​Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles

The Ministry of Small Business Development was established in 2014 marking a turning point in the history of SMME’s and Co-operatives development in South Africa, demonstrating the Government’s commitment to place SMME’s and Co-operatives at the centre of economic growth and job creation.

The Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) was thereafter established as a standalone national department in accordance with the reorganisation of some national departments announced by the President in May 2014, following the national elections.

Mandate

To lead and coordinate an integrated

• Exporters Eastern Cape is a member based non-profit organisation that facilitate conversations, information and collaboration in the Eastern Cape export market.  

The organisation’s mission is to encourage more local firms to prepare themselves to take on the challenge of exporting and to assist existing exporters to become more globally competitive.

Industries represented by our members include automotive manufacturers, OE motor manufacturers and component suppliers, agricultural and agri-processing (fruit, dairy, mohair, wool, etc.), service providers for exporters, shipping lines

Sol Plaatje University (SPU) opened in 2014, the first of two new universities to be established in post-apartheid South Africa. It is also the first university to be established in the Northern Cape Province.

Positioning itself as a niche university, SPU offers academic programmes of a high intellectual nature in fields that meet the needs of the South African thrust to develop a nation that is proud of its heritage and roots.

BlueWhale Tuning Ltd is a newly established motor vehicle engine de-carbonization and hydrogen fuel enhancement company founded by Stan Louis and Patrick Ryan both of whom have over thirty years of experience in the motor industry via a range of roles. The founders’ passion is matched only by their ambition.

The founder's exceptional expertise time in the industry as well as their mutual fine detailed understanding of all aspects of motor vehicles and how they operate are frankly, a huge asset for Blue Whale. The industry experience includes (but is not limited to) the supervision &

United Youth for Sustainable Globe (UYSG) is one of the Global Youth Voluntary ideas transforming organization. Started in Nigeria 2020 and has grown to do the Advocacy movement involving Youth from around the globe.  

The main aim of UYSG is to motivate and empower young minds, promote entrepreneurship, development socially and economically, strengthening the democracy social justice, creating a platform for communication and opportunities, building a global network for making a sustainable, liveable and peaceful world. 

The vision of UYSG is to empower youth and build their capacities for

At RIIS, we work right at the intersection of corporate strategy, socio-economic development and entrepreneurship & innovation. By combining these three disciplines and not treating them as mutually exclusive areas, we have continuously partnered with our clients to drive them to new levels of success.



We have worked with a range of private and public sector organisations to improve the way in which they can plan for and respond to a changing world. In particular, we help organisations accelerate their innovation programmes through collaboration and partnerships across their value chain. In

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

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.

Discover an online platform that simplifies and expedites the process for finding and

Grassroots innovators are innovative individuals that may not necessarily have the requisite educational background or infrastructure to promote the commercialization of their innovations. Their innovative capacity is often driven by necessity and in-depth knowledge of local challenges that could be solved with appropriate technology innovations. The Regional Innovation Networking Platform seeks to identify Grassroot Innovators in the Eastern Cape to support them with tools to help with the commercialization of those innovations. The iHUB is the leading organization and the implementing