Available Ecosystem Support

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

Grindstone is a structured entrepreneurship development programme that assists high-growth innovation-driven companies to get the fundamental building blocks in place to scale quickly and become sustainable and fundable.

Grindstone offers a range of programmes:

GrindstoneXL programme

Every year a

The global Technology Approval Group (TAG) is a forum for connecting innovators with people whose job it is to seek out new technology on behalf of large public and private sector organisations. Current themes include municipal water/wastewater, industrial water, and cleantech in the built

Endeavor South Africa is a mission-driven, global organization leading the high-impact entrepreneurship movement in the country. The values that guide Endeavor start with putting entrepreneurs first because they are an organization of, by and for entrepreneurs. Endeavor is built on a network of

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

BarloWorld Siyakhula is the supplier and enterprise development arm of Barloworld Limited responsible for promoting transformation, Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment and supplier diversity within the group's value chain.

BarloWorld Siyakhula creates opportunities for small and medium-sized

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

FETOLA co-creates and deliver impactful Enterprise and Supplier Development solutions that build sustainable businesses and create jobs nationwide.

Their solutions go beyond the Scorecard and Enterprise and Supplier Development to provide a full suite of tailored project management, strategic

The Transnet Enterprise Development Hub, in collaboration with the Department Of Small Business, Small Enterprise Development Agency (SEDA), National Youth Development Agency (NYDA), South African Revenue Services (SARS), Gauteng Enterprise Propeller (GEP), and Companies and Intellectual Property

The Entrepreneurs Hub (eHub) seeks to be a leading reliable and value-adding entrepreneurship forum by connecting aspiring entrepreneurs with start-ups, while expanding start-ups’ horizons with expert guidance and mentorship from industry leaders.

The CDI is a craft and design sector development agency with a mission to develop capable people and build responsible creative enterprises trading within local and international markets.

The CDI is a non-profit company with over 20 years of success in developing creative people, small businesses

The Durban Innovation Hub is a technology incubator and business advisory firm that seeks to promote a vibrant and collaborative ecosystem by connecting public and private enterprises with gifted African inventors, creative business technologists, data analysts and behavioural scientists.

It is a