Incubators in South Africa
The Innovative EcoSystems registry lists 59 incubators in South Africa.
Incubators support early-stage founders with space, mentoring and services while a company finds its footing.
The largest concentrations are in Durban (5), Port Elizabeth (4) and Tshwane (4).
South Africa scores 42.9 out of 100 on the IEPA (2024 edition), ranking 84 of 117 economies.
See South Africa on the IEPA ↗
59 incubators
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Incubator · Johannesburg - AIDC (SATEC)
Incubator · Rosslyn - AIDC Ford Incubation Centre
Incubator · Tshwane - Bakery and Food Technology Incubator of South Africa
Incubator · Tshwane - BioCiti Incubation Centre
Incubator · Cape Town - Biofuels Business Incubator (BBI)
Incubator · Marble Hall - Black Umbrellas
Incubator · Lephalale - Chemin
Incubator · Port Elizabeth - Downstream Aluminium Centre for Technology (DACT)
Incubator · Richard's Bay - Durban University of Technology CFERI
Incubator · Durban - Ehlanzeni TVET College CFERI
Incubator · Nelspruit - Ekurhuleni Jewellery Incubator
Incubator · Ekurhuleni - Ekurhuleni West TVET College CFERI
Incubator · Katlehong - Esayidi TVET College CFERI
Incubator · Port Shepstone - False Bay TVET College CFERI
Incubator · Muizenberg - FIRI
Incubator · Cape Town - French South Africa Tech Labs
Incubator · Cape Town - Furntech
Incubator · Durban - Gert Sibande TVET College CFERI
Incubator · Evander - Gibela Business Incubator
Incubator · KwaThema - Global Jewellery Manufacturing Academy
Incubator · Lenasia - Gold Fields TVET College CFERI
Incubator · Welkom - IBESA
Incubator · Tshwane - iHUB Incubator
Incubator · Port Elizabeth - Ikhala CFERI
Incubator · Queenstown - INVOTECH
Incubator · Durban - Kaya's Culinary Food Incubation Centre
Incubator · Port Elizabeth - Lepharo
Incubator · Springs - Lovedale TVET College CFERI
Incubator · Alice - Maluti TVET College
Incubator · Qwaqwa - Matsile Community Development Trust
Incubator · Vhembe - Motheo TVET College
Incubator · Bloemfontein - Mpumalanga Agri-skills Development & Training (MASDT)
Incubator · Nelspruit - Mpumalanga Stainless Steel Initiative (MSI)
Incubator · Middelburg - Northern Cape Diamond and Jewellery Incubator
Incubator · Kimberley - Northern Cape Rural TVET College CFERI
Incubator · De Aar - OneBio PTY
Incubator · Woodstock - Orbit TVET College CFERI
Incubator · Rustenburg - Propella Incubator
Incubator · Port Elizabeth - Property Point
Incubator · Johannesburg - RMCERI
Incubator · Hatfield - SAVANT
Incubator · Cape Town - Seda Agricultural & Mining Tooling Incubator (SAMTI)
Incubator · Bloemfontein - Seda Alfred Nzo Agro Manufacturing Incubator (SANAMI)
Incubator · Mount Ayliff - Seda Construction Incubator (SCI)
Incubator · Durban - Seda Limpopo Jewellery Incubator (SLJI)
Incubator · Polokwane - Sefako Makgatho University
Incubator · Ga-Rankuwa - Sekhukhune TVET College
Incubator · Groblersdal - Smartxchange
Incubator · Durban - SoftstartBTI (SBTI)
Incubator · Midrand - South African Manufacturing Technology Demonstration Centre (SMTDC)
Incubator · Soshanguve - South African Renewable Business Incubator (SAREBI)
Incubator · Atlantis - The Platinum Incubator (TPI)
Incubator · Rustenburg - Timbali
Incubator · Nelspruit - TUKSNOVATION
Incubator · Tshwane - Vaal University of Technology CFERI
Incubator · Upington - Vhembe TVET College CFERI
Incubator · Thohoyandou - Wakanda Food Tech Incubation Centre
Incubator · Johannesburg - West Coast TVET College
Incubator · Vredenburg