J29 helps business owners learn digital and AI skills, grow with mentoring and get online, and gives the organisations that back them programmes with proof built in.
MSME Marketing & AI Programme
Youth Learnership
MSME Workshops
Business Registration Workshop
Learn, Grow and Get Online. Whatever the programme, the job is the same: a business owner with real skills, a mentor in their corner and a business customers can find.
140+ MSME owners trained through corporate and online programmes, and 20 young people on an accredited learnership.
See the work behind the numbersWhether you're just starting out or ready to scale, we have a clear path for you.
Get hands on with digital marketing, AI tools, and business fundamentals. Our practical workshops give you skills you can apply to your business from day one.
One on one mentoring that meets you where you are. Our 3-Month Sprint and 6-Month Accelerate programmes walk alongside you with a proven framework until you're ready to lead.
From websites to social media and AI, we build your digital presence so customers can find you online. You focus on running your business, we handle the tech.
2 lists. 9 minutes a day.
Your next customer is closer than you think. They already know you, already asked you for a price, or know someone who did. A website and a daily post get you seen. This simple habit helps you follow through: contact the people you already know, answer today, write it down and ask.
A phone and a notebook are enough. Every step works without data.
Everyone online is selling you something. J29 gives you the honest version first: step by step guides, a funders list with dates, business tools, Ask J29 for quick answers, and a YouTube channel you can watch between customers. When you are ready for a brand or a website, we build it.
Short, practical posts for business owners and the organisations that back them. Follow J29 to get them first.
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95,399 invoices, worth R12.4 billion
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Boardrooms, community halls, and everywhere in between. We show up where you are and deliver training that changes businesses and lives.
Most providers hand you attendance registers and photos. Boards and funders now ask for outcomes: businesses registered, websites live, first orders, funding applications, supply contracts. J29 diagnoses, delivers and documents, so every MSME gets real deliverables and you get a report you can put in front of a board.
Digital marketing, finance, business support and AI for MSME owners, in person or on the J29 Learn Portal. Youth programmes that take young people from idea to first customer, from an accredited provider.
The S.E.E.D.S Compass diagnoses each business first, then mentors work on what the diagnosis found. Results so far include first paid orders, funding applications and new supply contracts.
A professional brand and a working website for every business in the programme, at a fixed price per MSME. 63 brand kits and 47 websites built so far.
Delivering for financial institutions, universities, incubators, accelerators and skills authorities.
Accredited MICT SETA training provider46 township businesses taken through a business makeover programme in 2023, with R188,000 in grants paid directly into their business accounts.
Multiple cohorts of MSMEs, each given a full brand kit and digital presence.
Brand identities for small businesses, delivered through a Johannesburg innovation hub.
Mentoring of incubated ventures since April 2025.
Tell us about your cohort, your dates and your budget. We come back with a proposal and a sample report.
See four programmes and their results Request a Programme Proposal We respond within 1 to 2 business days with a tailored proposalThe accreditations, memberships and certifications behind the work.
J29 has been awarded Bronze Level SMME Associate status by the IMM Institute, established in 1948, joining its programme for supporting entrepreneurs and advancing SMME development in South Africa.
About the IMM SMME Associateship
J29 is a member of the South African Artificial Intelligence Association (SAAIA), an industry body for responsible AI in South Africa.
Our work supports seven UN Sustainable Development Goals and the Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact. Read our sustainability policy
Whether you're a corporate investing in MSME development or a small business owner ready to go digital, your next step starts here.
Partner with us to roll out Learn, Grow, and Get Online programmes as part of your CSI, MSME support, or workforce upskilling initiatives.
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