FASTPRO Government Priority Services Summary

1. SME Formalisation & Compliance

Helping businesses become fully compliant through CIPC, CSD, B-BBEE, SARS, UIF, COIDA, CIDB, and tender compliance support. This enables SMEs to access funding, procurement opportunities, and formal economic participation.

2. Supplier Development & Tender Readiness

Preparing SMEs to compete for opportunities through tender support, supplier onboarding, company profiles, capability statements, bid preparation, and procurement readiness. The goal is to help more SMEs win contracts, not just register businesses.

3. Skills

Biko Today is an ML and AI-driven workforce and business support platform that connects small and medium-sized businesses with trained, work-ready youth. We provide SMEs with access to affordable talent, digital tools, and operational support, while equipping young people with real-world work experience, mentorship, and income opportunities.

Our model combines technology, training, and service delivery into a single ecosystem, enabling businesses to scale without the cost of traditional hiring, and enabling youth to gain practical skills by working on real business projects. We operate across

CarbonSmart Solutions Africa is a climate technology and sustainability company focused on developing and enabling high-quality carbon credits through nature-based and technology-driven solutions.

What the Business Does

The company operates as a carbon credit development and verification platform, using internationally recognized methodologies supported by advanced Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) systems.

At the center of its ecosystem is the CarbonSmart App, a digital platform that:

  • Measures and verifies carbon credits
  • Facilitates carbon credit trading
  • Connects farmers, businesses

Association of Professional Artisans of South Africa, APASA, is a professional artisan body that can serve as a practical ecosystem partner to the Department of Science, Technology, and Innovation by linking artisanal capability to South Africa’s National System of Innovation. Its contribution lies in professionalizing artisans, supporting grassroots innovation, strengthening local innovation ecosystems, improving the readiness of artisan-owned enterprises, and expanding participation in innovation among rural, township, youth, women, and disabled practitioners. In this way, APASA helps

Organisation Overview: DubeDevelopers

DubeDevelopers is a premier South African technology and engineering agency based in Roodepoort, Gauteng. Operating as a specialized collective of digital creators and precision engineers, the organization is dedicated to architecting scalable digital ecosystems and providing high-accuracy physical design solutions.

Built specifically for the modern enterprise, DubeDevelopers skips basic templates in favor of engineering custom, world-class solutions that place clients years ahead of their competition.

Core Divisions & Capabilities

DubeDevelopers operates

Overview of your opportunity

The Cooperative Development Support Programme (CDSP) provides grant funding to support the growth, sustainability, and competitiveness of cooperative enterprises. The programme aims to strengthen cooperative businesses by enabling them to acquire critical production assets, improve operational efficiency, enhance product quality, and scale their operations to access broader markets.

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Cortex Microsystems strengthens supply chains by detecting and preventing counterfeiting, tampering, and grey market diversion. Our solutions provide real-time monitoring and actionable insights, helping businesses protect high-value goods, maintain product integrity, and reduce operational and financial losses.

Designed for industries from pharmaceuticals and FMCGs to logistics and industrial operations, Cortex ensures that every asset in the supply chain is secure, traceable, and accountable, giving companies confidence in the integrity of their products and operations.

Bongi Bees is a regional beekeeping and honey production business that is also involved in pollination and the development of various products using honey, herbs and wax. Under the leadership of Lulu Letlape , Bongi Bees is responsible for the education of communities about bees, beekeeping and the value of bees for the environment. Through hands on beekeeping  training programs and outreach, Bongi Bees supports local ecosystems while fostering sustainable agriculture.  Current business model for Bongi Bees includes: Beekeeping operations and hive management; honey production and product

Kutlwano Holdings (Pty) Ltd is a proudly South African, 100% Black-owned, Level 1 B-BBEE digital transformation and agricultural technology company. We design, build, and deploy voice-first AI platforms that solve systemic market failures affecting South Africa's most vulnerable populations.

Headquartered in Johannesburg with deep operational roots in Limpopo, we bridge the gap between informal rural economies and formal institutional markets through technology that is accessible, intuitive, and commercially sustainable.

Our Core Business

We are a technology development and deployment company

Overview of your opportunity

The Nkulo Community Partnership Trust has issued a Call for Proposals inviting impactful, community-centred projects that create sustainable social and economic value in communities connected to Thungela operations and designated labour-sending areas.

The Trust seeks to partner with organisations delivering measurable, long-term outcomes in areas that strengthen local resilience, economic participation and community wellbeing.

This call prioritises initiatives that:

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