Property of Crane is a cattle trading and feedlot operation specializing in cross-border livestock trade between South Africa and Botswana. The business sources young cattle, raises them through a backgrounding and feedlot system, and sells them to trusted buyers, including the Botswana Meat Commission (BMC). Operating under a secured offtake agreement with Grandfold, the company ensures a guaranteed market for its cattle.

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The City of Johannesburg has developed a Smart City Strategy, SCIIP, and an Innovation Framework aimed at modernising service delivery methods. This framework encourages both employees and citizens to innovate, thereby accelerating service delivery. It offers guidance on the approach, methodology, and strategic direction necessary for creating an environment conducive to co-producing innovative, impactful solutions that are effective, visible, and sustainable. 

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Are you a young South African entrepreneur ready to take your business to the next level? Got an innovative product or service that could shake up the market? Looking to scale, grow your impact, and create job opportunities for fellow youth? If your business is all about making a positive difference and contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), this is your chance!

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Tsitsikamma Honeybush Primary Cooperative is a 100% indigenous women-owned business with Khoe indigenous ancestry. We are dedicated to cultivating, harvesting, processing, packaging, selling, transporting, and marketing Honeybush and other indigenous knowledge-based biological resources related to Honeybush.

National Intellectual Property Management Office (NIPMO) is the implementing office of the Intellectual Property Rights from Publicly Financed Research & Development Act (IPR Act ) in South Africa. NIPMO aims to ensure that recipients of funding from a government funding agency assess, record and report on the benefit to society of IP emanating from publicly financed R&D. Recipients must protect IP emanating from publicly financed R&D from appropriation and ensure that it is available to the people of South Africa. A recipient must identify commercialisation opportunities for IP emanating from

Join the exciting webinar on Intellectual Property Finance - Intellectual Property Collateralized Debt Obligations! Hosted by the World Intellectual Property Organization's (WIPO) Technology and Innovation Support Centers (eTISC), a social platform which provides a secure space for the Technology...

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The Climate Change Adaptation for SA Industries Conference is hosted under the South African Industry Adaptation (SAIA) project. Titled: 'Climate adaptation as a catalyst for innovation and growth', the conference will explore climate adaptation strategies and their role in enhancing the resilience...

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Start-up Culture in partnership with Beeyond Drones, a premier drone services provider established to take advantage of the drone 4th Industrial Revolution Solutions to enhance South Africa’s top industry value chains will be facilitating an information session on the Start-up Culture Drone...

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Mbambo Agri-Village is a private enterprise founded and directed by Nkanyiso Mbambo. We focus on both poultry and crop production, with a particular emphasis on cultivating spinach, cabbage, and sweet peppers, depending on the season and demand. The enterprise also raises indigenous chickens for both human consumption and cultural practices, alongside broiler production.

Located in Kwa-Ngcolosi, an ideal area for agricultural practice, Mbambo Agri-Village is dedicated to becoming a leading producer of broilers and indigenous chickens, as well as a fresh crop supplier in the region. Additionally

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