Ten local entrepreneurs developing innovative green solutions have been selected to join the second Green Seeds Competition, a national accelerator, co-created by Attacq Limited and Property Point, designed to drive sustainability and inclusive growth in the industry.

The programme supports black-owned small businesses with commercially viable solutions to environmental and operational challenges with the new cohort inducted recently, marking the start of their year’s journey of mentorship, pilot opportunities, and business development.

Selected from a national pool of applicants, 2025’s group includes 10 enterprises from 6 provinces:

• House Harvest (Makhanda, Eastern Cape) – sustainable farmers through solar-powered aquaponics and eco-friendly waste management.
• ATOK Aluminium Solutions (Polokwane, Limpopo) – specialists in sustainable aluminium products.
• A1 ICT Trading (Mbombela, Mpumalanga) – ICT and telecom solutions that drive smart business operations.
• IC AGRI PLASTIC (Rustenburg, North West) – producers of durable agricultural materials from recycled plastics and tyres.
• LEEP Solutions (Cape Town, Western Cape) – an advanced environmental and energy efficiency solutions provider.
• Joburg Ash (Johannesburg, Gauteng) – transformers of industrial waste into sustainable building materials.
• Greener Pastures (Benoni, Gauteng) – sustainable agriculture and livestock management.
• OPS360 (Alberton, Gauteng) – advanced property and operational management technologies.

“South Africa’s most powerful innovations are coming from small businesses solving big problems,” says Shaun Theunissen, founder of Property Point. “Through Green Seeds, we’re helping those ideas grow into enterprises that can scale, employ, and lead.”

The programme combines technical business development with pilot access, allowing entrepreneurs to test and refine their models in real-world commercial environments, he adds.

“The real story here,” says van Jackie van Niekerk, CEO of Attacq Limited, “is that this model connects the dots between the green economy and enterprise development. It’s about linking innovation at the margins to formal corporate value chains, something South Africa has been missing for years.”