Financial and insurance activities

The Centre for Entrepreneurship & Rapid Incubator (CfERI) was launched by the Vaal University of Technology in partnership with SEDA, Department Small Business Development (DSBD) in November 2017. The CfERI transitioned to Sol Plaatje University on 01 June 2021.

The purpose of the Centre for Entrepreneurship & Rapid Incubator:

• to support and enhance existing entrepreneurship initiatives in the ZFM District.
• encourage entrepreneurship amongst the youth and the unemployed.
• establish sustainable businesses that can lead to job creations.
• support female and disabled entrepreneurs.

The West Coast College has established the CFERI through funding provided by the Small Enterprise Development Agency (SEDA) to promote youth entrepreneurship and mitigate the constraints associated with the failure of youth owned start- up and early stage enterprises within the first three years of establishment. We aim to support start-up and early stage previously disadvantaged entrepreneurs with resources and services to increase their success which is measured by profitable and self- sustaining growth- oriented ventures that will contribute to the creation of jobs and economic growth in

Centre for Entrepreneurship Rapid Incubator (CFERI) seeks to promote and develop young entrepreneurs in the province of Mpumalanga. The purpose of the Centre is to develop self-sustainable entrepreneurs (start and grow activities) who can make a contribution to the economy of Gert Sibande District and to become fully-fledged and legally complying economically sustainable SMEs. 

CFERI offers the following services; 

• Mentorship and coaching;
• Capacity development;
• Business compliance;
• Training and skills development;
• Back office support; 
• Network and linkages; and 
• Facilitates access to

Mahikeng innovation hub (MIHub) is an innovative co-working techno hub in the heart of Mahikeng, the capital city of the North West Province, with it's focus being unearthing and cultivating innovative 4IR solutions that will ultimately assist communities to acclimatize in this vast changing technological world while improving efficiency. We specialize in;

• Inclusive, technology-driven development
• Early start-up Incubation
• Prototype development
• Hackathons
• Skills Development

The Daily Grind Hub is a facility with space for thinkers, innovators and entrepreneurs to get the support, coaching, and mobilisation they need. 

The Daily Grind Hub offers the following services; 

1. Incubation 
   • Pre-Incubation: Innovation assessment, business plan, business modelling and training
   • Incubation: Access to finance and coaching and mentoring, hosting, training, commercialization, and advanced business planning. 
   • Post-Incubation: Innovation diagnostics, international support, technology commercialization, clustering business development. 
2. Co-Working Spaces
3. Codetrepre

MIC Khulisani Ventures is Mineworkers Investment Company’s early-stage investment vehicle, providing capital for businesses that are ready to aggressively expand and increase their market footprint.

Our investment focus is innovative and highly disruptive black-owned South African businesses across diverse high-growth sectors.

Click here to apply. 

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 

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 mandate of One-Stop Business Facilitation Centre (OBFC) is to promote investment through efficient and effective trade facilitation through the following current and potential future services:

• Traders Licences

• Manufacturing Licences

• Small scale manufacturing licences

• Export Permits/ documents

• Import permits

• Rebates

• Work Permits

• Residence Permits

• Company Registration

• Tax Registration and Clearances

• Utilities Payments

• Investment Information

• Business Statistics

• Advocacy for regulatory reform

• Tariff investigations and