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innobiz DUT Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is a Durban University of Technology private entity registered under the South African Companies Act as a Non-Profit Company (NPC). The entity serves as an umbrella body for all DUT entrepreneurial units offering both theoretical and technical entrepreneurial learning, business support, and related activities. The offerings of innobiz DUT Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation are biased towards students based in Midlands and Durban, neighboring communities, and local entrepreneurs. Our core business is to produce entrepreneurs with a

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The core business of the centre is to transform youth from job seekers into job creators. Centre area of specialisation is Renewable energy (focus) and Generic (sub focus). The centre was officially launched on 21st April 2017 by the Honourable Minister Lindiwe Zulu. Centre is the product of the partnership between the Department of Small Business Development and the Department of Higher Education and Training. CFE is administrated by SEDA and Goldfields TVET College. Goldfields TVET College CFE is supporting its incubatees in the form of equipped working space, coaching, mentoring and advice

The main purpose of the Centre is to transform job seekers (focus on youth and vocational skilled students/graduates) into job creators. The centre aims to develop self-sustainable entrepreneurs (start and grow) who can make a contribution to the economy of Sekhukhune District (ultimately the country) and become fully-fledged and legally compliant economically sustainable SMEs. This will contribute to alleviating poverty and address the high youth unemployment rate in the Sekhukhune district.

Offerings; 

• Business Incubation support services (Physical & Virtually)
• Business Development

The mission of the Centre is to inculcate entrepreneurial thinking in the delivery of College vocational and occupational programmes, which will support and stimulate an entrepreneurial economy. The model is to identify current students/graduates who meet the criteria for being a potential entrepreneur, and take them through the steps below to become entrepreneurs through formal training and practical business experience so that they can  ultimately establish their own businesses.

The programme seeks to accelerate the growth and success of entrepreneurial enterprises and allow for a culture of entrepreneurship among graduates. This is done through a number of business and technology support not limited to physical space, business infrastructure, coaching, common services, and market access. The Centre for Entrepreneurship Rapid Incubator (CFERI) accelerates economic growth, job creation and poverty eradication. Secondly, the CFERI promotes research and development within the business incubation ecosystem.

CFERI Offerings; 

ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAMME:

• The programme

The ORBIT TVET College Centre for Entrepreneurship was founded out of generous funding from the Department of Small Business Development and SEDA Technology programme. The purpose of the Centre for Entrepreneurship is to provide Generic Enterprise Development Services/Interventions and Incubation to ORBIT TVET College graduate students and members from its focused communities.

Key reasons for the establishment of the Centre are:

• Contributing towards promotion of entrepreneurship through the current college curriculum.
• Assisting college graduates who cannot be absorbed by the labour market

Centre for Social Entrepreneurship (CSE) is a rapid business incubator that was established at the Durban University of Technology in 2015 at ML Sultan campus, funded by Small Enterprise Development Agency to develop and support small businesses within Durban surroundings. 

The purpose of the centre is to infuse creativity into the entrepreneurial mindset of students and external communities. By identifying problems that could be addressed using creative solutions for key socio-economic challenges such as high levels of unemployment, inequality and poverty.

Centre Offerings; 

• Training
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