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Mahikeng innovation hub

Mahikeng innovation hub (MIHub) is an innovative co-working techno hub in the heart of Mahikeng, the capital city of the North West Province, with it's focus being unearthing and cultivating innovative 4IR solutions that will ultimately assist communities to acclimatize in this vast changing technological world while improving efficiency. We specialize in;

Inclusive, technology-driven development
Early start-up Incubation
Prototype development
Hackathons
Skills Development

Institutes of Advanced Tooling: Stellenbosch University

The Institutes of Advanced Tooling (IAT) – Stellenbosch University (SU) vision is to work towards a national effort to build the innovation capacity of the South African tooling industry. The IAT works with companies aiming to improve their competitive position towards domestic and international competitors change tooling manufacture from a resource-driven to a knowledge-driven process by offering a well-balanced combination of technology enablers for all steps of the extended life cycle to small-medium enterprises (SME’s) in the tooling sector.

The IAT aims to create a foundation for a new

Female Entrepreneurship at the Allan Gray Orbis Foundation: Investigating the motivations of, and barriers faced by, female entrepreneurs.

There is a large entrepreneurial gender disparity in South Africa. A recent survey shows that the average total early-stage entrepreneurial activity (TEA) female/male gender ratio is 0.70. Further statistics show that only 9% of women are involved in the early stages of entrepreneurial pursuit...

TOTH Concepts

TOTH Concepts plans, designs, constructs and maintains a wide range of sustainable and resilient infrastructure solutions. From Civils and Transport, Energy, Healthcare, and Education infrastructure to ad hoc advisory services to Infrastructure Owners, we can help improve the outcomes of investments in infrastructure, for the benefit of the intended purposes and end users/customers.

Our team of qualified Professionals brings industry best practices to infrastructure projects.

Infrastructure sectors:

Transportation;
Water and Sanitation;
Energy;
ICT and
Solid Waste Management

The Daily Grind Hub

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;

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.
Co-Working Spaces
Codetrepre

Phumelela Solutions

We recycle food waste to produce nutrients and animal feed.

South African Film and Television Co-Production Incentive

Overview of your opportunity

The South African Film and Television Production Incentive Programme is aimed at strengthening and promoting the country’s film and television industry as well as contributing to the creation of employment opportunities in South Africa.

The objective of the South African Film and Television Co-Production Incentive, a subprogramme of the South African Film and Television Production Incentive Programme, is to support official co-productions and contribute toward employment opportunities in South Africa.

Clothing and Textiles Competitiveness Programme

Overview of your opportunity

The Clothing and Textiles Competitiveness Programme (CTCP) is a programme of the Department of Trade and Industry (the dti’s) and forms a core part of the implementation of the Customised Sector Programme (CSP’s) for the Clothing, Textiles, Footwear, Leather & Leather Goods Industries. The CTCP’s main objective is to assist industry in upgrading equipment, process, products and people, re-positioning South Africa to compete effectively against other low cost producing countries.

Technology and Human Resource for Industry Programme

Overview of your opportunity

The Technology and Human Resources for Industry Programme (THRIP) is intended to leverage collaborative partnerships between government and industry (working with academia), for applied research and development projects in science, engineering and technology on a cost-sharing basis, to produce highly skilled human resources and technology solutions, for an improved industry and enterprise competitiveness.

Agro-Processing Support Scheme

Overview of your opportunity

The Agro-Processing Support Scheme (APSS) aims to stimulate investment by the South African agro-processing / beneficiation (agri-business) enterprises. The investment should demonstrate that it will achieve some of the following:
Increased capacity, employment creation, modernised machinery and equipment, competitiveness and productivity improvement and broadening participation.

Benefits;