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Offerings focusing on clients who want information on starting a business.

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http://eservices.seda.org.za/SitePages/Login.aspx

Supporting investors exploring opportunities in South Africa by providing information, facilitation and aftercare.

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http://www.investsa.gov.za/how-we-help/

Connecting startup entrepreneurs with the knowledge, support programs, mentors and investors they require to succeed.

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https://vc4a.com/

Government support when starting your own business.

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https://www.gov.za/issues/starting-your-own-business-0

Tools and information for researchers of all persuasions.

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https://r4r.tia.org.za

The questions of Social justice in university education during COVID-19 with a focus on the University of Johannesburg Library StaffJ.

COVID-19 outbreak brought a sudden change in the manner in which both staff and students conducted academic business at the University. The closure of academic campuses and the suspension of face to face contact meant that staff and students had to adapt to the online environment with immediate effect. Both groups had to learn new skills and some had to acquire devices to be able to work and study online. This period brought to the fore the inequality and inequity gap that exists amongst both the students and Library staff. The study seeks to understand the extend and nature of the challenges

What is South Africa’s healthcare response to COVID-19: A mapping and situational analysis study

This study is comprised of three sub-studies that together make up our research into the healthcare response to COVID-19.

Firstly, we will conduct a policy review: to identify and analyse what the South African health policy and guideline documents specify as ‘the response’ in relation to COVID-19. This will serve as informative background data and will provide both a broad-based and top-level / official view of responses to COVID-19 (focusing on the national and provincial health levels, and where appropriate specific municipal levels). This will be conducted in real time as the state’s

Shonaquip Social Enterprise

ShonaquipSE is a high impact South African Hybrid organisation that drives social change towards a more inclusive and cohesive society where people with disabilities are welcomed, empowered and enabled to live to their full potential.

We use an ecosystem approach to change which includes locally appropriate and affordable assistive device design, manufacture and provision, mobile clinics and remote tele-health support services , inclusive early childhood education training, social support services, advocacy and research.

Our work focuses on first mile challenges and solutions.

Aer-o-cure UV-C Tower+

The UV-C TOWER is a purpose-built commercial unit for various
screening applications with the goal of providing peace-of-mind to both
employers, employees and customers by reducing the risk of infection
through effective temperature screening and sterilization of personal
belongings.
The unit is designed to detect the face, record temperature and thereafter
allow the user to sanitize hand-held items such as cellphones, keys and
PPE masks and more in a 30 second burst using effective UV-C Ultraviolet
technology.
This simple operation involves placing items on the tray inside the box,
moving a

OggieAir - Powered Air Purifying Respirator

Low cost quality PAPR for use by front line health care workers, health professionals and business personnel

We are excited to share information regarding our Powered Air Purifying Respirator solution to be manufactured in our ISO 9001 compliant disability inclusive workspace in Cape Town. This initiative allows us to manufacture local, sustainable, and affordable personal respirators while creating more job opportunities as a Level 2 BBBEE certified employer registered with South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA).
Standard PPE such as N95/FFP3 facemasks have limitations

Wastewater-Based Epidemiology for Covid-19 Detection

The concept of wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) has been used extensively for the detection of drug use patterns and disease incidence from a population perspective. Recently researchers have proposed SARS-CoV-2 sewage-monitoring plan as a form of an early warning system. It can have an important effect on health systems; facilitate informed decisions on movement restriction for the local population, especially in resource-constraint countries like South Africa. Therefore, the research will focus on using wastewater-based epidemiology to determine COVID-19 infection hotspots and develop an

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

Bionic Energy

Bionic Energy is a renewable energy company with hopes to be the major contributor in the Bio-energy industry in Africa. We have Joined Venture with Nari Energy (Pty) LTD to develop a state-of-art Thermolysis Solar Storage Plant which produces Synthetic Gas from any kind of solid waste.

Informing mitigation of the effect of non-pharmacological COVID-19 interventions on the health and well-being of school-going children in rural KwaZulu-Natal

This study is situated in uMkhanyakude district, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (SA) where the Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI) conducts annual surveillance through its Population Intervention Platform (PIP). The overarching aim of the study is to investigate the effect of non-pharmacological public health response to COVID-19 on the health and well-being of school-going children in uMkhanyakude district and mobilise existing community and school resources to co-develop a whole-school preparedness response toolkit to COVID-19 in schools.

Ecology Africa Foundation

Ecology Africa Foundation is a non-profitable organisation that is family founded between father and son. We decided to incorporate three of our different interesting causes we are passionate about;

Nature conservation
Climate change
Youth life orientation

Our plan and strategy is to operate these three courses separately and independently within one umbrella called Ecology Africa Foundation. The strategy behind this is to save and share resources.

Sequence Solutions

Our extensive experience within the Enterprise Integration, Business Process, DevOps and Full Stack Java Opensource Development domains has provided many organisations with sound and successful project delivery, almost all of which are still providing value for over 12 years. We do not limit our domains to a particular Vendor technology and have experience in an array of Enterprise Application Software suites such as IBM, WebMethods, RedHat, Liferay and their respective tools of IIB, iBPM, Fuse, Openshift etc.

Our people have been involved in significant Open-Source software development