South Africa

The Council for Geoscience (CGS) is one of the National Science Councils of South Africa and is the legal successor of the Geological Survey of South Africa, which was formed in 1912 by the amalgamation of three former surveys, the oldest of which - the Geological Commission of the Cape of Good Hope - was founded in 1895. The Geoscience Act, Act No. 100 of 1993 established the CGS in its present form. Today, the CGS is a modern institution, boasting excellent facilities and expertise and ranking among the best in Africa.

The Chamber of Commerce of Bogotá is an institution that has left its mark in  the development of the city and the region and its history, closely linked to the economic, political, social, and cultural events of this capital; it dates back to the year 1878, when a group of visionaries comprised of José Manuel Restrepo, Ramón del Corral, José Camacho Roldán and Jorge Holguín, set out to foster the creation of companies, defend the interests of the city's business owners and entrepreneurs, and to become an advisory body and government consultant

The National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) is the largest diagnostic pathology service in South Africa, with the responsibility of supporting the national and provincial health departments in the delivery of healthcare.

Services

• Diagnostics 
• Academic Affairs and Research 
• Training 
• Quality Assurance

Outrite Africa is a one stop logistics and transport service provider.We are proficient in the entire spectrum of cargo movement, for both imports and exports, utilising air, sea and road modes of transport.

Freight Forwarding

• Global Freight which includes sea freight (LCL, FCL)
• Road Freight
• Air Freight

Local

• Break Bulk
• Full Loads
• Dedicated Vehicle
• Abnormal Loads

Customs

• Customs Clearing
• Tariff Determinations
• VAT & Duties Payments

Cross Border Road Freight

Outrite Africa offers various cross border road freight services to most other African countries such as Namibia

Balancell has developed a world-leading battery management system (BMS) that converts any battery into a connected, smart battery, with remote monitoring, battery management and predictive maintenance in real-time (“Batteries with Brains”). It actively prolongs battery life through intelligent management of charging, discharging and cell balancing.Balancell's BMS enables a battery leasing business model. This will relieve a major pain point (low battery reliability and high management burden) for users of battery-based assets such as forklifts and floor cleaners and can enable and increase

Kalon Venture Partners invests in and builds a portfolio of high growth technology companies, with innovative business models, geared to existing and emerging institutions and their customers. Kalon Venture Partners invests growth capital in the form of equity to be used to assist established, but still high-risk ventures in expanding activity such as creating additional traction in South Africa, launching into Africa and then foreign markets, as well as creating new product/technology lines.

SiMODiSA Association has been established as a powerful industry led initiative to specifically address – and determine – what can be done to overcome the barriers that SMEs and startups face. It is critical to address these barriers, such as access to capital, access to markets, access to talent and the lack of supportive enabling environments, in order to catalyse supportive ecosystems where such businesses can grow and thrive.

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

Rubber Nano Products (RNP) holds technology that allows for the creation of chemically specific activators vulcanisation with sulfur. These accelerator classes are based on the chemical species forming the active portion of the accelerator. RNP technology allows for variation of the substrate used and can create activators from almost any material used in rubber. Stearic acid is among the many possibilities. The RNP products allow for the reduction and rationalisation of zinc oxide and zinc content in rubber article manufacture. These are advantages that can also be leveraged as cure press

Spoor & Fisher’s practice area teams specialise in trade marks, patents, copyright, registered designs, anti-counterfeiting, domain names, plant breeders’ rights, utility models, start-up support, consumer and advertising matters, commercial IP, IP audits and due diligence, and all related litigation.