The Companies and Intellectual Property Authority (CIPA) is mandated to register businesses and protect intellectual property rights through the administration of four (4) pieces of legislation namely;

  1. The Companies Act (CAP 42:01), provides for the incorporation of companies; registration of post incorporation returns and notices; monitoring of post incorporation returns and reservation of company names.

  2. Registration of Business Names Act (CAP 42:05), provides for the registration of business names and post registration notices such as change of ownership and cessation of businesses

The Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) is an agency of the Department of Trade and Industry (dti) in South Africa. 

Functions of the Commission

  • Registration of Companies, Co-operatives and Intellectual Property Rights (trade marks, patents, designs and copyright) and maintenance thereof
  • Disclosure of Information on its business registers
  • Promotion of education and awareness of Company and Intellectual Property Law
  • Promotion of compliance with relevant legislation
  • Efficient and effective enforcement of relevant legislation
  • Monitoring compliance with and

The purpose of the Entrepreneurial Planning Institute (EPI) is to "Unlock Entrepreneurial Possibilities"​.

We improve the QUALITY OF SUPPORT entrepreneurial organisations and small businesses receive from practitioners such as business advisors, trainers mentors, coaches and other enterprise development professionals who are involved in Entrepreneurship, Small Business Growth or Enterprise & Supplier Development (ESD) programmes.

Our services are in the main aimed at PRACTITIONERS who wish to make a difference through the support they provide entrepreneurs. We train, mentor and coach them

M T Waste Solutions collects and recycles electronic waste for precious metals recovery.

Luande Technical Group has been established as one of the black emerging companies in Southern Africa to be reckoned with in the next five years.

The company has fully qualified professionals with experience in civil and concrete works.

Our head office is in Pretoria, Gauteng province, with a supporting branch located in Kempton Park.

The company offers the following services:

Construction and civil engineering

Geotechnical engineering

Civil material testing services

Soil testing and soil exploration for projects

Concrete testing

Core drilling

Concrete technology and R&D

Soil

Hahn & Hahn is a boutique firm of Intellectual Property practitioners specialising in drafting patent specifications and obtaining and protecting PatentDesign and Trade Mark rights anywhere in the world.  We also specialise in IP litigation and all commercial aspects related to IP.  Our professional staff includes Chemical Engineers, Electronic Engineers, Mechatronic Engineers, Electrical Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, Chemists, Biotechnologists and Physicists, who all practice in the fields of intellectual property law.  Hahn & Hahn represents some of South Africa’s and the world’s top

HUB CART Investment is focused on offering small, micro, and medium-sized companies (SMMEs), the public sector, and large corporate organizations high-quality services both locally and internationally.

Our primary focus is on creating and putting into practice innovative, personalized, and effective service delivery techniques that are affordable for our customers.

The company, a level 3 BEE contributor, is based in Windhoek, Namibia, and is a member of the Construction and National Association of Black Contractors (NABCAT).

We help develop and digitalise entrepreneurship support programs. If you help entrepreneurs with incubation, knowledge or grants, come to us so we can see how you can utilise our methods and technology to build your program.

Entreprenerdy’s standard method is called S-E-A-M, or Systemic Entrepreneurship Activity Method. This method was developed at NTNU in collaboration with several researchers in entrepreneurship and innovation from several European universities. The method is based on a comprehensive literature study and incorporates the leading modern theoretical directions in the field of

Directech (Pty) Ltd is a mechatronics innovation and development company that specialises in bespoke industrial turnkey solutions, comprising of robotic solutions, machine building solutions, automated guided vehicle solutions, telemetry (smart city/factory) systems, and packaging solutions.

Our services are for South African companies seeking to develop prototypes, factory automated solutions, machinery, from concepts and ideas. 

We go through with the customer from ideation, conceptualisation, budgeting, design, fabrication, testing, installation and commissioning. We are popular for our

The Technology Stations Programme (TSP) was established to enable Universities of Technology (UoT) to provide technology development services to small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The Technology Stations (TS) provide innovative Science, Engineering and Technology (SET) solutions for complex engineering challenges within the relevant industrial sectors aimed at supporting government's socio-economic priorities.

There are 18 TS based at 11 Higher Education Institutions in South Africa, managed by the TSP Unit based in Pretoria at the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) office. The TSP is a