Western Cape

The Institutes of Advanced Tooling (IAT) –  Stellenbosch University (SU) vision is to work towards a national effort to build the innovation capacity of the South African tooling industry. The IAT works with companies aiming to improve their competitive position towards domestic and international competitors change tooling manufacture from a resource-driven to a knowledge-driven process by offering a well-balanced combination of technology enablers for all steps of the extended life cycle to small-medium enterprises (SME’s) in the tooling sector.

The IAT aims to create a foundation for a new

Isakhono SikaJune General Services  is involved in Agriculture Produce and Medicinal Plants 

Entrepreneurship is a hard, difficult, challenging and lonely journey. Entrepreneurs go through a lot and they face a lot of challenges and pain points both personally and in their businesses, the sad part is that they have no one to talk to / no one really understand their challenges unless you are an entrepreneur yourself then you will understand their challenges.

Entrepreneurs Corner is a safe comfortable space for local entrepreneurs to come together and share their challenges, pain points and problems they are facing within their businesses and then we collectively brainstorm and come up

Diamond Umbrella Devs is a hub for developers in tech, agriculture, infrastructure, entertainment and cleaning industries. 

The purpose of the corporation is to be an umbrella for any business model that it believes is very innovative, innovations can vary from software technology, cleaning industry tools, agricultural equipment etc.

In conclusion, Diamond Umbrella Devs finds young innovators and helps in finding platforms where they can present at a professional level.

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 

Globally Empowered strives to provide educators and students with opportunities to optimise successful learning nationally and globally. We develop and provide contextualised programmes and services for borderless collaboration to create and ultimately overcome challenges in education.

We provides educational programmes and services to disadvantaged communities, unemployed youth and adults and learners aged 4 - 18.

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

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