🇿🇦 Accelerators, incubators and startup programs in South Africa

Accelerators, incubators and startup programs in South Africa

• SA SME Fund

  Program · Johannesburg

  Fund of funds backing South African VC funds and SMEs.

  Offers: investment

• Technology Innovation Agency (TIA)

  Program · Pretoria

  Government agency funding technology innovation and early commercialisation.

  Offers: funding

• Industrial Development Corporation (IDC)

  Program · Johannesburg

  State development finance institution funding industrial businesses.

  Offers: funding, investment

• National Youth Development Agency (NYDA)

  Program · Johannesburg

  Grants and support for young entrepreneurs.

  Offers: funding, mentoring

• Wesgro

  Program · Cape Town · Free access

  Western Cape's investment and trade agency.

  Offers: info

• Cape Innovation and Technology Initiative (CiTi)

  Program · Cape Town

  Non-profit growing Cape Town's tech ecosystem with programmes and training.

  Offers: mentoring, community

• Allan Gray Orbis Foundation

  Program · Cape Town

  Foundation developing young entrepreneurs through fellowships and seed funding.

  Offers: funding, mentoring

• LaunchLab

  Accelerator · Stellenbosch

  Stellenbosch University's startup incubator.

  Offers: space, mentoring

• Founders Factory Africa

  Accelerator · Johannesburg

  Venture builder and accelerator backing African startups.

  Offers: funding, mentoring

• Raizcorp

  Accelerator · Johannesburg

  Long-running business incubator.

  Offers: mentoring

• The Innovation Hub

  Accelerator · Pretoria

  Gauteng's science park and innovation agency.

  Offers: space, mentoring

• 22 On Sloane

  Accelerator · Johannesburg

  Startup campus in Johannesburg.

  Offers: space, mentoring

• Grindstone

  Accelerator · Cape Town

  Accelerator for growth-stage South African businesses.

  Offers: mentoring

• Endeavor South Africa

  Accelerator · Johannesburg

  Endeavor's South African chapter.

  Offers: mentoring, community

• SAVCA

  Community · Johannesburg

  Southern African Venture Capital and Private Equity Association, publishing VC data.

  Offers: info

• SEFA

  Program · Johannesburg

  Small Enterprise Finance Agency, lending to small businesses.

  Offers: funding

• Gauteng Enterprise Propeller (GEP)

  Program · Johannesburg

  Gauteng provincial agency funding and supporting small businesses.

  Offers: funding, mentoring

• Silicon Cape Initiative

  Community · Cape Town

  Non-profit growing the Western Cape tech ecosystem.

  Offers: community

• AfricArena

  Event · Cape Town

  Annual African tech summit and startup competition.

  Offers: community

• SA Innovation Summit

  Event · Cape Town

  Annual innovation summit with startup showcases.

  Offers: community

• Workshop17

  Accelerator · Cape Town

  Coworking and innovation spaces in Cape Town and Johannesburg.

  Offers: space, community

• Riversands Incubation Hub

  Accelerator · Johannesburg

  Incubator for small and growing businesses.

  Offers: space, mentoring

• Injini

  Accelerator · Cape Town

  Edtech incubator for African education startups.

  Offers: funding, mentoring

• Bandwidth Barn (CiTi)

  Accelerator · Cape Town

  CiTi's startup space and programmes.

  Offers: space, mentoring