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Nic Klopper
hearScreen

Nic Klopper is the CEO of hearScreen, a serial entrepreneur and start-up investor. He has founded 14 businesses and exited seven of them. He excels at the analysis and commercialisation of market disruptive products and platforms. He is also an avid property investor with a diversified portfolio of assets across South Africa.

Articles by Nic Klopper

  • Tuesday
    January 12
    2016

    Nic Klopper / De Wet Swanepoel

    App Making Noise in Africa

    Hearing loss is a global epidemic; 1.23 billion people had some form of impairment in 2013. Recognizing that up to 50 percent of hearing losses could be prevented through primary and secondary preventative measures, hearScreen is designed to detect hearing loss in the developing world through use of a low-cost smartphone.

    Categories
    Health Care
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