South Africa

The Technology Station in Rural Sustainable Development (TSRSD) is located at Upington in the Northern Cape. The Station is affiliated to the Vaal University of Technology (VUT) Sebokeng's campus. It forms part of the VUT's Technology Transfer and Innovation Directorate. As such, it is supported by an Enterprise Development Unit; Iscor Innovation Centre; Engineering Manufacturing Centre (EMC) and Institute for Chemical and Biotechnology at the Sebokeng Campus.

TSRSD offers two types of consulting and training services. The first type focusses on product development and the improvement of

The Technology Station in Clothing and Textiles (TSCT) is located at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), Bellville Campus. The TSCT was established to provide innovation support to SMEs in the clothing and textile industry to become more competitive.

Technology Competencies and Offerings

• Manufacturing Advisory Services
• Product Analysis and Testing
• Product Development
• Research
• Training
• Short Courses

Technology Platform

A facility to demonstrate range of specialised technology and available to SMEs to develop prototypes. A number of specialised machines available for

The Technology Stations Programme (TSP) was established to enable Universities of Technology (UoT) to provide technology development services to small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The Technology Stations (TS) provide innovative Science, Engineering and Technology (SET) solutions for complex engineering challenges within the relevant industrial sectors aimed at supporting government's socio-economic priorities.

There are 18 TS based at 11 Higher Education Institutions in South Africa, managed by the TSP Unit based in Pretoria at the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) office. The TSP is a

Propella is one of the first business hubs in South Africa to be fully geared for Business 4.0.

Exciting new IT and advanced manufacturing businesses share the same building to encourage cooperation between innovators in both sectors.

Support for the development of technologies for Smart Cities come through a partnership between Engeli Enterprise Development (EDD), a private sector business support company and Innovolve, the wholly-owned commercialisation company of Nelson Mandela University (NMU).

Propella helps commercialise the research and development being conducted at the NMU, as well

Savant is a commercially-focused hardware technology incubator that provides bespoke business development support. Savant partners with highly skilled science and technology inventors for their start-up growth journey.

Savant Technology Incubator de-risks hardware technology development and ensures that the start-ups that house these ground-breaking innovations are commercially driven and investable. Savant brings unrivalled technology commercialisation know-how and experience to the South African start-up landscape. We offer bespoke commercialisation support to hardware technology inventors

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

JoziHub is a co-creation space in Johannesburg dedicated to creating sustainable change in Africa. Jozihub help's and supports entrepreneurs that are making an impact on the technological landscape in South Africa. The Jozihub ecosystem connects technologists, entrepreneurs and designers to bring about social change and innovation. Jozihub is more than a co-working space, it’s an entrepreneurial ecosystem providing a community network, workspace, event space, workshops, mentorship and further benefits to its members.

Jozihub Offerings;

Membership options 

Network MemberIt’s free to join the

The UCT GSB Solution Space is an ecosystem for high-impact early-stage startups; corporate innovation, and entrepreneurship development. With a focus on innovation through collaboration, our approach involves holistic capacity building in entrepreneurs. UCT GSB Solution Space supports entrepreneurs learning and growth by giving them access to resources, corporate partners, mentors, advisory services, co-working space, academic and industry experts.

UCT GSB Programmes:

• MBA Innovation & Entrepreneurship Programme - A future-looking programme that focuses on innovation and the creation 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

Bon Bon Engineering was founded out of need. The sugarcane industry has been on a decline for more than 2 decades, with a loss of over 60 % of cane farmers and 45% of other sugar industry related jobs. This is due to unfavourable market conditions such as distorted global prices, declining demand and the introduction of sugar taxes worldwide. Together with this, there is an increasing demand for renewable, bio-based and green products. Our business will use sugarcane to produce high value products that are in-demand, thereby circumventing the market pressures faced by the sugarcane industry.