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South Africa's commercial knowledge, organised.

B Research Institution is building a searchable digital library of South African commerce, institutions, industries and public information.

Tryinsurance companies in South AfricaJSE-listed banksfilm production companies in Cape Townmetropolitan municipalitiesBig 4 accounting firms
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53 entities

Sectors, organisations, regulators and associations linked through public sources.

Sample profile

Yoco Technologies

yoco.com · Cape Town, Western Cape

South African fintech providing card acceptance and business tools for SMEs.

TechnologyFintechSME
AI-assisted summary based on publicly available source information.confidence 84%
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Library at a glance
53
Organisations
16
Sectors
55
Source pages
9
Provinces
Top sectors
What the platform does

Four ways the knowledge library helps you understand South African commerce.

Search South African organisations

Find businesses, institutions, associations, public entities and sector participants.

Understand industries

Explore industries, sectors, markets and public commercial information.

Generate AI summaries

Convert scattered website content into readable organisation and sector summaries.

Discover relationships

Identify related organisations, regulators, suppliers, associations and market participants.

Who it is for

A library serving the people who study and build South African commerce.

ResearchersEntrepreneursConsultantsProcurement teamsSMEsInvestorsPolicy researchersStudentsPublic sector researchersIndustry analysts
How it works

Public sources, structured into a searchable, AI-assisted library.

  1. Step 1
    Public Websites
  2. Step 2
    Crawler
  3. Step 3
    Data Cleaning
  4. Step 4
    Search Index
  5. Step 5
    AI Summary
  6. Step 6
    Knowledge Library
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Try the library.

One search bar across organisations, sectors, services and locations.

insurance companies in South Africa JSE-listed banks film production companies in Cape Town metropolitan municipalities Big 4 accounting firms Gauteng fintech startups state-owned entities platinum mining houses private hospitals near Sandton public universities Western Cape humanitarian NGOs pharmaceutical manufacturers
Sample result

Santam Ltd

santam.co.za

South Africa's largest short-term insurer providing personal, commercial and specialist cover.

Short-term insuranceJSE-listed
Data principles

A research-first approach to public commercial information.

Principle 1

Publicly available information only

The platform indexes information that is publicly accessible on the open web.

Principle 2

We respect website access rules

Crawlers honour robots.txt and avoid login-protected or restricted content.

Principle 3

Improve discoverability, not misrepresent

Profiles aim to make organisations easier to discover, not to make claims about them.

Principle 4

AI outputs are clearly labelled

Every AI-generated summary carries an 'AI-assisted' label so readers know its provenance.

Principle 5

Corrections welcome

Organisations can request corrections or removal of inaccurate information at any time.

Need something corrected or removed? Send a correction request.