HOW THE PILOT HUB CREATES AND SHARES INTELLIGENCE
Gather. Analyse. Share Back.
The innovation ecosystem powers the Pilot Hub, and the Pilot Hub powers the ecosystem. By continuously collecting, analysing, and sharing data, the Hub creates a cycle of evidence that supports better decisions, stronger collaboration, and greater impact.
01
Gather
Data is gathered systematically from across South Africa’s innovation ecosystem, capturing key actors, activities, investments, outcomes, challenges and emerging opportunities.
02
Analyse
Researchers and analysts transform data into meaningful intelligence through ecosystem mapping, funding analyses, policy research, performance tracking and actionable insights.
03
Share Back
Insights are returned to the ecosystem through accessible reports, tools, dashboards, and knowledge products that support evidence-based decision-making, strategic planning and policy development.
The Three Strategic Pillars
Driving Better Decisions Through Three Strategic Pillars.
01
Ecosystem
Intelligence
Generate trusted evidence, indicators and strategic insights that support informed innovation policy and decision-making.
02
Funding &
Financing of Innovations
Provide greater visibility into innovation funding, investment flows and financing gaps across the innovation ecosystem.
03
Ecosystem
Building
Strengthen collaboration by understanding how ecosystem actors connect, interact and contribute to South Africa's innovation ecosystem.
GET INVOLVED
How Would You Like To Contribute
To South Africa's Innovation Ecosystem?
Choose the pathway that best matches how you would like to engage with the Policy Hub.
Each opens a short, tailored process — no account required.
Contribute
Evidence
Share research, datasets, publications, case studies or ecosystem evidence that can strengthen innovation policy and ecosystem intelligence.
Collaborate
Explore opportunities to collaborate through research partnerships, policy initiatives, events, ecosystem programmes and strategic knowledge exchange.
Stay
Informed
Stay informed about new evidence, publications, events, policy insights and developments across the South African innovation ecosystem.
Contact The
Policy Hub
Contact the Policy Hub for general enquiries, partnership discussions, media requests or website support.
SUPPORTED BY
Delivering South Africa's Innovation Ecosystem Together.
The South African Innovation Ecosystem Policy Hub is delivered through a collaborative partnership that combines policy leadership, research excellence and implementation capability.
