About us
From the kasi, for the kasi.
From the kasi, for the kasi.
Circuit Network (CN), also known as Soweto Business Directory (SBD), helps township and small-business owners participate in the digital economy: get found, reach customers and gain practical skills to run and grow their businesses.
We do that through affordable websites, free business listings, plain-language books and practical learning support. The SBD directory website is one tool in that work, not the whole organisation.
Our contribution to Africa's entrepreneurship ecosystem starts locally, in Soweto: making useful business knowledge and digital tools accessible to people who are often priced out.
Soweto Business Directory started in Protea Glen in October 2026, with one simple idea: a place where anyone in Soweto can find a local business and talk to them straight away. One tap to WhatsApp, call or directions. No sign-up, no fuss.
Word travelled fast, and so did we. From Protea Glen to the whole of Soweto - kota spots, salons, plumbers, creches, churches, schools, taxis and more, kasi to kasi.
The directory is free for customers and free for businesses. If you run a business in Soweto, your listing costs you nothing.
Soweto is not a side market. It is one of the biggest markets in South Africa.
And the real magic is when those businesses find each other. The caterer hires the local photographer. The salon buys from the local wholesaler. The creche orders kotas for the kids' party. Business to business, kasi to kasi - that is how Soweto money keeps moving in Soweto.
Use the directory to find your suppliers, your partners and your next customer.
A Soweto where every honest business can be found. Where you don't need a big budget to be seen - just a phone and a name people trust.
We want the money made in the kasi to keep working in the kasi. When people can find each other, local businesses grow, and Soweto grows with them.
To put Soweto's businesses on the map - every kasi, every street.
Free stays free. The businesses that choose the R650 website keep the lights on - no pressure, the listing is yours either way.