Maven Solutions is a Cape Town Based commercial IT consulting firm specialising in the development, support, and delivery of technology to industry. Built on the back of the owner’s cumulative experience of 50 years in the ICT and consulting industry, our full-service consulting company was founded to support corporate and SME business needs in the IT arena. Our Business Process Analysis and Optimisation department assesses the business process to increase productivity, reduce paperwork, streamline processes and improve compliance. Our IT Project Management Team supports project management

3 Years of innovation design and commercial solar modeling delivered a seasonal tracker that enhance solar system efficiency by 25% in our medium to large agricultural business target market. We are the the only scaled manual tracker (2 x seasonal settings) that we know of. Our design integrates with latest bifacial panel technology that require higher installation to absorb reflective light. We have excellent thin steel manufacturing skills to manufacture the tracker. Solar panel producers rejoice at achieving 2.5% better efficiencies, 25 percent is game changing to result in a below 5 year

Mansalema Enterprise specialises in building technologies for the security of our clients. 

HLANGOMUHLE TRADING AND PROJECTS is a 100% Black owned company. Its aim is to create employment for the previously disadvantaged, especially the youth. HLANGOMUHLE TRADING AND PROJECTS focuses mainly on food production, energy production and transportation among other things. 

It is an upcoming tech company that is working on coming up with new innovative ideas that can be able to curb problems that are faced by almost everyone out there.

Reach Archaeology Consulting (pty) Ltd is the first, African-woman-led full-service archaeology and cultural heritage consulting firm, specializing in the relocation of human remains, based in Pretoria, South Africa. Reach Archaeology Consulting provides a range of cultural heritage services to clients in the public and private sectors, including cultural resource management, archaeological surveys and heritage assessments, data recovery, historic preservation planning, and community outreach and engagement. With a team of highly qualified and experienced archaeologists, Reach Archaeology has

Association representing IVD distributors, suppliers, importers and manufacturers

API BIO develops innovative functional molecules with impactful applications in healthcare, bioremediation and agriculture.

Our molecules are derived from high-burden land-fill waste as well as other sources of organic waste from various food and manufacturing industries. Our innovations align with the following Sustainable development goals (SDG) 1, 2, 3, 6, 11, 12, 13 & 15.

We also develop Aptamer-linked molecules for highly specific and accurate diagnostic methods, efficient drug delivery, pathogen specific targeting as well as non-toxic chelates molecules designed for bioremediation.

Overview of your opportunity

Are you a female under the age of 25 looking at problems facing the world around you and eager to be part of the solution? Would you like to develop the skills needed to not only solve those problems but also turn your solution into a business? Do you want to make a difference and contribute to achieving the United Nations' 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? Then, the InnovateHER Youth Innovation Competition is made for you.

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Gig Engineer connects leading businesses with engineering experts allowing both sides to enjoy the benefits, power and efficiency of the gig economy. Our value proposition is to help businesses become more agile by improving resource utilisation, reduce wastage and search costs by allowing access to a wider on-demand talent pool. For engineers, we offer the freedom and flexibility to choose which projects they want to work on and when, while building the right professional experience that matches their career goals and lifestyle. Our vision is to decentralise the engineering value chain and