Schools first
The school sets the rules. A watch in the classroom should help teachers, not work against them.
Made in South Africa
Why a dassie?
The dassie, or rock hyrax, is a small South African favourite. Dassies live in close family colonies, and there’s always one keeping a lookout while the others go about their day. Every dassie is watched over. That felt like exactly the right name.
Smartwatches were arriving in classrooms anyway. Parents loved them and teachers didn’t. We asked a simple question: what if the watch was designed with the school, not around it? That question became dassie.
What we believe
Four things we won’t compromise on.
Families trust us
Privacy isn’t a feature we add later. The boundary between school and home is built into the product.
Made for South Africa
Built for South African primary schools, Grade R–7, with data kept in the country.
Friendly by default
Kids should love wearing it. Parents and staff should find it simple to use.
Who we are
dassie is built by Linxus.
Linxus is a South African software company. We design, build and run the whole dassie platform: the School Portal, the parent app, the tuckshop tools and the platform behind the watch.