- Government agency
eKasiLabs The Innovation Hub Management Company
Business Incubation, Hotdesking, Training, funding, Advisory services
We provide incubation services to start-up businesses based around various Gauteng townships. We provide hot-desking, advisory services, mentorship, limited funds towards prototyping and specific compliance measures towards commercialisation and business skills training. These services are offered on-site at 10 eKasiLab located across Gauteng. Current and future plans include micro-manufacturing facilities at some of these sites to assist companies until they establish their own facilities.
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Stages of Support
- Idea
- Start-up
- Early
- Growth
- Mature
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Investment Instruments
- Grant
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Sectors of Focus
- Agriculture & Food
- Energy
- Environment
- Health
- Information & communication technology (including gaming)
- Water & sanitation
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Services
- Conduct research on the sector to disseminate publicly (such as an entrepreneurship research report)
- Host events for entrepreneurs or entrepreneur support intermediaries
- Manage an incubator or provide co-working space for entrepreneurs
- Run an accelerator program
- Invest into funds targeting SGBs or entrepreneurs
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Nonfinancial Services
- Capacity development services
- Market linkages
- Investment linkages
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Capacity development services
- Access to networks and partners
- Business strategy and planning
- Performance or impact measurement and management support
- Value/supply chain development
- Support on governance structure
- Legal/accounting/other office services
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Market linkages services
- Access to new markets/customers
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Investment linkages services
- Pitch readiness
- Access to investors
- Legal due diligence
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Focus Tech
- Some of my programming is exclusive to tech-enabled businesses
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Focus Population
- Youth entrepreneurs
- Base of the pyramid population
- Women entrepreneurs
- Entrepreneurs with disabilities
- Minority or previously excluded population