Our Story

Technology changes. Businesses evolve.
Good partnerships endure.

GEM Information Systems has been building business systems in South Africa since 2014 — and still works with the businesses it started with.

Where it started

Three relationships that have not ended

The company’s story is told best by the systems: each of these is a case study, with the video of what was built. All case studies

  1. SBS Waterproofing

    The system behind more than a decade of growth

    • Client since 2014
    Read the story

  2. HomeAssist

    Plumbing claims, from report to sign-off

    • Client since 2014
    Read the story

  3. WasteMart

    From quote to collection, handled

    • Client for more than ten years
    Read the story

Our Story

A decade of systems that matter

For over a decade, GEM Information Systems has partnered with businesses, NGOs and enterprise organisations to design, build and support software that solves complex operational challenges. We don't simply develop applications — we engineer secure, scalable digital ecosystems built on Microsoft Cloud.

  1. Founded in Cape Town

    GEM Information Systems opens its doors in 2014, building affordable tools for SMEs and non-profits.

  2. Into the Microsoft Cloud

    Azure, Azure SQL and C# become the backbone — enterprise infrastructure for mission-critical work.

  3. Platforms at national scale

    ERP, learning, waste, property and community systems serving organisations nationally and abroad.

  4. A long-term partner

    Discovery through continuous improvement — we stay with the systems we ship.

By the numbers

Since 2014

  • 12+ Years building mission-critical systems
  • 50+ Systems delivered into production
  • 5+ Sectors served nationally

The People

Faces behind GEMIS

Leadership, engineering and design — one accountable team that stays with your system from first conversation through to continuous improvement.

Graeme MehlGraeme

CEO — strategic leadership & quality assurance

Leon SmallLeon

Business development — client liaison & system scoping

Byron ThompsonByron

Senior developer — architecture & coding standards

Sebastian VriesSebastian

Senior developer — C#, Azure SQL & SaaS systems

Vanessa DavisVanessa

Testing, data validation & user support

Sphamandla Xaba

UI/UX designer, head of GEMIS Studio

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