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Technology, energy and safety solutions. Part of Kgolo's mine safety technology marketplace. DIVE stage led: Innovate.
The Innovate pillar
What it is
Innovate is the pillar for practical, pilot-ready solutions that make mining and its supply chain safer, cleaner, cheaper and more productive, developed with and for African conditions.
Strategic objective
What it is for
To connect problem owners (mines, suppliers, communities) with solution providers (technologists, researchers, SMMEs) so that good ideas become funded pilots and then scaled products.
In the marketplace
What it means
Innovate lists challenges and solutions side by side. A mine posts a problem; a provider posts a proven or pilot-ready answer; the platform introduces them, and Invest and Trade carry the pilot to scale.
DIVE in this pillar
From need to value, one stage at a time
Every listing, deal and project follows the same four stages. How DIVE works.
Discover
Document the real operational, safety or energy problem on the ground.
Innovate
Match and co-develop a solution with local context built in.
Value
Prove the case with pilot data, safety gains and cost savings.
Exchange
Commercialise through supply agreements and wider adoption.
Strategic focus areas
Mine safety technology, energy and innovation
Mine safety technology and health monitoring
Clean and renewable energy for mines and communities
Water, waste and environmental monitoring
Digital tools, data and mapping (including partner Skywalk Innovations)
Automation and productivity tools suited to small and mid-scale operations
Research and university partnerships
Pilot programmes and test sites
Intellectual property and local ownership of solutions
Innovation challenges and showcases
Green and circular technologies (including partner Enviro Safe)
Live listings
On Kgolo now
Listing types in this pillar: Challenge statementSolution offerPilot-ready productResearch partnerTest-site offerInnovation call
Value add
What Innovate does for you
For solution providers
Access to real problem owners and pilot sites.
For mines
Vetted solutions without long searches.
For communities
Cleaner, safer operations and local technology jobs.
For funders
De-risked, evidenced innovation.
Deal Room
The Innovate Deal Room
A Deal Room is where a project, need or offer meets the people who can act on it: buyers, funders, suppliers and partners. Members ask to take part, SAMCA checks each request, and every step is recorded. Deal Rooms open with the Founding Auction on 1 December 2026.
Take part
Join, list or start a Deal Room
Register to get your Kgolo ID and a 14 day free trial. Deal Rooms open with the Founding Auction on 1 December 2026.
The other pillars: Explore · Beneficiate · Invest · Grow · Trade