The Center for Entrepreneurship and Rapid Incubation is a tool for fostering an entrepreneurial culture and supporting up-and-coming business owners, which will eventually reduce youth unemployment.

While the Rapid Incubator concentrates on the college, it also provides services to all industries and small enterprises in the Katlehong catchment area in an effort to generate fresh ideas and support youth-owned and -operated firms.

The Centre for Entrepreneurship Rapid Incubator (CFERI) programme is an entrepreneurial initiative focused on assisting college and university graduates in starting their own businesses. 

Lovedale CFERI’s support

Operations

  • Business Sector
  • Agriculture, ICT & Manufacturing
  • Other industries
  • Skills development & Training

Administration

  • Coaching & Mentorship
  • Business Training

Compliance & Registration

  • Tax
  • BBBEE & CSD
  • Funding Applications

Stakeholder Partnerships

  • EC Govt
  • Buffalo City MM & Amathole
  • NYDA & SEDA
  • ECDC, Other Funding & Business Support Institution

Finance

The Daily Grind Hub is a facility with space for thinkers, innovators and entrepreneurs to get the support, coaching, and mobilisation they need. 

The Daily Grind Hub offers the following services; 

  1. Incubation 
    • Pre-Incubation: Innovation assessment, business plan, business modelling and training
    • Incubation: Access to finance and coaching and mentoring, hosting, training, commercialization, and advanced business planning. 
    • Post-Incubation: Innovation diagnostics, international support, technology commercialization, clustering business development. 
  2. Co-Working Spaces
  3. Codetrepre

I just registered my company and want to provide accommodation for the community 

Imbaliyesizwe Beaded Jewellery, which means "the flower of the nation," is a company that produces beaded bracelets, bangles, earrings, and necklaces.Imbaliyesizwe Beaded Jewellery, which means "the flower of the nation," is a company that produces beaded bracelets, bangles, earrings, and necklaces.

Softstart BTI provides an integrated package of workspace, shared office services, access to specialized equipment and value-added services like management assistance, access to finance, marketing and networking support.

Softstart Business and Technology Incubator (Softstart BTI) has full support and sponsorship from the SEDA Technology Programme (STP) a programme under the Small Enterprise Development Agency of the DSBD. 

Business Development Areas:

  • Technology - The design and development of the actual products and services that will be delivered to the customer.
  • Operational - The

Recycling and upcycling, contractor management, engineering and general construction, maintenance, and supplies; organic farming; and development and empowerment are some of the services we provide. Our primary focus is on eco-friendly solutions.

Propella Business Incubator specializes in Smart City and Smart Township Solutions, along with Industry 4.0 technology, by leveraging high-end equipment and technology partners to speed up Research and Development for ventures and funders.

Propella Business Incubator was established in 2015 by Innovolve, the wholly-owned commercialization company of Nelson Mandela University, in collaboration with Engeli Enterprise Development. 

Prospective incubatees go through a rigorous selection process to qualify for access to Propella and its support services. Once they are selected Propella facilitators

RLabs is a South African award-winning non-profit company, established in 2009 in Bridgetown, Cape Town. The RLabs model has since been expanded to 23 countries across 5 continents impacting more than 15 million people through our work. The main aim of RLabs is to create environments and systems where people are impacted, empowered and transformed through HOPE, Innovation, Technology, Training and Economic Opportunities. To date, more than 200,000 people have accessed RLabs skills, training and economic empowerment programmes

RLabs provides a support programme for small businesses and

Tshimologong was founded by Prof. Barry Dwolatzky and is wholly owned by Wits University. Tshimologong is a Level 1 Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment  (BBB-EE) contributor and is an accredited service provider with the  Media Information and Communications Technologies Sector (MICT  SETA).

Tshimologong catalyses the transformation of Braamfontein into a premier technology destination to raise the profile of African digital innovation by inspiring new talent and addressing rising youth unemployment. As a university-based incubator, Tshimologong Precinct further aims to commercialise