Governance
PULSE Check (Verify)
A digital onboarding and vetting platform that verifies supplier and employee information to combat municipal and corporate fraud in real time.
Proven, deployment-ready proprietary software solving Africa's most critical public sector and corporate bottlenecks. Every solution is PMO-deployed and VSI-verified from day one.
Each solution targets a specific public sector or corporate bottleneck, is deployed through our PMO division, and tracked in real time through the VSI platform. These are not pilot programmes — they are live enterprise deployments.
Governance
A digital onboarding and vetting platform that verifies supplier and employee information to combat municipal and corporate fraud in real time.
Governance
An AI-driven platform that revolutionises big data analysis, identifying patterns and offering insightful recommendations for financial governance and compliance.
Governance
AI powered legal case management and compliance tracking platform ensuring judicial transparency across municipalities and corporate entities.
Utilities
Enterprise-grade utility management platform that reduces wastewater and improves energy efficiency through early anomaly detection and IoT monitoring.
Utilities
Produces IoT and communication hardware including sensors for smart utilities, asset tracking, and environmental monitoring across municipal and industrial environments.
Utilities
An AI powered community safety platform. The flagship Afri-tec SOS Alert mobile app enables fast, discreet emergency communication to combat gender based violence and improve public safety.
Fintech
A digital property management platform offering tenant engagement, smart facilities management, and behaviour analytics for affordable housing and commercial property portfolios.
Capacity Building
A learner evaluation platform that uses AI driven assessments to track progress, identify skills gaps, and align graduate capabilities with real industry needs.
Capacity Building
A marketing agency solving youth unemployment through design thinking and technology solutions turning creative talent into sustainable digital careers.
Fintech
A sovereign grade transaction gateway providing the payment rails for the ecosystem enabling secure, automated revenue collection for utilities and large scale government grant disbursements.
TDM
Technology driven micro enterprise development platform creating sustainable economic pathways for township and rural entrepreneurs through digital tools and market access.
Skills Developmen
Structured ICT and digital skills programmes delivered across South Africa closing the gap between unemployed youth and the demands of a 4IR economy through accredited training.
AI Campus
An intensive AI and software engineering programme that takes unemployed graduates to job ready developers in 6 months with a 100% placement rate across multiple cohorts.
Coding in rural
Bringing structured coding and computational thinking curricula to rural schools planting the seeds of Africa's next generation of developers before they reach university.
One water ONE Water is a Sandton-based smart water technology company that combines AI-powered digital twin technology with physical pipeline engineering. They specialise in non-revenue water reduction, live pipeline repairs with zero shutdowns, and real-time water network monitoring, serving municipalities, mines, industry, and agriculture across Africa.
EPF/SALGA
The Empire Partner Foundation (EPF) is an appointed Solution Partner on the South African Local Government Association (SALGA) Product Catalogue. Through this strategic partnership, EPF delivers innovative governance and data analytics solutions that strengthen transparency, risk management, and digital transformation across South African municipalities.
Team Solve
TeamSolve was founded to help utility and industrial teams make better use of the work they already do and the data they already have. Too often, essential work gets buried in disconnected systems, paper records, and individual experience. They set out to change that by building Knowledge Twin, an AI-powered system that helps teams capture, organize, and learn from their operational work so knowledge doesn't get lost.
Green Twin
GreenTwin is a company and service provider based in Slovenia.. GreenTwin is designed for a wide range of applications, from manufacturing and transportation to healthcare. With it, we can efficiently monitor and manage assets, from a single machine to an entire company.
AI Campus
AI Campus is a South African AI company offering a unified platform (AIC-ONE) for governments and enterprises. Their tools cover data analytics, workforce skills mapping, workflow automation, compliance verification, case management, and community engagement.
EM Guidance
An AI-driven healthcare platform for medical diagnostics and patient record management.
VSI
Real-time M&E, treasury-aligned outcomes, ESG reporting
Plan Act
Planact is a Johannesburg-based non-profit organisation focused on promoting inclusive local governance and improving living conditions for vulnerable communities. It works to eliminate exclusion from municipal decision-making by strengthening community participation, accountability, and advocacy in urban development. Through research, facilitation, capacity building, and policy engagement, Planact supports informal settlement residents and marginalised groups to influence local government processes and achieve equitable access to services and sustainable development.
City Deep DevCo
City Deep DevCo is a company that holds EPF tech Fund and AB’s company shares in Re-tec. It is not a trading company but an investment company.
Eroute-2-market
eRoute2Market is a South African sales data analytics company that integrates distribution and sales data across trade channels like HORECA, petroleum, and emerging markets. Their tools cover online reporting, stock ordering, sales tracking, and a mobile app for field sales teams — all aimed at turning data into actionable business decisions.
East Coast Logistics
Active logistics and supply chain provider with verified operational capability. Traditional logistics model with stable revenue status.
TGPDC
The Good People Data Company is a South African identity verification and customer onboarding SaaS platform. They offer no-code KYC/FICA workflows (Verify FLEX), a tenant management system (TMS), and a developer API (Verify API), drawing on 6,000+ data points from bureaus like TransUnion, Experian, and LexisNexis — fully POPIA and NCR compliant.
ProBono.Org is a South African non-profit organisation that improves access to justice by providing free legal assistance to indigent and vulnerable individuals. It operates as a legal clearing house, screening and referring qualifying clients to volunteer private lawyers for civil matters such as family law, labour disputes, housing, consumer rights, wills, and deceased estates. The organisation also conducts legal clinics, community education programmes, mediation services, and strategic public-interest legal initiatives.
Digication is a South African skills development and digital learning platform that bridges the gap between education and workplace readiness. They offer AI-powered learning assessments, an adaptive digital tutor, an ESG reporting platform, and accredited tech training bootcamps covering areas like data science, AI, cybersecurity, and cloud computing.
Two proprietary platforms power the transparency and storytelling layers of the entire ecosystem.
A platform ensuring accountability and transparency across all social initiatives. The VSI is the Digital Nervous System of the EPF Ecosystem tracking every cent, every project, and every outcome in real time.
A media house fostering dialogue on socio-economic challenges through content creation. The Production House generates storytelling that attracts further support, partners, and awareness for the ecosystem.
All EPF solutions are enterprise-ready and deployed through our PMO division with full VSI tracking. Get in touch to discuss your specific challenge.