• Exporters Eastern Cape is a member based non-profit organisation that facilitate conversations, information and collaboration in the Eastern Cape export market.  

The organisation’s mission is to encourage more local firms to prepare themselves to take on the challenge of exporting and to assist existing exporters to become more globally competitive.

Industries represented by our members include automotive manufacturers, OE motor manufacturers and component suppliers, agricultural and agri-processing (fruit, dairy, mohair, wool, etc.), service providers for exporters, shipping lines

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.

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

The company consists of directors in the field of engineering science, currently focusing on renewable and alternative energy sources amongst other technology innovative ideas. We are a research and development company that seeks to commercialize as many as possible creations within our laboratory. We are in the prototype phase with a wireless power broadcast project.

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

 

Based in Johannesburg, South Africa, BWA is the Channel Partner representing IHS Markit Product Design & Supply Chain in Sub – Saharan Africa.

IHS Markit is the worldwide leader in providing technical standards & specifications, journals, patents intelligence, root cause analysis and parts management databases to corporations around the world.

IHS Markit products and services serve the critical information needs of many industries including oil & gas, construction, petrochemical, aviation, and electronics.

Discover an online platform that simplifies and expedites the process for finding and

The purpose of the article is to describe, explain and provide more detail on Technology Readiness Levels. The information is provided by The University of Cape Town (UCT).