Reg. 2018/247810/07 · CSD MAAA1776632
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Partnership opportunities

Where partners can make the difference

Focused on the everyday systems that help communities live, learn, work and thrive. Each project moves along the same pathway, Concept, Pilot, Implementation and Scale, and is marked with where it stands today.

a-frame housing Concept image of a BRC A-frame show home at the BRC Innovation Hub, with visitors in the garden Concept image
01 Concept stage

A-Frame Precision Modular Housing

More space. Greater dignity. Smarter use of every rand.

A precision-designed, prefabricated housing concept that challenges conventional thinking about construction cost and the value delivered per square metre.

Seeking: Housing institutions and public-sector bodies · Landowners and developers · Investors and funders · Manufacturing and construction partners

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Pilot
Implementation
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hydropod concept Concept image of a woman carrying her baby and wheeling a solar-powered HydroPod 2.0 water unit beside a river Concept image
02 Concept stage

HydroPod 2.0

From water collection to water intelligence.

HydroPod 2.0 is a next-generation development concept for decentralised water access. It challenges the assumption that water infrastructure must be fixed, centralised and disconnected from the everyday realities of the communities it serves.

Seeking: Engineering and water-technology partners · Research institutions · Pilot-site partners · Funders for prototype development

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Pilot
Implementation
Scale
harvest green Concept image of the Harvest Green site: tunnel farms, solar panels, water tanks, A-frame work-and-stay homes, a HydroPod 2.0 station and a training and enterprise hub Concept image
03 Concept stage

Harvest Green

Growing people. Restoring land.

A replicable agricultural development model designed to help women and young people move from unemployment and limited opportunity into productive farming, enterprise ownership and participation in the agricultural economy.

Seeking: Landowners and land partners · Agricultural specialists · Offtake and market partners · Funders and development partners

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Pilot
Implementation
Scale
water tanks Concept image of a fenced BRC community water point with four storage tanks and tap stands, with residents collecting water Concept image
04 Concept stage

Water to the Last Mile

Store it. Access it. Deliver it. Sustain it.

A community water ecosystem connecting storage, accessible collection points and potential last-mile delivery to households.

Seeking: Municipalities and water authorities · Infrastructure funders and corporate partners · Engineering and installation specialists · Community enterprises

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Pilot
Implementation
Scale
school chess court Concept image of a BRC Grandmasters of Tomorrow giant chess court at a school, with learners watching from an amphitheatre Concept image
05 Concept stage

Grandmasters of Tomorrow Chess Courts

Not just a game. A lifelong advantage.

A proposed national platform of school chess courts, programmes and championships, building thinking skills for boys and girls.

Seeking: Corporate sponsors · Education departments and schools · Equipment and logistics partners · Training partners

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Pilot
Implementation
Scale
trolley library Concept image of learners reading beside a lockable four-door BRC mobile trolley library Concept image
06 Operating nationally

Mobile Trolley Libraries

Books open bigger futures.

Lockable mobile libraries that bring books, learning and the joy of reading directly into classrooms and communities.

Seeking: Trolley sponsors · Book donors and publishers · Schools and community centres · Programme partners

Concept
Pilot
Implementation
● Scale
prefabricated library Concept image of a solar-powered BRC prefabricated library with learners reading outside, and interior views of shelving, computers and literacy resources Concept image
07 Concept stage

BRC Prefabricated Library

Affordable libraries that inspire learning.

A solar-powered, prefabricated community library designed to be installed quickly and affordably, giving learners and families access to books, digital media and safe, inspiring learning spaces where they are needed most.

Seeking: Municipalities and education departments · Corporate sponsors · Funders · Site and school partners

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Pilot
Implementation
Scale

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