​Mining and quarrying

BEDCO is a parastatal of the Government of Lesotho, with a mandate to support entrepreneurial capacity building programmes, startup incubation, business advisory and technical training as well as develop Basotho enterprises by assisting in their establishment, promotion and growth. 

Key priority areas under the strategic plan include enterprise development; financial sustainability, stakeholder collaborations' organisational effectiveness; and human capital development.Under enterprise development; BEDCO develops and implements entrepreneurship programmes in the priority sectors namely

Founded in 2018, Tshele is a professional Geosciences consulting & Sourcing Company, 100% Black Woman Owned, Level 1 BBBEE contributor, based in Johannesburg.

We focus on providing geosciences services to the mining and built environment sector, including procurement of goods and services. Tshele has a dedicated team of qualified and experienced geologists, geotechnical engineers, geophysicists and supply chain professionals.

In April 2021, the Lesotho Law Society recognised Orchid Legal Consultants as a business. The firm's main goals are to stop lawsuits before they start, preserve client assets worth protecting, and save client revenue. Along with labor law, the company specializes in corporate law, commercial law, and governance.

Imvelo Ventures is a black-owned and black managed VC fund that invests to fast-track the ambitions of South African entrepreneurs.

Offerings; 

• Long term patient capital with no predefined exit horizon
• Business building support
• Access to extensive business networks
• Strictly minority investments
• Board participation by experienced directors
• No fees are charged to the investees
• Strong BEE credentials
• Business competitive strategy and strategic marketing inputs
• Financial, structuring and general business planning advice
• Active, hands-on management support if required

BD Brothers focuses on finding early to mature first time ventures and assist them financially and strategically.

At BD Brother's we take the time to find inventors and innovators in various fields and advice them on the most strategic moves they can make, financial and business strategizing like market feasibility. We take pride in making simple ideas, and complex ones see the light of day as viable businesses. At BD Brother's we take the time to find inventors and innovators in various fields and advice them on the most strategic moves they can make, financial and business strategizing like

The Transnet Enterprise Development Hub, in collaboration with the Department Of Small Business, Small Enterprise Development Agency (SEDA), National Youth Development Agency (NYDA), South African Revenue Services (SARS), Gauteng Enterprise Propeller (GEP), and Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) is a coordinated government effort focusing on enterprise development.

Services that SMMEs can expect from the Transnet Enterprise Development Hub include:

• Business development and support services
• Financial support
• Procurement advisory services
• Central Supplier Database

The Entrepreneurs Hub (eHub) seeks to be a leading reliable and value-adding entrepreneurship forum by connecting aspiring entrepreneurs with start-ups, while expanding start-ups’ horizons with expert guidance and mentorship from industry leaders.

The CDI is a craft and design sector development agency with a mission to develop capable people and build responsible creative enterprises trading within local and international markets.

The CDI is a non-profit company with over 20 years of success in developing creative people, small businesses and the craft and design sector at large in South Africa. The CDI is a catalytic agent of change in the sector, and passionate about developing appropriately skilled, resourced and digitally proficient practitioners who can successfully leverage opportunities for growth and development.

The CDI

The Durban Innovation Hub is a technology incubator and business advisory firm that seeks to promote a vibrant and collaborative ecosystem by connecting public and private enterprises with gifted African inventors, creative business technologists, data analysts and behavioural scientists.

It is a civic technology lab creating a community of technology entrepreneurs by providing an enabling environment and equipping them with functional tools to make their ideas work.

Services:

• Product and service design
• Research and testing
• Hackathons, sprints and co-creation
• Testing and usability

Chemin is a not-for-profit South African chemical technology incubator and business incubator.

It falls under the Small Enterprise Development Agency’s incubation programme, which is dedicated to supporting the growth of very early-stage technology-based businesses in the South African chemical sector.

Chemin provides clients with an exceptional entrepreneurial business environment that promotes collaboration and innovation and encourages ingenuity as well as the creation of wealth.

Chemin's offerings

Incubation services

• Low Technology Incubation Model
• High Technology Incubation