Our Vision
Africa has always been asked to buy its biotechnology. The Root is built for an Africa that sells it. Created here, regulated here, manufactured here, and shipped from here.
What We Do
Our Mission
To take a molecule the whole distance. From a South African laboratory, through evidence and registration, to a product a family can trust. Quality, safety and evidence are the conditions for existing.
How We BuildScience at the source
The Company At A Glance
Incubated by The Innovation Hub an agency of the Gauteng Provincial Government, and a subsidiary of the Gauteng Growth and Development Agency.
2020
Reg. as The Root (Pty) Ltd
Level 1
B-BBEE Contributor
6
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Research and university partners
Top 10
Africa Biotech finalist Africa Health ExCon, 2023
One platform, many programmes
The Commercialisation Platform
The Root is a platform, not a single product. The same pipeline develops each new candidate. As it runs, it develops technical graduates and creates work.Bioactive ingredients
Compounds identified and developed for therapeutic potential.
Scheduled products
Candidates advanced within the SAHPRA scheduling framework.
Biotechnology platforms
Evidence based natural and synthetic biology approaches.
API and licensing
Active ingredient and licensing value for partners.
University commercialisation
Research converted into protected IP and funded development.
