African Proptech Forum

Adriaan is the founder and CEO of Entegral, a leading provider of real estate SaaS products in Africa, its largest footprint is in South Africa and Namibia, where they serve thousands of real estate agents and companies through its open platforms. Growing up in a real estate family, Adriaan has a deep understanding of the industry, its challenges, and opportunities. With a passion for programming and problem solving since primary school, he pursued a degree in engineering and applied mathematics before embarking on a journey designing and developing platforms for companies in the industrial and banking sectors. After identifying an opportunity to bring web-based real estate systems to the market when dial-up internet and PC-based applications were still a popular choice, Entegral was bootstrapped in 2004. Through the years, the company has taken similar bold steps to escape competition and prides itself in still being self-funded with its distributed international team. Adriaan loves researching, debating, and writing about the latest industry trends. He is passionate about advancing the real estate transaction by simplifying technology and creating better transparency and easier access to data. You can catch him on the trails at his home in the beautiful Garden Route of South Africa.