Available Ecosystem Support

StartUp School is a free online program and a global community of founders. Founded by some of South Africa’s most successful entrepreneurs and supported by Investec, a leading private specialist bank, Startup School strives to unlock entrepreneurial potential in South Africa and beyond.

StartUp

Property Point is the enterprise development initiative created by Growthpoint Properties, South Africa’s largest JSE-listed property company. Property Point is dedicated to unlocking opportunities for SMEs operating in South Africa’s property sector. Property Point understands that SMEs are crucial

The Business Place aims to promote entrepreneurship and the creation of sustainable businesses. The Business Place model is unique in that it is strategically developed to address the needs of the Local Economy and Business Environment. It brings together many of the diverse local stakeholders

Digital Health Cape Town is an accelerator in South Africa. Through corporate-startup partnerships,  social impact ventures and business innovation ecosystems, Digital Health Cape Town help high growth, high social impact businesses to succeed and support established enterprises at risk of being

The Gauteng Enterprise Propeller (GEP) promotes, fosters and develops small enterprises in Gauteng thereby implementing the policy of the Gauteng Provincial Government for small enterprise development.

GEP's mandate is to promote entrepreneurship, mobilise resources and facilitate an integrated

Enterpriseroom is a specialist company that assists clients to develop and implement high impact, sustainable enterprise and supplier development programmes.

Enterpriseroom specialises in designing bespoke programmes to accelerate and grow SMEs by understanding their growth needs, structuring

The Raymond Ackerman Academy is a post-matric level academy that offers an inspiring and innovative six month, full-time programme in entrepreneurial development. 

The course aims at empowering young people by developing their entrepreneurial mind-sets. 

The RAA is 'RAAsome' opportunity for youth

The Institute of Entrepreneurship Development (iED) is a non-profit organisation committed to the promotion of innovation and the enhancement of entrepreneurial spirit, and we invest in entrepreneurship daily.

As a state-of-the-art international organisation, a certified Center of Excellence, and a

OneBio is a Cape Town-based biotech early-stage investor and venture builder, turning life sciences into business. It is our mission to build businesses that are original and world changing. We partner with biotech entrepreneurs, providing investment capital and know-how to venture-build companies

WADER promotes the early adoption of promising technologies and accelerates innovation in the water sector by showcasing technologies that have gone through a credible assessment process.

Through a series of open calls for water technologies that are in the emerging, pre-commercial or newly

Business France’s mandate is to help foster business relations between France and the countries in which the agency operates.

For example, Business France South Africa helps French companies find partners and clients in South Africa and neighbouring countries, and helps South African companies

Eco-Connect is geared toward creating awareness among grassroots entrepreneurs of the dire need to conserve environmental resources and to provide them with turnkey eco-businesses, such as waterless car wash, waste collection, recycling electronic equipment, and electric freight service.

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