Accelerators and Incubators

Mobile Agri Skills Development and Training (MASDT) was established in 2005 as a training service provider in the agricultural sector in Mpumalanga, South Africa, but it changed to a non-profit company (NPC), in 2007.

During its business journey it has diversified from being solely a training provider institution to becoming a one-stop centre for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the agricultural sector.

MASDT offerings

Seda-funded incubator (plant and animal production incubation)

Main focus areas:

• Facilitating the agriculture incubation concept in different provinces.
• Incorporat

LaunchLab is an initiative of Innovus, situated in the centre of Stellenbosch University’s campus. LaunchLab focuses on developing both the entrepreneur as well as the business.  It functions as a business accelerator and boosts entrepreneurship on campus by providing networking opportunities, mentoring and affordable rental rates in an entrepreneur-friendly environment. The business accelerator is open to external start-up companies who would like to benefit from the entrepreneurial services on offer, as well as internal or external service providers who are able to provide mentoring, support

Founders Factory Africa encompasses a unique bunch of creative builders, designers, entrepreneurs and mentors, who bring a wealth of knowledge and years of experience to those they work with.

The organisation has a heart for Africa, is proud to be a part of its complex and flourishing fabric, and is humbled by its history of individual and collective progress.

Locally grounded and globally connected, Founders Factory Africa is becoming the go-to innovation partner for start-ups, investors, governments, and corporations throughout Africa and beyond. 

Founders Factory Africa investment

BioPark Business Incubator provides business development support to start-ups in the health sector in areas such as biopharmaceuticals, medical devices and diagnostics, indigenous knowledge-based nutraceuticals, and cosmeceuticals.

It does the same for start-ups in the agricultural sector in areas such as agro-food processing, bioprocessing, and smart agriculture as well as in the industrial biotechnology sector. 

• Advisory and skills development
• Markets
• Networking opportunities
• Infrastructure
• Funding opportunities

AlphaCode Club is a club for financial services entrepreneurs, which is supported by a physical workspace and a virtual platform.

Launched by Rand Merchant Investments in 2015, AlphaCode identifies partners and grows next-generation financial services entrepreneurs, through incubation, acceleration, collaboration and investment.

Akro is a company dedicated to helping entrepreneurs turn ideas into businesses.

It offers events, venture funding and consulting services, and it has a practical approach to entrepreneurship.

The team members have their own businesses and understand the challenges facing entrepreneurs and start-ups.

Akro services:

• Co-working spaces in Cape Town: Salt River, City Centre and De Waterkant.
• Girl Boss Hustle: a support channel that assists woman business owners, entrepreneurs and start-ups with the unique challenges they face as they grow.
• Accelerator: a digital accelerator for tech

The Namibia Business Innovation Institute (NBII) formerly known as Namibia Business Innovation Centre (NBIC) is a national leader in research, entrepreneurship and innovation. NBII develops ways of taking your insight from idea to the marketplace by helping you to navigate the innovation process.

NBII operates through the four pillars of: Innovation Marketplace (I’M), Entrepreneurship and Incubation (E&I), Research and Development (R&D), and the RLabs Namibia project.

The NBII proactively stimulates and supports innovation, entrepreneurship and social upliftment through exploring

Satoshicentre is a lab for learning new developments in the bitcoin space, including both second layer technologies. Its headquarters are in Gaborone, Botswana. 

The lab aims to: 

• Mentor and train potential businesses and members of the fintech and blockchain community.
• Build an African blockchain hub that will incubate fintech and blockchain-based start-ups.
• Connect fintech and blockchain start-ups to investors, with the aim of securing funding.
• Provide start-ups with access to funding in a stable environment where all stakeholders aspirations are fulfilled.

Ngwana Africa is a pre-seed start-up accelerator and innovation hub that seeks to build Africa's economic skills capacity by training the continent's next generation of bold, innovative problem-solvers and software developers.

The organisation's headquarters are in Francistown, Botswana.

The Local Enterprise Authority (LEA) provides general business development services in accordance with Botswana's Small Business Act, as a contact place for aspiring and established entrepreneurs. 

Offerings: 

• Entrepreneurship promotion initiatives

• Business development kit (BDK)

• Training interventions 

• Business coaching 

• Business plan development 

• Incubation