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    TCS | From lockdown idea to global player: The Invigilator bags $11-million funding

    By TechCentral23 September 2025

    The Invigilator, the developer of a South African application that helps educational institutions monitor web-based assessments to prevent cheating, recenty secured US$11-million (R195-million) in funding to help it expand internationally.

    In this episode of the TechCentral Show, Nicholas Riemer, co-founder and CEO of The Invigilator, joins TechCentral’s Nkosinathi Ndlovu to discuss how the start-up is going to use the cash injection to take on international markets.

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    • The challenges of developing an app like The Invigilator in the South African market and why this may have set the company up for international success;
    • How the app uses AI to minimise network and storage demands while improving outcomes;
    • Barriers to The Invigilator’s adoption, like resistance from students, and how they were overcome; and
    • The future technologies Riemer is most excited about in the ed-tech space.

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