Agriculture, forestry and fishing

Mechro Africa is a young and dynamic company founded in Blantyre Malawi and headquartered in Johannesburg. Driven by Innovation and The Internet Of Things (IoT) we are passionate about providing best-in-class business technology services.

Desert Green is an Agritech startup building Mobile Technology solutions to enable small scale farmers and informal traders to access a more efficient marketplace with shared logistics services.

We provide data-driven & environmentally-friendly solutions from Seed to Market, through our connected products GreenFarm; GreenKart & GreenKash for the small-scale farmer & Informal trader value chain in Africa

We consult on business development for emerging enterprises and entrepreneurs in agribusiness in South and Southern Africa

Supplying fresh fruits and vegetables. 

Agrikool is a 100% Black, youth-owned Agritech startup based in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. We provide access to market for farmers with a focus on small-scale and emerging farmers. 



"Market access" to us is more than just connecting a farmer to a buyer. We also provide logistical support, assist the farmer to negotiate fair prices and conduct quality assurance through agronomic support to ensure that the farmer's products fetch the highest price. 

HYBR is a pan African innovation firm and growth platform for impact scale-ups. Our purpose is to scale positive impact to bring real and lasting change for the African ecosystem. To fulfil our purpose we are pursuing three innovation missions: Circular Economy; Inclusion; and Sustainable Lives. Each mission is a critical response to a generational societal challenge.

We have three complementary roles which are reflected by our services:

• Venture Builder;
• Innovation Partner; and
• Systems Enabler. 

We improve families’ lives in the SADC regions through sustainable agriculture centred around the practice of permaculture.

Ukuvuna focuses on six basic programs for the community and at its training centre; 

• Food Security

• Biodiversity Restoration

• Traditional Seeds Restoration

• Enterprise and Infrastructural Development

• Health and Wellbeing

• Research and Material Development

Farming and Agroprocessing

Biotikum (Pty) Ltd is a proudly South African spinout company of the University of Stellenbosch which was founded in 2020.  Biotikum develops and produces microbial additives for the agricultural industry, including host-specific animal probiotics, microbial silage inoculants, and soil inoculants.  The use of microbial additives is an environmentally friendly means to promote sustainable farming practices and improves profitability.  In the future, Biotikum aims to provide large-scale microbial production services to various industries in Africa.

Established in 2012, Khepri is an award-winning bioconversion company based in South Africa.

Khepri Biosciences was born out of the need to address the environmental effects of eutrophication of river systems caused by agricultural runoff. This pollution threatens the purity of our water systems in South Africa – a country with limited water resources.