Our 2025 Nedbank Business Ignite Finalists

Garyn Cohen-Podiatrist

Podiatrists see patients when there is a problem and they are in pain. They rely on referrals from GP's and other healthcare practioners. Gary Cohen has taken a proactive approach partnering with schools, physios and even yoga instructors to detect foot problems and even prevent them.

AirCnC Property Management (PTY) LTD

Tuesday CapeTalk is reshaping short-term rentals in Cape Town’s South Peninsula by combining local expertise, hands-on care, and flexible service options that challenge the one-size-fits-all model of traditional property management.

KLM HIGH-giene Solutions (PTY) LTD

KLM High-giene is the first of its kind in South Africa. Offering Testing of food and beverages (Microbiological and Chemical), for the past 12 years. They offer food safety and hygiene service through partnering with accredited local commercial laboratories, and with that they are able to have a national footprint and also offer a wide range of testing scope.

RIGHT2WRITE FREE SCHOOL BOOK INITIATIVE

The Right2Write initiative affords the commercial world the unique opportunity to make a direct contribution to the education of youth by providing free exclusively branded school exercise books to learners across the country, while using that same opportunity to market their brand to a young and very influential target market, no matter the brand. t’s a marketing reality that building brand recognition needs to start from an early age.

Winsome Africa

Winsome Africa is a dynamic accounting consultancy that merges automation, advisory, and strategic financial management into one accessible service for small businesses, public entities, and enterprises across South Africa. Traditional accounting firms offer fragmented, manual, and reactive services; Winsome Africa replaces this with a tech-enabled, integrated, and forward-looking model that simplifies finance and accelerates decision-making.

Health Island

Health Island curates an incredible range of heathy grab-and-go snacks which we supply nationally in 3 ways: via vending machines; direct to offices in bulk where we have standing monthly order; and finally as hampers for staff appreciation, wellness days and events.

Out of Home Market Place

Out of Home Market Place is disrupting the outdoor media space and democratising access to outdoor advertising space. They have created a digital platform that allows suppliers (media owners) to register their data, assisting them with compliance with regulations, digital location identification, consistency in pricing, and storage of asset images.

The Shred Skatepark

The Shred Skatepark is more than just an indoor skate facility—it’s a creative, community-driven hub where action sports intersect with local culture, youth empowerment, and small business collaboration.

Phekolated Society

Pheko PM Group, established in 2021, is a South African biotech start-up that is redefining the food and beverage manufacturing landscape through the innovative use of indigenous plants such as Moringa Oleifera, Bidens Pilosa, Artemisia Afra, Gondolosi, Sea moss, and Soursop.

Bus Cuisine

Bus Cuisine – Redefining Culinary Tourism in South Africa. Bus Cuisine is South Africa’s first luxury double-decker restaurant on wheels—a groundbreaking concept that fuses fine dining with immersive travel. Based in Cape Town, our mobile restaurant delivers an unforgettable five-course lunch and six-course dinner experience, each perfectly paired with curated South African wines.

Kapablock (Pty) Ltd

Kapablock is manufacturing business making four different and distinct products - each with their own brand. The common denominator for each product category is that no entity in South Africa makes it.

Bokashi Bran

Bokashi Bran® disrupts traditional waste management by offering a simple, source-separation system that diverts food waste from landfills, where 90% of South Africa’s organic waste currently ends up, generating methane and accelerating landfill saturation.

The Sauce Queen (PTY) LTD

The Sauce Queen's business model is characterized by innovative approaches, leveraging exceptional flavour and value adding to create new value propositions and serve customer needs more efficiently.

Educase (Pty) Ltd

Educase Tools is reimagining how educators engage with administrative burdens. Traditional EdTech platforms often prioritise student learning analytics or school-wide infrastructure, leaving teachers to manually juggle planning, grading, and communication. Educase flips this by making teacher empowerment the core value proposition.

TOSH Detergents

TOSH Detergents is a proudly South African manufacturing company that produces a range of environmentally conscious cleaning products — including pine gel, multipurpose cleaners, thick bleach, and dishwashing liquid — infused with indigenous plant extracts sourced directly from rural women harvesters. Our distribution innovation is also key.

Rayetsa Custom Furniture

Rayetsa Furniture manufactures furniture for sale and for rental. They sell to both domestic and business sectors. They also cater for rentals for corporate, festivals and events.

Autism Resources SA

Autism Resources South Africa (autismresources.co.za) is an online hub for autism tools, education, and resources in South Africa, created by parents of autistic children for parents of autistic children. Their core offerings include specialised toys, therapy aids and anxiety‑management products, all tested by autistic individuals.

Bio-Pak

Bio-Pak is a South African-based manufacturer of home compostable food packaging, including coffee cups, lids, and cartons. Their core offering is sustainable, plastic-free packaging that breaks down naturally in a home compost environment—without requiring industrial composting facilities.

Hopscotch Travel

Hopscotch is a people-powered company reimagining how young South Africans access global opportunities. Our core offering connects young South African graduates and students with international employers through structured work experiences, visa sponsorships, and long-term placement, placing hundreds of young people in vetted programs globally each year.

Zakhaa

ZAKHAA is a pioneering payments facilitator and architect of financial inclusion, uniquely focused on transforming South Africa's underserved communities. Their comprehensive suite of product offerings, includes the ZAKHAA card machine, ZAKHAA FlexiPay, and ZAKHAA Smart Transact, collectively disrupt conventional financial practices within the informal economy.

Auto Electro Dynamics

A.E.D is a trusted brand in auto electrical, air conditioning, and diagnostic specialists. Their expertise includes Marine, Earth Moving, Forklift Machines, Horse and Trailers, Buses/Coaches, Light Delivery Vehicles, Motor Cars, Gen Sets, Electric Motor Rewinds, Auto Air Conditioning, Fitments, Repairs, Re-Gassing, Servicing, and Spare Parts Sales.

Qasr Solutions

Qasr Solutions embodies business innovation and disruption by redefining how small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) access and leverage advanced AI. Unlike traditional large-scale consultancies, their disruptive model focuses on agile, customised AI development and strategic integration, making sophisticated AI solutions attainable and impactful for businesses of all sizes.

Rayetsa Custom Furniture

Rayetsa Furniture manufactures furniture for sale and for rental. They sell to both domestic and business sectors. They also cater for rentals for corporate, festivals and events.

Cape Flats Relief Foundation

Cape Flats Relief Foundation started off as Bright Solar but changed its name to better reflect what they do. They are a small renewable energy company. They want to keep the Earth green by doing their part in contributing positively towards climate change and global warming.

Pulego Technologies

Pulego Technologies is a South African ICT services and software development company that delivers smart, citizen-centric digital solutions for municipalities, government agencies, and enterprises. Our offerings include custom software development, mobile applications, cloud-based platforms, data analytics, and AI integrations, all geared towards improving public service delivery, operational efficiency, and civic engagement.

Out Tasking Procurement Solutions PTY LTD

OTpro was established in 2015 as an independent house of procurement to provide professional supply chain services to multiple corporates.

Tankwa Outdoor (Pty) Ltd

Tankwa Outdoor is redefining the outdoor sleep gear market through locally manufactured, premium-quality sleeping mats that are durable, compact, and remarkably comfortable. Their innovation lies in a first-of-its-kind tapered foam design – currently under provisional patent – which delivers a better night’s sleep while reducing bulk for hikers and campers.

The Humans Narrative

The Humans Narrative is a distinguished photojournalism agency rooted in the heart of storytelling. Established with a profound mission to capture and communicate the essence of human experiences through visual narratives, the agency has carved a niche in the industry for its compelling approach to photography.