Tender Capital Africa is a woman and black-owned Financial Inclusion Enterprise, whose business mandate is to help remove financial barriers that deter SMMEs from participating in South Africa’s mainstream economy.

Funding; 

  • Invoice Discounting  - Tender Capital Africa advances cash against the due Invoices of an SMME, to enable it to continue its business operations. This allows the SMMEs to pursue production until they are paid.
  • Procurement Finance - Procurement Finance is an all-encompassing finance solution aimed to assist SMMEs carry out and service their respective purchase order

Get ready to put your business on display at the Absa Market Day, it’s the perfect way to market yourself and raise funds for Cancervive, an organisation which creates cancer awareness and provides support to those diagnosed with cancer. AVAF in partnership with Start-Up Culture which is a bespoke...

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GreenCape, in partnership with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, invites innovators and entrepreneurs with economically viable green economy innovation business ideas to enter the 2023 GreenPitch Challenge.

The innovators and entrepreneurs stand a chance of pitching to a panel of esteemed judges at a “shark tank-style” hybrid networking event, hosted in Cape Town in July 2023. Network with potential investors, business incubators, local government decision-makers and green economy experts.

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The Rotatable Fish Drying Frame is aimed at formalising a specific fish-drying process already used by different communities in Africa. The frame allows for the drying of up to 100 kg of fresh fish at a time using the existing iteration. The key principle is that after one week of drying the drum...

Taking Care of Business (TCB) is a nonprofit social enterprise that equip aspiring entrepreneurs with the skills and resources they need to unlock their full potential and access the economy.

Programmes 

  • Resell - Equipping unemployed mothers to become successful fashion traders within the circular economy.
  • Repair - Equipping unemployed South Africans to run appliance repair and trading businesses, reducing e-waste.
  • Remake - Equipping seamstresses to run financially viable businesses.
  • Redistribute - Donating merchandise and clothing to nonprofits that support the vulnerable.
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A technology Commercialization and Innovation Ecosystem Development organization. 

An agricultural retail shop that sells agricultural goods and services to rural farmers to promote sustainable,smart and green farming. 

3 Years of innovation design and commercial solar modeling delivered a seasonal tracker that enhance solar system efficiency by 25% in our medium to large agricultural business target market. We are the the only scaled manual tracker (2 x seasonal settings) that we know of. Our design integrates with latest bifacial panel technology that require higher installation to absorb reflective light. We have excellent thin steel manufacturing skills to manufacture the tracker. Solar panel producers rejoice at achieving 2.5% better efficiencies, 25 percent is game changing to result in a below 5 year

HLANGOMUHLE TRADING AND PROJECTS is a 100% Black owned company. Its aim is to create employment for the previously disadvantaged, especially the youth. HLANGOMUHLE TRADING AND PROJECTS focuses mainly on food production, energy production and transportation among other things. 

Reach Archaeology Consulting (pty) Ltd is the first, African-woman-led full-service archaeology and cultural heritage consulting firm, specializing in the relocation of human remains, based in Pretoria, South Africa. Reach Archaeology Consulting provides a range of cultural heritage services to clients in the public and private sectors, including cultural resource management, archaeological surveys and heritage assessments, data recovery, historic preservation planning, and community outreach and engagement. With a team of highly qualified and experienced archaeologists, Reach Archaeology has