Bottleblack is a South African private clothing company established on in 2018. We design and produce all our garments at our studio located in Tembisa Ekurhuleni.  Nonstikelelo Phumzile Langa is the director and founder of the BottleBlack clothing brand.  She has a National Diploma in Fashion Design, a Further Advanced Certificate in Fashion, Design and Pattern Making, a Certificate in Retail Management and a Certificate in Fashion Merchandising.  She has over 5 years of retail experience and has worked for two fashion houses as an Assistant Fashion Designer.  She has participated in the

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The Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) an entity of the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) is calling for applications from grassroots innovators looking for funding, technical assistance and support for developing a new product or process up to prototype and proof of concept stage. 

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Acalytica provides a comprehensive platform for entrepreneurs to grow their businesses, with a focus on practical and hands-on courses and tools. Our tools include:

  1. Website creation tool
  2. Social Proof Marketing
  3. Website SEO Reports
  4. Web Analytics
  5. Email Marketing
  6. Courses

Acalytica was born out of the founder's frustration after attending a number of "entrepreneurship training courses" that were too theoretical and did not directly impact his startup. He noticed that training providers had to hunt around for tools to accompany their courses. To solve for this, Acalytica was formed as a

Roma Ngoana is a bespoke eCommerce solution that is designed to fit into the socio-economic fabric of the country.

The companies operating model involves deep collaboration between wholesalers and hundreds of sole-proprietorship neighborhood 'spaza shops' to bring convenient shopping to customers in an operating environment that has no formal street addresses for delivery.

The company seeks to;

1. Decrease the cost of shopping for urban and peri-urban consumers,

2. Increase revenue streams for neighborhood sole proprietors,

3. Stimulate the delivery infrastructure; and 

4. Decrease

Blackslope Consulting is a (1) boutique strategy & innovation consultancy. In Blackslope Consulting, we are focused on driving business growth and delivering tangible results for our corporate clients. We identify key trends impacting our client's industries, spot opportunities and engage with start-ups and technology providers. This culminates in strategic investments, partnerships and acquisitions on behalf of our clients.

Blackslope consists of a group of ambitious strategists, innovators, venturers and commercial pioneers. We embrace our duality and diversity as both professionals with

8th Season Capital is a private investment firm focused on African Venture Capital. 8th Season Capital backs innovation-driven and technology-enabled entrepreneurs across Africa through primary and secondary investments in venture capital funds and where opportunities present themselves, through direct company co-investments.

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innobiz DUT Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is a Durban University of Technology private entity registered under the South African Companies Act as a Non-Profit Company (NPC). The entity serves as an umbrella body for all DUT entrepreneurial units offering both theoretical and technical entrepreneurial learning, business support, and related activities. The offerings of innobiz DUT Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation are biased towards students based in Midlands and Durban, neighboring communities, and local entrepreneurs. Our core business is to produce entrepreneurs with a

Torphil Trading CC has developed into a diversified company that offers concessions, procurement, logistics, maintenance, and road building. In addition to creating public sculptures, this is done with the help of a resource-engaged, established, and expanding worldwide clientele. The positioning statement of the corporation captures its business strategy ( working in support of the optimal modern business environment). It depends on the need for services like cleaning, security, and plumbing. The business has a defined plan for creating a distinctive value proposition for customers by

Prince Castle focuses on the production of braai Charcoal and briquettes/wood within Namibia and in SADC.