Administrative and support service activities

The mandate of One-Stop Business Facilitation Centre (OBFC) is to promote investment through efficient and effective trade facilitation through the following current and potential future services:

• Traders Licences

• Manufacturing Licences

• Small scale manufacturing licences

• Export Permits/ documents

• Import permits

• Rebates

• Work Permits

• Residence Permits

• Company Registration

• Tax Registration and Clearances

• Utilities Payments

• Investment Information

• Business Statistics

• Advocacy for regulatory reform

• Tariff investigations and

The Companies and Intellectual Property Authority (CIPA) is mandated to register businesses and protect intellectual property rights through the administration of four (4) pieces of legislation namely;

1. The Companies Act (CAP 42:01), provides for the incorporation of companies; registration of post incorporation returns and notices; monitoring of post incorporation returns and reservation of company names.

2. Registration of Business Names Act (CAP 42:05), provides for the registration of business names and post registration notices such as change of ownership and cessation of businesses

The Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) is an agency of the Department of Trade and Industry (dti) in South Africa. 

Functions of the Commission

• Registration of Companies, Co-operatives and Intellectual Property Rights (trade marks, patents, designs and copyright) and maintenance thereof
• Disclosure of Information on its business registers
• Promotion of education and awareness of Company and Intellectual Property Law
• Promotion of compliance with relevant legislation
• Efficient and effective enforcement of relevant legislation
• Monitoring compliance with and

The purpose of the Entrepreneurial Planning Institute (EPI) is to "Unlock Entrepreneurial Possibilities"​.

We improve the QUALITY OF SUPPORT entrepreneurial organisations and small businesses receive from practitioners such as business advisors, trainers mentors, coaches and other enterprise development professionals who are involved in Entrepreneurship, Small Business Growth or Enterprise & Supplier Development (ESD) programmes.

Our services are in the main aimed at PRACTITIONERS who wish to make a difference through the support they provide entrepreneurs. We train, mentor and coach them

South African-based Fintis Legacy Funerals and Transport Services is operating in Gauteng, and is seeking financial support for its business.

Katlego-entle agency's business revolves around selling Avon, Justine, Tupperware, and Forever Living products and it is based in Gauteng, South Africa.

We are in need of financial assistance to enable the business to continue. 

King La Cafe is an internet cafe SMME located in Thokoza, a township in the East Rand area of Gauteng, South Africa.

It offers the following services:

• Internet access
• Photo copying and printing
• Scanning
• Emailing
• CV/Resume revamps
• Graphic design
• Branding
• Computer tutorials

Hahn & Hahn is a boutique firm of Intellectual Property practitioners specialising in drafting patent specifications and obtaining and protecting Patent, Design and Trade Mark rights anywhere in the world.  We also specialise in IP litigation and all commercial aspects related to IP.  Our professional staff includes Chemical Engineers, Electronic Engineers, Mechatronic Engineers, Electrical Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, Chemists, Biotechnologists and Physicists, who all practice in the fields of intellectual property law.  Hahn & Hahn represents some of South Africa’s and the world’s top

We help develop and digitalise entrepreneurship support programs. If you help entrepreneurs with incubation, knowledge or grants, come to us so we can see how you can utilise our methods and technology to build your program.

Entreprenerdy’s standard method is called S-E-A-M, or Systemic Entrepreneurship Activity Method. This method was developed at NTNU in collaboration with several researchers in entrepreneurship and innovation from several European universities. The method is based on a comprehensive literature study and incorporates the leading modern theoretical directions in the field of

The Technology Stations Programme (TSP) was established to enable Universities of Technology (UoT) to provide technology development services to small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The Technology Stations (TS) provide innovative Science, Engineering and Technology (SET) solutions for complex engineering challenges within the relevant industrial sectors aimed at supporting government's socio-economic priorities.

There are 18 TS based at 11 Higher Education Institutions in South Africa, managed by the TSP Unit based in Pretoria at the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) office. The TSP is a