Green Integration Solutions Ltd (GISL) is a Tanzanian agribusiness, youth development, and innovation-focused company dedicated to advancing sustainable agriculture, enterprise development, employment creation, and inclusive economic growth. The company specializing in the innovation, design, and distribution of climate-smart agriculture technologies including but not limited to irrigation systems, greenhouses, water harvest and storage systems, post-harvest handling technologies, simple farm machineries, organic agricultural inputs etc.  The company also, specializes in designing and

Smart Amalgamation is an Urban and Regional Planning professional, researcher, and development practitioner with growing experience in spatial planning, transport research, and national policy support in South Africa. I hold a bachelor’s degree in urban and Regional Planning from the University of Venda, where I developed a strong grounding in spatial development frameworks, land-use planning, policy analysis, and sustainable development.


My academic and research interests focus on urban decay, rural town development, spatial inequality, and infrastructure planning, particularly within

ecotera home is a U.S.-based social enterprise and technology developer focused on democratizing environmental monitoring through portable, AI-powered solutions. Founded in 2025, we developed the EcoExposure™ platform, a field-deployable system that combines biodegradable plant-derived reagents, zero-shear optical interaction, and smartphone-based computer vision to rapidly detect and quantify environmental contaminants in water and other complex liquids without laboratory infrastructure.

The platform has been demonstrated across diverse real-world matrices and geographies, including freshwater

South Africa has taken another step towards strengthening youth entrepreneurship with the launch of the Peo Pele Youth Fund, a new government initiative aimed at improving access to finance and integrated business support for youth-owned enterprises.

Launched by the Minister of Small Business...

In Part 1, we learned that funders can’t back a business they can’t see. In Part 2, the Land Bank’s Litha Kutta showed exactly what they read once they can. The session was about agriculture — the lesson belongs to every founder. (Part 2 of the Innovation Bridge Portal’s series covering the SME...

Innolif Aquaculture Group is an aquaculture enterprise established to address the growing demand for high-quality and affordable fish feed pellets by manufacturing fish feed using locally available raw materials. The company aims to reduce the high cost of aquaculture production, which is largely driven by expensive imported feeds, while improving access to reliable feed for smallholder fish farmers.

Through its innovative approach, Innolif promotes sustainable fish farming, increased fish production, and improved livelihoods for rural communities. By providing affordable feed and practical

Overview of the Innovation: Drought-Resistant Crops and Vegetables in Eswatini

The innovation involves the cultivation and promotion of drought-resistant crops and vegetables using climate-smart agricultural practices to address the challenges of recurring droughts, water scarcity, and food...

Overview of the Innovation: Drought-Resistant Crops and Vegetables in Eswatini

The innovation involves the cultivation and promotion of drought-resistant crops and vegetables using climate-smart agricultural practices to address the challenges of recurring droughts, water scarcity, and food insecurity in Eswatini. The initiative focuses on growing crops and vegetables that require less water, can withstand high temperatures, and continue producing good yields under harsh climatic conditions.

Examples of drought-resistant crops include sorghum, millet, cowpeas, sweet potatoes, cassava, and

NewCarbon Company Overview

NewCarbon is a South African climate-tech and circular-biomass company developing modular bio-refinery systems that convert underutilised forestry, agricultural, and invasive biomass into high-value carbon products, agricultural inputs, renewable heat, and clean energy.

The company was founded to solve a structural African problem: large volumes of biomass waste and invasive vegetation are either burned, left to decay, or treated as low-value residue, while African industries continue to import activated carbon, soil amendments, crop-support products, and energy inputs

Overview of your opportunity

Clima Now has launched the Spotlight 2026 call for projects, seeking innovative solutions that strengthen the resilience and sustainability of Switzerland's food system in response to climate change.

The programme focuses on practical, implementable solutions that address challenges across the food value chain, including cultivation, processing, distribution, trade, biodiversity conservation, circular economy approaches, and climate-resilient business models.

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