• Capacity Development Provider

South African Manufacturing and Technology Demonstration Centre

SMTDC Fab Lab

SMTDC is a township based advance manufacturing business incubation center operating from a 2500sqm facility in Soshanguve. The in-house incubation program is designed to identify entrepreneurs that can become gazelles (high performing, high growth, employment creating businesses), but that need close support. The virtual incubation/acceleration program caters for those individuals who do not qualify for the in-house incubation program, or for individuals who do not require in-house incubation services. In other words it is aimed at enterprises/individuals who have some business or entrepreneurial experience and background. SMTDC offers a range of products and services that support innovators and encourage innovative thinking and problem solving The SMTDC Fab Lab is a platform that was created to help aspiring entrepreneurs to think creatively and come up with practical innovative solutions to everyday challenges or problems.

  • Stages of Support

    • Idea
    • Start-up
    • Early
    • Growth
    • Mature

  • Sectors of Focus

    • Information & communication technology (including gaming)
    • Sector agnostic

  • Services

    • Conduct research on the sector to disseminate publicly (such as an entrepreneurship research report)
    • Manage an incubator or provide co-working space for entrepreneurs

  • Nonfinancial Services

    • Capacity development services

  • Focus Population

    • Rural entrepreneurs
    • Youth entrepreneurs
    • Base of the pyramid population
    • Women entrepreneurs
    • Minority or previously excluded population
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