We are a female-owned startup working on developing a manufacturing plant, that manufactures asphalt using plastic waste to substitute some of the bitumen currently used.   

Avethandwa projects and cleaning services was established in 2015, providing quality cleaning services at a reasonable cost. Dedicated to supply and distribute cleaning products direct to the customers. Avethandwa projects and cleaning services is dedicated to bringing you the best choice in cleaning services, hospitality and Bulk Cleaning products.

Itaga Trading was established in July 2010. The company has a broad service offering in the civil works, optical fibres installation, floating, microwaves installation, RF and splicing in telecommunications industry. Since inception, Itaga Trading has significantly established a niche market in the project management sector. The company has since been commissioned by MCT, Sizwe IT Group to do project work for DFA, Cell C, Vodacom, and Metro fibre. These projects involved major civil works, Microwaves and optic fibre cabling around the country. All these projects were successfully completed on

Loo Afrique is a manufacturer of improved sanitation solutions with an aim to save water, improve hygiene and flush using greywater. All the products that are manufactured, are locally designed in conjunction with the SABS Design Institute, and locally manufactured in South Africa-Tshwane. We currently manufacture 3 types of products:

  1. The Pee Basin: A urinal unit fitted with a hand wash basin, allowing the user to Pee, Flush and Wash their hands with every flush).
  2. The Evo-Flush Toilet: A 4-6 litre flushing toilet unit fitted with a hand washbasin.
  3. The V-Cistern: A 3 liter flushing toilet

Rogerwilco is a multi-award winning independently owned full-service digital marketing agency. Seen as a challenger in the local industry, we build complex websites and implement creative marketing campaigns that use data and user experience modeling to deliver measurable, revenue-generating returns for our clients. Best-in-breed production skills supported by training and ongoing CPD is aligned with strong processes and an emphasis on client centricity to deliver exceptional results. Our partnerships with leading global martech vendors like IBM, Acoustic, Tealium, Acquia and Google provide

The Institute for Advanced Tooling (IAT) is based at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT), Soshanguve South Campus.
IAT-TUT key objectives are to:

  • Improve the competitiveness of SMEs in the tooling industry through the growing of highly skilled and educated workers with challenging jobs, which are capable to deliver quality products and processes that meet the OEM requirements.
  • Deliver a new paradigm of high added value tools and tool-making business models that will reposition tool and diemakers as key strategic partners in the value chain in accordance with relevant industry needs

The mission of the Water Research Commission (WRC) is to be a global water knowledge node and South Africa's premier water knowledge hub active across the innovation value chain which: informs policy and decision-making; creates new products, innovation and services for socio-economic development; develops human capital in the water science sector; empowers communities and reduces poverty; supports the national transformation and redress project; and develops sustainable solutions and deepens water research and development in South Africa, Africa and the developing world. The Commission's

A provider of information and communications technology (ICT) solutions, Malesela Samuel Mogale Business Enterprise specializes in the creation of mobile applications as well as internet, intranet, and extranet systems. Automation of routine business activities using software is one of our areas of expertise. We create bespoke software, CRM, ERP, project management platforms, Office 365, SharePoint, SAP HANA, IBM BlueMix, Microsoft Azure, Oracle SOA, JAVA, SQL, C#, JavaScript, HTML and business intelligence (BI) systems in order to meet these needs. We are members of the IBM Partner World

The University strives to be a quality-driven University of technology at the cutting edge of innovation. Pursuant to this vision, the University endeavours to contribute innovatively to the socio-economic development of the Republic of South Africa. The generation and application of knowledge is one of the critical components in attaining its vision. As such TUT strives to identify and protect any IP emanating from publicly funded R&D activities.

The mandate for the NRF, which it strives to uphold, is to promote and support national research through funding, human resource development and the provision of the necessary facilities. This is to enable and encourage the creation of knowledge, innovation and development in all fields of science and technology. Including indigenous knowledge, thereby contributing to the improvement of the quality of life of all the people of South Africa.