Eastern Cape

Seda Construction Incubator (SCI) is a public benefit organisation mandated to develop and mentor emerging construction companies in South Africa. 

Chemin is a not-for-profit South African chemical technology incubator and business incubator.

It falls under the Small Enterprise Development Agency’s incubation programme, which is dedicated to supporting the growth of very early-stage technology-based businesses in the South African chemical sector.

Chemin provides clients with an exceptional entrepreneurial business environment that promotes collaboration and innovation and encourages ingenuity as well as the creation of wealth.

Chemin's offerings

Incubation services

• Low Technology Incubation Model
• High Technology Incubation

myScript is a web application that replaces paper-based prescriptions. Our mission is to empower patients by providing them with unrestricted and secure access to their medical data on demand.

GroSpace is an innovative e-commerce marketplace designed to bridge the gap between farmers and consumers. We empower farmers by providing easy access to a digital marketplace, enabling them to showcase and sell their products directly to customers.

Our platform allows farmers, whether in rural or urban areas, to effortlessly market their products using just a smartphone. Farmers can simply snap a photo of their products, upload it to GroSpace, set a price, and our dedicated market agents take care of the rest, ensuring the products reach the right buyers.

Problem We Solve

Farmers often struggle

AET AFRICA  is an 80% BEE and 55% women-owned start-up sustainability company based in Eastern Cape Dimbaza Industrial Park. AET AFRICA innovates, manufactures and supplies energy efficiency products for water heating and cooling systems and also conducts research on innovating those technologies. The company designs innovative products that would reuse wasted heat, provide accessibility and affordable hot water to all households and commercial users and further pasteurises the water.

At Chama Money, we want to make investing accessible and affordable for everyone in townships and rural areas through stokvels. Unlike traditional stokvels that focus on short term savings and groceries, we give them access to long term value-creating assets such as investing in equities, bonds and property.

Silicon Energy Technology is an innovative company aimed at providing commercialised energy solutions at affordable and economically catered prices. It is a renewable energy entity specialising in providing customers/communities with a fresher alternative to typical and existing energy solutions with the advantage of saving energy costs for customers.

Silicon Energy Technology - a renewable energy company that at its inception is focusing on solar energy. The entity does, however, plan to explore renewable energy as a whole (biogas, wind power, and hydroelectricity).

The entity has three

The East London Industrial Development Zone (ELIDZ), established in 2003, is a prime industrial park offering customised solutions for various industries including automotive, agro-processing and aquaculture. It offers growth-oriented companies a specialised manufacturing platform, innovative industrial and business solutions and access to new markets and strategic industry networks. With the aim of accelerating the pace of economic development of the region, a Science and Technology Park (STP) was conceptualised to coordinate innovation initiatives, encourage and support the start up and

Profolic Ent (PTY) LTD is a private company that specializes in graphic designs, ICT innovations and visual arts. Profolic Ent was established in 2017 and is located in East London, Duncan Village. The company aims to uplift and empower the youth through educational engagements and artistic dialogues.

The Nelson Mandela Bay Science and Technology Centre (NMBSTC) was established as a strategic programme to build enthusiasm and a passion for science, technology and mathematics through fun and interactive engagements with learners.

The Science Centre’s key fundamental goals are to;

• expose learners to career opportunities in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Innovation (STEMI);
• provide educational support programmes focusing on STEMI to teachers and learners;
• identify and nurture poorly resourced schools in the region; and 
• be a Centre where the community, both adults and