​Manufacturing

CDI Capital is an impact investor in local SMMEs, empowering businesses to innovate, fast-track growth, create jobs, improve lives and help build a stronger economy. CDI works with corporates, government and development agencies to invest in individual businesses through our SMME development programmes, grants, loans and equity.

Offerings;

• Growth fund
• Design Innovation Seed Fund (DISF)

Meraka Biotech and Chems is a laboratory consumables manufacturer whose primary products are ethanol and methanol. The company intends to bridge the gap in laboratory consumables production in Lesotho.

The company's target market includes mini-labs, hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, academic labs, and other labs.

Jillian Nyakane Development Agency t/a Jillie’s Natural is a 100% female and black-owned private company. We manufacture and sell natural, plant-based body and hair care products in South Africa. We are a wholesome and holistic wellness business, focusing on skincare, haircare and beauty treatments. We make and sell our own manufactured body and hair care products. We use our products on clients for massages at our spa in Naturena, Johannesburg. The company was established in 2015. Our vision is to become an international top-quality and innovative manufacturer of natural and safe personal use

The Women and Youth Agroecology Hub, recognized by the Department of Trade, Industry, and Competition, focuses on supporting the agricultural sector, particularly in maintaining internal control systems nationally. These systems ensure that farms adhere to organic certification standards and guarantee the traceability of exported products. The hub conducts regular visits and document checks to monitor smallholder farmers' activities, with internal inspections occurring monthly. Farmers are educated on their shared responsibility for maintaining organic integrity, with the WYAgroecology School

MELS ORGANICS is a health & spiritual wellness platform that is focusing on producing products that can uproot causes of skin care problems and balances inner healing for Africans. 

Our main focus is construction and manufacturing. We are currently working on base isolators made from radial tyres, supplying them to countries in Africa that are affected by earthquakes. We are working on innovative ways to make tiles and paves including roads last longer. 

The company's operations involve producing bath salts and other cosmetics.

Black Ethiopia Trading Enterprise is a startup that produces goods including hairfood, tonics, and medical plants that are infused with hemp and cannabis.

We make herbal tea using ethnobotanical methods to treat various illnesses. Traditional Healers typically employ the botanicals.