§ YXC · 00YouthXchange · Activation engine

Build a track record.
In public.

YouthXchange is the accelerator-grade public layer of YiB. Tiered membership, sector expos, investor-facing pitch rooms, and procurement briefs — designed to turn a kasi business into a capital-ready firm.


§ 01

By the numbers

[ 01 ]
20
Members onboarded
[ 02 ]
6
Fellow-tier vetted
[ 03 ]
1
Events in pipeline

§ 02

What YXC does

[ 01 ]

Tiered membership

Network · Associate · Fellow · Alumni. Each tier signals to investors and procurement partners exactly where a member is on the readiness curve.

See tiers →
[ 02 ]

Sector expos

Public, photographable, broadcastable. Soshanguve Expo (3 July 2026) is the flagship. 100 exhibitor kiosks. Pitch night. Investor walk-through.

Events →
[ 03 ]

Pitch Room

Vetted Fellow pitches in front of DFI, corporate CSI and angel investors. Recorded. Indexed. Re-bookable.

Preview →
[ 04 ]

Procurement briefs

Corporate buyers post live SMME-eligible briefs to the YXC member network. A direct line from supplier development budget to township firm.

Become a buyer →

§ 03

Featured Fellows

Vetted · investor-facing
FellowFood & Agri

Block H Coffee Roasters

Soshanguve-roasted speciality coffee for cafés and corporate clients.

Boitumelo Mokoena · FounderSoshanguve, Gauteng
FellowFashion

Tšhipa Atelier

Made-to-order African tailoring for graduations and weddings.

Naledi Mokwena · Founder & Head DesignerMamelodi, Gauteng
FellowFinance

Stokvelo

Digital stokvel ledger and payouts. POPIA-compliant, no banking licence.

Tumi Ramaphosa · Co-founderSoshanguve, Gauteng
FellowCreative

Re Bona Studio

Editorial design studio for institutions and policy publications.

Lerato Modise · Creative DirectorGauteng
FellowTech

Sebenza Fintech

Embedded credit for township merchants.

Tshepo Maboe · CEOGauteng
FellowFashion

Vuka Wear

Workwear and uniform manufacturing for township enterprise contracts.

Lebogang Sithole · FounderMamelodi, Gauteng
See full cohort →

§ 04

Upcoming

Public events