South Africa

The Nelson Mandela Bay iHub is a business incubator located in Port Elizabeth that supports businesses in ICT. The iHub has a specific focus on technologies that have the potential to disrupt existing value chains and facilitate market access for our incubatees whilst contributing to social development. Our sectors of interest include (but not limited to) educational technology, smart agriculture, automation and robotics, big data analytics, cloud computing and blockchain technology.

The main service offerings of the iHub are:

• Business Development - The centre offers business development

Think2099 is a human-centered strategy and innovation consultancy helping our clients re-think business, people and planet in a social responsible, environmentally sustainable way.

Think2099 was born from an intolerant dissatisfaction with the status quo. Our team believes in the fundamental concepts of shared value and maximum impact. The only way to get there is by combining multiple perspectives, a passion for people, analytical rigour, and deep industry knowledge. We transform insights into impactful, human-centered solutions.

Sibaz Empire 1606 is a black 100% female-owned business, owned entirely by Nokuthula Masiba. The company is a waste management company that intends to create innovation in waste collection and recycling. As our business is based on collecting waste using smart technology, our inventory storage will be located in multiple places in the Western Cape. Startup requirements will be financed through government grant funding and equity partnership.

Akili Labs is an award-winning biotechnology company specialising in molecular diagnostic systems development, founded by Charles Faul and Lucas Lotter in 2017, with Dr Farhan Pervaiz joining as a co-founder in 2018.

Based in South Africa with international affiliates, Akili Labs was established after realising the need for easy access to fast-paced diagnostics in the healthcare system.

With innovation and collaboration at the forefront of its company purpose, Akili Labs constantly forges partnerships with organisations around the globe for the development, creation and implementation of

Hope Medical and Engineering Suppliers specialise in the supply of medical and engineering consumables and equipment.

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.   

Cacadu Development Agency is an entity of the Sarah Baartman District Municipality whose mandate is to spearhead catalytic economic development in the District across a variety of industrial sectors by engaging with relevant investors and stakeholders. These industrial sectors include:

1. Agriculture and Agro-processing; 

2. Tourism;

3. Manufacturing;

4. 4IR; 

5. Renewable Energy; 

6. Township Industry Development

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.

Based in Johannesburg, South Africa, BWA is the Channel Partner representing IHS Markit Product Design & Supply Chain in Sub – Saharan Africa.

IHS Markit is the worldwide leader in providing technical standards & specifications, journals, patents intelligence, root cause analysis and parts management databases to corporations around the world.

IHS Markit products and services serve the critical information needs of many industries including oil & gas, construction, petrochemical, aviation, and electronics.

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Andile Nkosenhle Vilakazi and Isago Kaitshane are co-founders and managers of Drone Eye Technology which was established in 2019 to ensure that farmers meet the growing demand and on-going need for fresh vegetables in South Africa. This will be achieved through using two concepts, Tech-driven Organic Crop Protection which is designed for small scale farmers and Precision Agriculture made better through Drone Eye Technology which is designed for large scale farmers. Crop Management is the most important task on a farm; the crop management cycle is split into six phases, namely, planning