Current & Recent Projects

Some of our current and recent projects include:

Review and report on the feasibility of bioethanol production in South Africa, on behalf of Grain SA / Ethanol Africa / Chemin Chemical Incubator.

Development of a strategic business plan and funding proposal for the expansion of the existing manufacturing facility and establishment of a new manufacturing facility for a developing charcoal briquette manufacturing business, utilizing a novel in-line multiple-phase carbonizing retort system – on behalf of S&P Carbon / Chemin Chemical Incubator.

Development of a strategic business plan and funding proposal for the establishment of a cobalt-based metal chemical manufacturing facility – on behalf of MetQuest (Pty) Ltd / Chemin Chemical Incubator.

Development of a strategic business plan for the establishment of an industrial-scale advanced vacuum pyrolysis plant using the company’s breakthrough proprietary technology, for the conversion of a range of carbon-containing waste materials into value-added fuel oil, carbon and low molecular weight flue gas – on behalf of Pyro Clean (Pty) Ltd (Subsidiary of Gecco Holdings International) / Chemin Chemical Incubator.

Development of a strategic business plan and funding proposal for the manufacture bio-diesel from vegetable oils in South Africa – on behalf of Green Diesel Commodities (Pty) Ltd / Chemin Chemical Incubator.

Development of the Responsible Tourism Sector Plan for the King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality - on behalf of the Eastern Cape Department of Economic and Environmental Affairs DEDEA.

Development of a Tourism Development Plan for the Knysna Municipality.

Business Plan for the development and operation of a nature-based tourism attraction / Karoo Garden at Egg Rock, Cradock - on behalf of Inxuba Yethemba Local Municipality.

Tourism marketing and development support to the Inxuba Yethemba Local Municipality - on behalf of Thina Sinako / Eastern Cape Provincial Treasury.

Strategic management, project monitoring and reporting for capital development projects for the Walter Sisulu University in the Eastern Cape (as part of the Ubunye Consortium).

Revision of the Institutional Operating Plan (strategic plan) and development of the 20-year Infrastructure Masterplan for the Walter Sisulu University campuses in the Eastern Cape (as part of the Ubunye Consortium).

Pilot tourism statistics survey and development of an online tourism statistics system for the Cacadu District Municipality.

Rapid Assessment of current status and tourism potential of local nature reserves in the Cacadu District for the Cacadu District Municipality.

Stakeholder perception research on the perception of industry, and public stakeholders on the ECGBB, internal climate survey on the ECGBB, benchmarking of the corporate structure of the ECGBB against international best practice – on behalf of the Eastern Cape Gambling and Betting Board.

Review of the Tourism Master Plan for the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality.

Ibhongo LamaXhosa Cultural Park concept, establishment, feasibility study, business plan, marketing plan. Kyle Business Projects is project co-leader with Thembela Architects. Other consortium members: Pulana Baxter & Associates (Quantity Surveyor), Sigma Consulting (Civil Engineering) and Richard Nzuza & Associates (Electrical Engineering). The Consortium is undertaking the design and establishment of the Xhosa Cultural Village on behalf of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality.

Concept Plan for the Merger of the Eastern Cape Tourism Board and the Eastern Cape Parks Board - on behalf of Eastern Cape Department of Economic Development and Environmental Affairs.

Feasibility study for the establishment of a nature-based tourism attraction / Karoo Garden at Egg Rock, Cradock - on behalf of Inxuba Yethemba Local Municipality.

Tourism potential assessment of the Nelson Mandela Bay Nature Reserves and Open Space Projects (with WESSA) - on behalf of Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality.

Development of the Tourism Master Plan for the Cacadu District Municipality.

Review of the Responsible Tourism Sector Plans for the Kouga, Camdeboo, Makana and Ndlambe Local Municipalities - on behalf of Cacadu District Municipality.

Development of the Consolidated Responsible Tourism Sector Plan for the Chris Hani District.

Development of a Responsible Tourism Sector Plan for the Ikwezi Local Municipality - on behalf of Cacadu District Municipality.

Development of a Responsible Tourism Sector Plan for the Sunday’s River Valley Local Municipality - on behalf of Cacadu District Municipality.

Research on the history of Cradock, development of a tourism-focused Cradock history booklet, and development of the Cradock tourism website and the Inxuba Yethemba Municipality website - on behalf of the Coega Development Corporation and the South African National Department of Tourism.

Organisation, management and hosting of CMT2009 - the 6th International Conference on Coastal and Marine Tourism, held in Port Elizabeth, South Africa from 9 - 11 May 2011.

With the Cerebral Palsy Association (Eastern Cape), organisation, management and hosting of CP2011 - the South African National Cerebral Palsy Conference, held in Port Elizabeth, South Africa from 23 - 26 June 2009.

Development of the Tourism Institutional Framework for the Chris Hani District.

Development of the Responsible Tourism Sector Plan for the Emalahleni Local Municipality.

Development of guidelines for the establishment and operation of Local Tourism Organisations, and support to Local Municipalities for the establishment of Local Tourism Organisations in the Cacadu District of the Eastern Cape.

Development of the Responsible Tourism Sector Plan for the Inxuba Yethemba Local Municipality.

Development of the Responsible Tourism Sector Plan for the Baviaans Local Municipality, in the combined project team with the Tourism Research Unit of the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University.

Development of the Project Plan for the establishment of a wind energy research and training facility in the Blue Crane Route Local Municipality of the Eastern Cape, on behalf of the Cacadu District Municipality, the Blue Crane Development Agency, and Stellenbosch University.

Undertaking a due diligence study and development of the Strategic Business Plan for the development of the Kouga Tourism Route in the Kouga Local Municipality, on behalf of the Eastern Cape Parks and Tourism Agency.