BlueWhale Tuning Ltd is a newly established motor vehicle engine de-carbonization and hydrogen fuel enhancement company founded by Stan Louis and Patrick Ryan both of whom have over thirty years of experience in the motor industry via a range of roles. The founders’ passion is matched only by their

mLab is a tech-centred business working alongside partners to build a vibrant, robust innovation ecosystem. We do this by identifying and nurturing the tech-talent among our youth, supporting budding tech-entrepreneurs and their fledgling businesses, and creating tech that brings about change and

At RIIS, we work right at the intersection of corporate strategy, socio-economic development and entrepreneurship & innovation. By combining these three disciplines and not treating them as mutually exclusive areas, we have continuously partnered with our clients to drive them to new levels of

The Nelson Mandela Bay iHub is a business incubator located in Port Elizabeth that supports businesses in ICT. The iHub has a specific focus on technologies that have the potential to disrupt existing value chains and facilitate market access for our incubatees whilst contributing to social

Cacadu Development Agency is an entity of the Sarah Baartman District Municipality whose mandate is to spearhead catalytic economic development in the District across a variety of industrial sectors by engaging with relevant investors and stakeholders. These industrial sectors include:

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Based in Johannesburg, South Africa, BWA is the Channel Partner representing IHS Markit Product Design & Supply Chain in Sub – Saharan Africa.

IHS Markit is the worldwide leader in providing technical standards & specifications, journals, patents intelligence, root cause analysis and parts

Digital Square focuses on creating better alignment to accelerate health equity through the development, adoption, scale, and delivery of digital health innovations. Digital Square brings partners together to improve how the global community designs, uses and pays for digital health tools and

Avril Biopharma, Inc. is an emerging company founded by Dr. Eluemuno Blyden that uses the latest biotechnologies to design, test and manufacture protein-based medicines on demand. We address the need for rapid production of affordable vaccines, therapeutic antibodies and diagnostic products.

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Grassroots innovators are innovative individuals that may not necessarily have the requisite educational background or infrastructure to promote the commercialization of their innovations. Their innovative capacity is often driven by necessity and in-depth knowledge of local challenges that could be

 South African Population Research Infrastructure Network (SAPRIN) is a long-term investment into a national research infrastructure funded by the national Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) and hosted by the South African Medical Research Council. It brings together and harmonises all three

The French South African Tech Labs (FSAT Labs) is an incubator and accelerator for French and South African tech start-ups, based in Century City, Cape Town. It offers 400 sqm of incubation & acceleration space. Based on the partnership between Seda (Small Enterprise Development Agency) and Methys

Innovation Highway is a development initiative by the Technology Transfer and Innovation Support Office of the North-West University (NWU), to volunteer the commercialization skills of its team members in order to help establish start-up companies for entrepreneurs outside of academia. It is housed