014, nuvoteQ.io builds digital solutions to manage clinical trials and life sciences data. The company aims to replace paper-based data collection with digital tools.

Among its key products is Kronus, a web-based clinical trial management platform. It enables data entry, workflow automation, and real-time access to information while ensuring regulatory compliance. The firm also developed Nukleus, an eSource platform that removes manual data entry, and SafetyBase, a pharmacovigilance tool that centralizes and structures safety data.

Kruger co-founded Scigenix in 2023, a health data company where he serves on the board. In 2024, he helped establish the nuvoteQ Foundation, which supports and protects health technologies critical to public health.

He also leads the tech team at Clinical Trial Community, a platform that helps identify clinical trial sites in Africa. In addition, he serves as vice president of SACRA South Africa, an association dedicated to clinical research.

Kruger graduated with a bachelor’s degree in information technology from the University of Pretoria in 2005 and earned a bachelor’s degree in business management in 2010 from the Unisa Graduate School of Business Leadership.

He began his career in 2005 at iOCO, an Oracle technology solutions provider, where he worked as a consultant and later as an account and sales manager, before leading the Oracle technologies and hardware division. In 2014, he joined Cytespace Research Private as a senior associate, focusing on patient-centered data solutions for clinics and hospitals.

This article was initially published in French by Melchior Koba

Adapted in English by Ange Jason Quenum