In the last 15 years
over half the Fortune 500
have disappeared
Traditional companies disrupted
by digital businesses with innovative models
by digital businesses with innovative models
We’re now living
in a platform economy
#shifthappens
What a company owns matters less
than what it can connect
than what it can connect
7 of 10 most valuable companies globally are based on a platform business model
$1.2 trillion allocated to platform business models by enterprises over the next 2 years
$1.2 trillion allocated to platform business models by enterprises over the next 2 years
Africa needs
ECONOMIC GROWTH
- Impact ecosystem is not holistic, systematic or adequately addressing the real issues of sustainable jobs
- Innovation ecosystem is fragmented and not creating sufficient impact or scale
- Unemployment and skills gaps continue to rise at epidemic proportions
- Piecemeal approaches are implemented without ecosystem vision
Innovation Factory™
We help markets evolve from linear to platform ecosystems by
building marketplaces that digitise existing value-chains, accelerate innovation
and transform business models to extract and create shared value.
Accelerating ventures
Accelerating ventures: platform and innovation ventures accelerated through industrialised lean, agile development cycles (from seed to scale)
Aggregated Services
Our embedded ops teams orchestrate funding, ideation, software engineering, technology, legal, human capital, finance and other key services to address aggregated venture, SMME and talent demands.
Digitising SMMEs
Digitising SMMEs: standardise, productise, and digitise SMMEs, allowing for meaningful and sustainable participation in digital ecosystems
Developing future skills
Developing talent: developing future (4IR) skills to enable Africa’s talent to thrive in an ever evolving global economy
Hluka Innovation Factory
We’re revolutionising township
economies for the 4th industrial revolution
Tech Ventures
We’re looking for African-founded, scalable tech ventures, to fuel the 10x growth our innovation factory needs. If selected, we fund everything you need to take your venture through to continental and global scale.
ApplyEntrepreneurs
Passionate, creative individuals with a hustle in your step and a sparkle in your eye – join us on a bumpy ride helping Africa’s digital transformation
ApplySMMEs
We want SMMEs to have meaningful participation in the formal and digital economy. If you meet our criteria and are selected, we will help you in every way to grow your revenue through strengthening, optimising and scaling your business.
ApplyPartners
Help us empower SMMEs, create jobs and grow the economy with your skills, technology and market access.
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