Available Ecosystem Support

Savant is the only dedicated hardware technology incubator in South Africa. Savant fills a critical gap in the early-stage funding space. We provide a supportive, founder friendly environment for very early-stage hardware technology innovators and founders. With over 20 years of experience

The CDI is a craft and design sector development agency with a mission to develop capable people and build responsible creative enterprises trading within local and international markets.

The CDI is a non-profit company with over 20 years of success in developing creative people, small businesses

Silicon Cape is an NPO and an ecosystem enabler for tech-enabled startups in the broader Cape Region of South Africa. We work to connect stakeholders, curate ecosystem data, amplify the stories coming out of the ecosystem and advocate on behalf of stakeholders through our membership programme.

Far Ventures is a Cape Town-based start-up studio which builds start-ups from scratch, along with outstanding entrepreneurs.

Our expertise is in creating start-ups, investing the first capital, and recruiting talented entrepreneurs to scale the business and prepare it for its first external

The Durban Innovation Hub is a technology incubator and business advisory firm that seeks to promote a vibrant and collaborative ecosystem by connecting public and private enterprises with gifted African inventors, creative business technologists, data analysts and behavioural scientists.

It is a

Maxum Business Incubators

Maxum Smart provides business development support to start-ups in the smart industries, such as ICT: internet of things, cyber security, big data and analytics, and artificial intelligence; and advanced manufacturing/industry 4.0: industrial IoT, additive manufacturing

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

WomHub provides hub support programmes and co-working facilities for female-founded teams.

It offers a suite of services, from tailored services for the individual founder all the way through to working with corporations that are focussed on building a diverse supply chain and workforce that is

The UCT GSB Solution Space is an ecosystem for high-impact early-stage start-ups, corporate innovation, and entrepreneurship development.

With a focus on innovation through collaboration, our approach involves holistic capacity building for entrepreneurs.

It supports entrepreneurs' learning and

Injini is an edtech incubator and seed investment programme that aims to improve educational outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa. 

The organisation offers the following to selected African edtech ventures: 

• Financial support – in the form of grant funding or investment.
• Coaching – sponsored

The Cape Innovation & Technology Initiative (CiTi) is a Non-Profit Company with a mission to build a future-proof, inclusive society through technology and innovation. 

CiTi was established in 1999 and works at the intersection of business, government and society to positively shape the future of

BEDCO is a parastatal of the Government of Lesotho, with a mandate to support entrepreneurial capacity-building programmes, startup incubation,  business advisory, and technical training.