Networking and Associations

Doctors E-Consult is an online platform that is bringing together doctors, patients and pharmacies from all over the country into one application. Having seen the devastating effects which resulted from the Coronavirus. We noticed that access to healthcare was very limited due to the restrictions and curfews that were put in place by the government as a way to help stop the spread of the deadly virus. But prior to the pandemic, our health facilities are usually very congested. Not only that specialist doctors are concentrated in the capital city making it financially burdensome on those people

GroSpace is an innovative e-commerce marketplace designed to bridge the gap between farmers and consumers. We empower farmers by providing easy access to a digital marketplace, enabling them to showcase and sell their products directly to customers.

Our platform allows farmers, whether in rural or urban areas, to effortlessly market their products using just a smartphone. Farmers can simply snap a photo of their products, upload it to GroSpace, set a price, and our dedicated market agents take care of the rest, ensuring the products reach the right buyers.

Problem We Solve

Farmers often struggle

AET AFRICA  is an 80% BEE and 55% women-owned start-up sustainability company based in Eastern Cape Dimbaza Industrial Park. AET AFRICA innovates, manufactures and supplies energy efficiency products for water heating and cooling systems and also conducts research on innovating those technologies. The company designs innovative products that would reuse wasted heat, provide accessibility and affordable hot water to all households and commercial users and further pasteurises the water.

Kudoti is a digital platform for creating supply chains for recyclable materials. Whether you are looking to improve your circular economy initiatives, reduce the waste impact of your company or improve the circularity of your production, Kudoti's digital solutions can help maximise your results and impact.

Desert Green is an Agritech startup building Mobile Technology solutions to enable small scale farmers and informal traders to access a more efficient marketplace with shared logistics services.

We provide data-driven & environmentally-friendly solutions from Seed to Market, through our connected products GreenFarm; GreenKart & GreenKash for the small-scale farmer & Informal trader value chain in Africa

Agrikool is a 100% Black, youth-owned Agritech startup based in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. We provide access to market for farmers with a focus on small-scale and emerging farmers. 



"Market access" to us is more than just connecting a farmer to a buyer. We also provide logistical support, assist the farmer to negotiate fair prices and conduct quality assurance through agronomic support to ensure that the farmer's products fetch the highest price. 

Biotikum (Pty) Ltd is a proudly South African spinout company of the University of Stellenbosch which was founded in 2020.  Biotikum develops and produces microbial additives for the agricultural industry, including host-specific animal probiotics, microbial silage inoculants, and soil inoculants.  The use of microbial additives is an environmentally friendly means to promote sustainable farming practices and improves profitability.  In the future, Biotikum aims to provide large-scale microbial production services to various industries in Africa.

Established in 2012, Khepri is an award-winning bioconversion company based in South Africa.

Khepri Biosciences was born out of the need to address the environmental effects of eutrophication of river systems caused by agricultural runoff. This pollution threatens the purity of our water systems in South Africa – a country with limited water resources.

Maestronet is a BEE company that specializes in IT and mobile technologies. The focal point of our company is to provide our clients with quality information technology consulting, services and outsourcing companies applying practical innovation through services and solutions that deliver tangible results for both commercial and government clients. Our primary mandate is to position businesses to be competitive in the age of technology. Having been working with multiple automation technologies for several years in building complex systems makes our company an ideal partner in developing and

Black Umbrellas is an enterprise and supplier development (ESD) incubation organisation that partners with entrepreneurs, enterprises, investors and communities, to drive an inclusive and sustainable economic future by addressing the low levels of entrepreneurship and high failure rate of 100% black-owned emerging businesses in Africa.

Black Umbrellas focuses on developing qualifying businesses to a level where they can gain meaningful access to procurement, finance and networks and then facilitating access to these opportunities. While our programmes and platforms are available to any