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Matavha Environmental

Matavha Environmental is a youth-owned environmental and geological services company. Recently, the corporation expanded into agriculture, with a particular emphasis on chicken broilers, pigs, bananas, jackfruit cabbages, tomatoes, carrots, pumpkins, and so on. The farming is taking conducted on family land in the community of Tshakhuma.

Absolute concepts marketing and Events

Events, marketing and promotions company.

Womxn Beauty

We are a profit-for impact beauty brand that creates cruelty-free and paraben-free makeup products for all womxn and skin tones. Our goal is to design products that make our community more confident in their skin and empower womxn by making beauty more accessible to all. Womxn Beauty is designed and formulated in Johannesburg South Africa and uses ethically sourced ingredients that are expertly crafted to match all womxn's beauty needs.

Cyberplace

Cyberplace operates a business communication centre in the township that provides an array of business solutions for the community of Devland. The company provides internet access as well as other computer, secretarial and small business services.

The company also offer an internet hotspot at the internet café where people come in to connect to its network using their own devices. This has proven to be a very popular product as more and more people are coming in daily for the service. The company now wants to expand its product offering by bringing in a wide area Wi-Fi hotsporting that will

Future Bridge Events Pty Ltd

Future Bridge Events is an events management company based in Gauteng, South Africa. 

HOPE AND PROJECT PTY LTD

Hope and Project is a black-owned business founded by young passionate women in 2021, with the aim to fight the unemployment rate and poverty in South Africa and providing quality and reliable goods and services to our clients. We specialise in construction, distribution of products, and creating websites for companies and public services.

 

Student Futuristic Growth-NPC

Student Futuristic Growth-NPC focuses on educational training and community development.

IM Apparel

IM Apparel is an organic skincare line with a wide range of products. All of our products are labeled with organic sticker labels designed by our founder. We also sell these items in bulk to other young aspiring entrepreneurs who want to brand and launch their own lines. We have experienced tremendous growth as a result of providing these services to a large number of entrepreneurs, including the Durban University of Technology. Our services have also expanded into design, as it all complements our offering. We hope to get our retail products into local well-known beauty bars, and we are also

Nolizwe Media and Communication

Nolizwe Media and Communication (NMC) is a start-up looking to exploit the digital space to provide social solutions such as youth employment and empowerment. The company looks to develop a media and entertainment streaming application allowing for an indigenous approach to streaming content such as podcasting and live streaming.

Olw media

Digital innovation company that owns a digital lifestyle AVR station.

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About the Innovation Bridge Portal

The Innovation Bridge Portal is a ground-breaking digital platform designed to reveal and connect the creativity and innovation; endless opportunities; intellectual and human capital and heightened activity that exists within the African ecosystem.

We recognize that each stakeholder embarks on a unique journey in terms of trajectory and direction. By forming a supportive community comprising stakeholders which include entrepreneurs, ecosystem participants and relevant government agencies/dept, this platform is creating an enabling structure that allows passage in a desirable direction to a desirable destination.

Innovators

SMME’s

Entrepreneurs

Investors

Ecosystem Support

Government

The portal is therefore designed to serve as a roadmap uniquely customised to the specific needs of its ecosystem users. Users are guided and supported towards their next best step forward in their unique trajectories.

  • Innovators will connect with a wider ecosystem by accessing a comprehensive pool of end users and potential commercialization partners, access corporate open innovation challenges and even opt in to guide an entrepreneur.
  • Entrepreneurs will save time and accelerate their journey through accessing quality, relevant information at the exact moment they need it. No more internet searches to try and find funding or support. We also plan to integrate with other ecosystem stakeholder systems to become that ultimate single point of entry platform that eases the burden of application for support and funding.
  • Investors will engage with a comprehensive pipeline of vetted prospects relevant to their areas of interest and create a channel for fund applications.
  • Ecosystem support providers will collaborate more effectively with stakeholders in need of their support and make their services known to the greater ecosystem.

The Innovation Bridge Portal is a South African Government initiative led by the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) and the Department of Small Business Development (DSBD). The initiative is co-funded by the European Union (EU) through the Ecosystems Development for Small Enterprises Programme (ESDE) and supported by the World Bank Group.

