The eKasiLabs is a micro innovation hub facility spread across the 5 economic corridors in Gauteng where we foster and cultivate a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship in townships. The facilities are located in Mohlakeng, Sebokeng, Garankuwa, Soweto, Tembisa, Alexandra, Mamelodi, Kagiso, Kathorus and Mabopane.

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  • Business Development support
  • Mentoring (both technical and non-technical)
  • Commercialisation and market development support
  • Value Added service such Intellectual property and other legal service advisory
  • Co-creation facilities that include hotdesking, training

Tender Capital Africa is a woman and black-owned Financial Inclusion Enterprise, whose business mandate is to help remove financial barriers that deter SMMEs from participating in South Africa’s mainstream economy.

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  • Invoice Discounting  - Tender Capital Africa advances cash against the due Invoices of an SMME, to enable it to continue its business operations. This allows the SMMEs to pursue production until they are paid.
  • Procurement Finance - Procurement Finance is an all-encompassing finance solution aimed to assist SMMEs carry out and service their respective purchase order

Busetsa is a small business that is 100% black woman-owned. We do Conveyor maintenance, repairs and installations. Our clients include Harmony Gold in the Free State. 

Get ready to put your business on display at the Absa Market Day, it’s the perfect way to market yourself and raise funds for Cancervive, an organisation which creates cancer awareness and provides support to those diagnosed with cancer. AVAF in partnership with Start-Up Culture which is a bespoke...

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The BRICS Young Innovator Prize is a special recognition of young talented entrepreneurs and researchers, whose outstanding innovations (inventions, products, applications, and services) will make a profound impact on the socio-economic, environment and condition of life in BRICS societies.  The BRICS Young Innovator Prize is a platform for BRICS young scientists and entrepreneurs to share their best practices in innovation and venturing. 

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Reach Archaeology Consulting (pty) Ltd is the first, African-woman-led full-service archaeology and cultural heritage consulting firm, specializing in the relocation of human remains, based in Pretoria, South Africa. Reach Archaeology Consulting provides a range of cultural heritage services to clients in the public and private sectors, including cultural resource management, archaeological surveys and heritage assessments, data recovery, historic preservation planning, and community outreach and engagement. With a team of highly qualified and experienced archaeologists, Reach Archaeology has

API BIO develops innovative functional molecules with impactful applications in healthcare, bioremediation and agriculture.

Our molecules are derived from high-burden land-fill waste as well as other sources of organic waste from various food and manufacturing industries. Our innovations align with the following Sustainable development goals (SDG) 1, 2, 3, 6, 11, 12, 13 & 15.

We also develop Aptamer-linked molecules for highly specific and accurate diagnostic methods, efficient drug delivery, pathogen specific targeting as well as non-toxic chelates molecules designed for bioremediation.

Gig Engineer connects leading businesses with engineering experts allowing both sides to enjoy the benefits, power and efficiency of the gig economy. Our value proposition is to help businesses become more agile by improving resource utilisation, reduce wastage and search costs by allowing access to a wider on-demand talent pool. For engineers, we offer the freedom and flexibility to choose which projects they want to work on and when, while building the right professional experience that matches their career goals and lifestyle. Our vision is to decentralise the engineering value chain and

The invention relates to the use of maghemite nanoparticles at pH less than 5 to remove sulphate, manganese, copper, nickel, cobalt and zinc metal ions from acid mine drainage (AMD). In conventional AMD treatment, these pollutants are only removed at higher pH, and that requires costly alkaline...

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The Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) an entity of the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) is calling for applications from grassroots innovators looking for funding, technical assistance and support for developing a new product or process up to prototype and proof of concept stage. 

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