Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities

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

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. 

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.

The Nambu Group is a producer of insect proteins that offers premium ingredients for fish, pigs, and poultry feed. Creating feed from food waste would close the food production cycle.

Our facility is currently scaling up to process up to 100 tons of food and organic waste per month producing about 20 tons of protein-rich BSF based livestock feed

Named to honour the late Walter Sisulu, a much-admired leader of the struggle for democracy in South Africa, Walter Sisulu University (WSU) focuses on quality academic, technological and career-oriented programmes. WSU places special emphasis on the development of entrepreneurship. WSU is strategically located in the Eastern Cape Province and is meant to meet the needs of the former Transkei region, the Eastern Cape Province and the country of South Africa.

Senovate has develeped a fruit-picking device called the Omniharvester. It allows pickers to harvest fruit from tall trees without having to elevate themselves. It comprises a long telescopic pole made from aluminium with a hook at the top that has scissor blades concealed in it. The user simply locates the fruit stalk by hooking it, he/she simply presses the lever at the bottom which forces the scissor blades together, therefore, cutting the fruitstalk. Located under the hook is a receiving tube that catches the fruit and sends it safely to the collection bag. The Omniharvester is made of

As South Africa's primary agricultural research institution, we strive toward human capital development and fostering innovation in support of the agricultural sector. ARC believes in three main pillars: conducting research that promotes innovation in agriculture, promoting natural resource conservation and alleviating poverty through their efforts in the agricultural sector. Importantly their values include, truth, integrity, accountability, respect, growth, excellence and trust.