Yarena Multi-Purpose Project is a start-up co-operative organization formed in 2019 by a group of five directors. Established to better advance rural community development. One of the agricultural process design program, they would like to introduce is aimed to cater for South Africans who love freshly produced 100% juices in the local fruits market and build their brand for its success within local customers. The fruit juice product is a new product we intend to prepare and created in various juice flavours to meet the needs of the potential customers in the business market of fruits drinking

Nambu has developed an innovative low-cost model of insect protein production that turns food and other organic waste streams into a high-value source of proteins, oils and micronutrients ideal for use in the animal feed sector. 

We have done this by employing a distributed model of business...

Sol Plaatje University (SPU) opened in 2014, the first of two new universities to be established in post-apartheid South Africa. It is also the first university to be established in the Northern Cape Province.

Positioning itself as a niche university, SPU offers academic programmes of a high intellectual nature in fields that meet the needs of the South African thrust to develop a nation that is proud of its heritage and roots.

Thuni Farms specialises in; 

  1. Agriculture, environment and technical advisory.
  2. Community farming development and infrastructure 
  3. Farm Development and Mant

Currently, the ARC have three commercial cultivars, Ratel, Steenbok and Tredou.  Ratel consists of a medium growth period whereas Steenbok consists of a short growth period with good drought tolerance making it suitable for areas with a dry climate. Tredou is the newest addition to the ARC cultivar...

mLab is a tech-centred business working alongside partners to build a vibrant, robust innovation ecosystem. We do this by identifying and nurturing the tech-talent among our youth, supporting budding tech-entrepreneurs and their fledgling businesses, and creating tech that brings about change and improves the lives of all South Africans. We also run a number of pan-African programmes to broaden the reach and impact of our participants and stakeholders alike.

mLab Southern Africa is a registered nonprofit organisation and Level 1 B-BBEE service provider focusing on Skills and Enterprise

United Youth for Sustainable Globe (UYSG) is one of the Global Youth Voluntary ideas transforming organization. Started in Nigeria 2020 and has grown to do the Advocacy movement involving Youth from around the globe.  

The main aim of UYSG is to motivate and empower young minds, promote entrepreneurship, development socially and economically, strengthening the democracy social justice, creating a platform for communication and opportunities, building a global network for making a sustainable, liveable and peaceful world. 

The vision of UYSG is to empower youth and build their capacities for

At RIIS, we work right at the intersection of corporate strategy, socio-economic development and entrepreneurship & innovation. By combining these three disciplines and not treating them as mutually exclusive areas, we have continuously partnered with our clients to drive them to new levels of success.



We have worked with a range of private and public sector organisations to improve the way in which they can plan for and respond to a changing world. In particular, we help organisations accelerate their innovation programmes through collaboration and partnerships across their value chain. In

The Nelson Mandela Bay iHub is a business incubator located in Port Elizabeth that supports businesses in ICT. The iHub has a specific focus on technologies that have the potential to disrupt existing value chains and facilitate market access for our incubatees whilst contributing to social development. Our sectors of interest include (but not limited to) educational technology, smart agriculture, automation and robotics, big data analytics, cloud computing and blockchain technology.

The main service offerings of the iHub are:

  • Business Development - The centre offers business development

Cacadu Development Agency is an entity of the Sarah Baartman District Municipality whose mandate is to spearhead catalytic economic development in the District across a variety of industrial sectors by engaging with relevant investors and stakeholders. These industrial sectors include:

1. Agriculture and Agro-processing; 

2. Tourism;

3. Manufacturing;

4. 4IR; 

5. Renewable Energy; 

6. Township Industry Development