Q Africa Holdings’ current portfolio of investments comprises of the following technology companies financed through the TVC’s management of the Southern African Intellectual Property Fund (SAIP Fund). All companies are commercializing South African technologies of international renown:

• Resource Ballast Technologies (RBT) is commercializing a proprietary water treatment technology which prevents the translocation of marine organisms in the ballast water of ocean-going cargo vessels. A market of at least US$34 billion will be created by the ratification of the 2004 IMO Convention on Ballast Water. RBT has successfully achieved full international certification of its technology, meeting stringent requirements imposed by the International Maritime Organization , and is now selling units to the global shipping industry. RBT has entered into a global exclusive distribution agreement with the largest ship servicing company in the world, Wilhelmsen Marine Services of Norway, which provides RBT with access to Wilhelmsen’s extensive and well established network of 298 offices in 69 countries servicing some 2200 ports in 115 countries. More information on RBT is available on www.resource-technology.com.
  
  
• Ambixtra Technologies is commercializing a suite of patented microelectronic inventions that have application in the development of intelligent automotive engine ignition systems. The Ambixtra ignition system delivers a very high energy spark, the characteristics of which enables the designers of the next generation of spark ignition engines to further extend the boundaries towards greater power, efficiency and reduced emissions. The ignition system is currently being tested at leading European test facilities. A number of OEM automotive manufacturers, as well as leading automotive engine developers and ignition components manufacturers, have expressed interest in the company’s technology. The company is seeking strategic partners to facilitate adoption of the technology by the industry.
  
  
• InSiAva (Pty) Ltd is developing the first viable silicon-based photonic interconnect solution for light-based chip-to-chip data communication on the printed circuit boards of computers. The technology overcomes the poor light emitting properties of silicon, thereby addressing the looming “interconnect problem” that threatens to put the brakes on Moore’s law, which has held true for over 4 decades, i.e. transistor density of computer chips doubles inexpensively every two years. Appropriately, the INSiAVA technology has attracted some attention from Intel, whose then CEO, Dr Craig Barrett, visited the research team in 2005. Since then, INSiAVA has demonstrated that its devices can switch at speeds in excess of 10GHz and is now seeking to achieve data transfer rates and power efficiencies of 1 Gb/s and 5x10-5 % respectively, making the technology a truly billion unit solution. More information on INSiAVA is available on www.insiava.com.