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Below, you’ll find a list of topics that classify some of the most common questions we’re asked by our users, into sections. You’re also welcome to get in touch with us if the answer you’re looking for isn’t listed.

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Can I edit my published content?

Yes. When you wish to edit published content, you can create a new draft of your content under “My Content” in your user dashboard. When editing published content, the content will go through the curation process again before being published. The original published content will remain published until the edits are approved by the Curator.

What content can I publish on the portal?
  • An entrepreneur will be able to add the products they offer.
  • An innovator can add their innovations
  • An investor can add an investment/funding opportunity or event.
  • An ecosystem system supporter can add an opportunity or event
What is the content curation process?

When content is added it will go through a content curation process. The Portal Curator will check your content and if there are no changes, the content will be published. If changes are required, the content will be sent back to your drafts for you to edit, before it is published by the Curator. The Curator will endeavour to have the content published within 24 hours of submission.

How do I register as an Investor?
  • Click on register
  • Select investor
  • Create a username, provide your e-mail address and accept the terms of use
  • Login to your e-mail and find the e-mail from the Innovation Bridge Portal. Open the e-mail and click the first link
  • Create a new password
  • You will now be directed to your personal dashboard where you can complete your profile, upload your calls for funding applications and so much more
How do I register as an Ecosystem Supporter?
  • Click on register
  • Select ecosystem supporter
  • Create a username, provide your e-mail address and accept the terms of use
  • Login to your e-mail and find the e-mail from the Innovation Bridge Portal. Open the e-mail and click the first link
  • Create a new password
  • You will now be directed to your personal dashboard where you can complete your profile, upload your services  and so much more
How do I register as an Innovator?
  • Click on register
  • Select innovator
  • Create a username, provide your e-mail address and accept the terms of use
  • Login to your e-mail and find the e-mail from the Innovation Bridge Portal. Open the e-mail and click the first link
  • Create a new password
  • You will now be directed to your personal dashboard where you can complete your profile, upload your idea or innovation and so much more
Does the Innovation Bridge Portal provide funding?

The Innovation Bridge Portal’s main goal is to connect innovators and entrepreneurs, with the appropriate ecosystem supports, financial institutions, and financial solutions that suit their needs. We are not a funder. Along with matchmaking, the Innovation Bridge Portal also hosts ecosystem projects that offer both financial and non-financial support.

What is the Innovation Bridge Portal?

The Innovation Bridge Digital Community seeks to be a not-for-profit open innovation platform that brings entrepreneurship ecosystem stakeholders together for the benefit of innovators and entrepreneurs.

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About Our COVID-19 Page

samrcThe Innovation Bridge Portal is proud to be a part of the national efforts in combatting the COVID-19 Pandemic, by providing an enabling platform that aims to identify all COVID-19-related research and innovation being conducted or planned. The platform is brought to you in partnership with the Department of Science and Innovation and the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), both of which endeavor to encourage collaboration, avoid duplication and, identify research and development funding needs and gaps during this critical time.

To become a part of this key endeavor, please submit your innovation, research project, or innovation challenge by selecting and clicking on the relevant button below.

Research Projects

Submit research projects that do not fit under the definition of an innovation or technology.

Submit a Research Project

Innovations

Submit your technology or innovation relating to a specific process, product or service.

Submit an Innovation

Innovation Challenges

Your organization may have a COVID-19 related innovation challenge or request for proposals, which you would like to advertise.

Submit an Innovation challenge

Please contact the Innovation Bridge Portal Curator on the following e-mail to submit your Innovation Challenge. curator@innovationbridge.info

Atlega

We are a budding brand strategy and digital design studio, invested in creating impactful visual brand solutions for a diverse range of clients in Botswana and Southern Africa. Using graphic design to create brand identities and promotional materials for small businesses, as well as rounded illustrations, campaigns, and digital products for individuals, NGO's, and corporates. 

 

Organic Tswana

We produce juices, jams, and animal feed made entirely from sugarcane, watermelon, and sweet reed.

Agrinvestec

A digital consultancy firm offering Agribusiness expertise, project management and program development for youth and women farmers around Botswana. We also offer online capacity building training workshops and seminars.

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