Mpumalanga

Centre for Entrepreneurship Rapid Incubator (CFERI) seeks to promote and develop young entrepreneurs in the province of Mpumalanga. The purpose of the Centre is to develop self-sustainable entrepreneurs (start and grow activities) who can make a contribution to the economy of Gert Sibande District and to become fully-fledged and legally complying economically sustainable SMEs. 

CFERI offers the following services; 

• Mentorship and coaching;
• Capacity development;
• Business compliance;
• Training and skills development;
• Back office support; 
• Network and linkages; and 
• Facilitates access to

The National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) is a South African-based agency established primarily to address challenges faced by the nation’s youth. 

NYDA Products and Services 

• National Youth Service Programme
• Education and Skills
• NYDA Grant Programme 
• NYDA Voucher Programme 
• Business Management Training 
• Mentorship
• Market Linkages
• Sponsorship & Thuso Fiund
• Solomon Kalushi Mahlangu Scholarship Fund 

The National Film (NFVF) considers development as any work undertaken to put an idea or concept into writing with an intention of creating a script including research undertaken in a documentary, a short or a feature film whether fiction or real life. 

The National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) was created to ensure the equitable growth of South Africa’s film and video industry, providing:

• Funding for the development, production, marketing, and distribution of films. 
• Training and development of filmmakers.
• Commissioning research and producing industry statistics to provide both the

Small Enterprise Finance Agency's (SEFA) core function is to foster the establishment, development and growth of SMMEs and cooperatives and contribute toward poverty alleviation, job creation and economic growth.

Our task is to provide SMMEs and cooperatives throughout South Africa with simple access to finance in an efficient and sustainable manner, by:

• Delivering wholesale and direct lending credit facilities or products
• Providing credit guarantees to SMMEs and cooperatives
• Supporting the institutional strengthening of financial intermediaries, so that they can effectively assist small

The Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) is a national development finance institution set up to promote economic growth in South Africa.  The IDC funding promotes regional development and integration, economic empowerment of communities and growing black industrialists. 

IDC funds the following sectors; 

• Energy 
• Automotive & Transport Equipment
• Chemicals, Medical & Industrial Mineral Products
• Machinery, Equipment & Electronics
• Mining & Metals
• Media & Audio-Visual
• Textiles & Wood Products
• Tourism & Services

The Timbali Technology Incubator aims to spring board start-up entrepreneurs by addressing key constraints through an innovative incubation model. The Timbali Technology Incubator was established in 2003 in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga with the specific aim of spring boarding start-up entrepreneurs into the mainstream economy by addressing some of their key constraints through an innovative incubation model.

Timbali found a way to connect low skilled, young, inexperienced, unemployed rural people, (75% women), to sophisticated markets by means of our incubation product supply chain and enabling

Fintech is a Centre of Excellence for the furniture industry and is the first port of call for anyone looking for information on business incubation and or skills development in furniture manufacturing. Our dedication to quality service delivery and our national footprint has resulted in the Fibre Processing and Manufacturing Sector Education and Training Authority (FP & M SETA) recognizing Furntech as the Institute of Sectoral and Occupational Excellence for the industry.

FurnTech Offerings

The Furntech Business Technology Incubator programme like most other incubator programmes are based

Mobile Agri Skills Development and Training (MASDT) was established in 2005 as a training service provider in the agricultural sector in Mpumalanga, South Africa, but it changed to a non-profit company (NPC), in 2007.

During its business journey it has diversified from being solely a training provider institution to becoming a one-stop centre for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the agricultural sector.

MASDT offerings

Seda-funded incubator (plant and animal production incubation)

Main focus areas:

• Facilitating the agriculture incubation concept in different provinces.
• Incorporat

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