Southern Africa / 
South Africa / Pretoria
TIA
The Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) is an entity of the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI). TIA promotes the development and exploitation of discoveries, inventions and innovations to improve the quality of life for all South Africans by bridging the innovation chasm between research and commercialisation. <br><br> The object of TIA is to <mark>support the State in stimulating and intensifying technological innovation to improve economic growth and the quality of life of all South Africans by developing and exploiting technological innovations.</mark> <br><br> TIA’s focus is on technology development; from proof of concept to pre commercialisation. To achieve this, TIA established the following funds: the Seed Fund, the Technology Development Fund, and the Commercialisation Support Fund.
Future Coding
Future Coding is a coding and innovation hub that creates a pipeline of young Deaf ICT professionals with digital talent in cutting-edge technologies in Internet of Things, Data Science, Animation and Gaming: <br><br> <mark>We want to produce a new generation of software and hardware engineers from the Deaf Communities, not limited to graphic designers, engineers, solution architects, business analysts, account managers.</mark> <br> <br> New generation of software engineers (Deaf)<br> #GivingTheDeafFreedomToCode our mantra to give anyone with an intention to participate in the 4th Industrial revolution to have a freedom to do so: <br> - Position Deaf youth to take up future opportunities in a digital employment or businesses. <br> - Contribute to 4th Industrial Revolution skills development. <br> - Contribute Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) codes. <br> - Deaf youth to showcase their talent in IT coding – software development project. <br><br> Future Coding is MICSETA accredited: <br> - Software Development NQF 5 <br> - Software Development NQF 4 <br> - End-User Computing NQF 3
Regus - Pretoria
Make a home for your business with Regus private office space in Pretoria. Our serviced offices have everything taken care of - from the furniture to the high-speed WiFi - and with flexible terms allowing you to rent office space from an hour to years, you can focus on driving your business forward. <p></p> <mark>Make a home for your team among the stunning jacaranda trees of Pretoria. Set in the heart of the city’s eastern suburbs, Steven House puts you within easy reach of the bustle and opportunity of the central business district.</mark> <p></p> Welcome guests into the modern and stylish business lounge, or take advantage of the outdoor seating area when the sun is out. And at the end of a busy day, head to the nearby Brooklyn Mall to shop, relax and refuel.
Spaces - Menlyn Maine
Spaces Menlyn Maine offers affordable, sustainable, serviced office space to rent in the eastern suburbs of Pretoria. The stylish and energy efficient building, built with LEED and GreenStar SA standards, offers easy access to a range of restaurants, shops and hotels. <mark>At Spaces Menlyn Maine you will be situated amongst a range of like-minded people. It’s a place where you can pause to enjoy a really good cup of coffee or a healthy lunch, and where super-fast, unlimited wifi ensures you can both work quickly and efficiently.</mark> <p></p> Office Space <br> Make a home for yourself and your team with a private office. Fully-serviced and flexible, with everything included. <br> - Flexible contracts <br> - Access your office 24/7/365 <br> - All inclusive - includes WiFi and services <p></p> <mark>Coworking Membership <br> Access coworking space at this location, or anywhere across our network of 3,000 locations worldwide. <br> - Choose your plan: 5/10 days per month, or unlimited <br> - Access during business hours <br> - Join our thriving community</mark> <p></p> Dedicated Desk <br> Enjoy your own private desk in a beautifully designed shared workspace. <br> - Includes a personal locker <br> - Access 24/7/365 <br> - Free access to over 3,000 coworking spaces worldwide <p></p> Virtual Office<br> Establish a presence for your business at this location, and enjoy on-demand access to coworking space. <br> - Business address and mail handling <br> - Telephone answering and call forwarding <br> - On demand access to office and coworking spaces <p></p> Meeting Rooms<br> Book meeting rooms on-demand, with all the support and services that you need. <br> - Choose from a variety of room sizes and types <br> - AV and presentation equipment <br> - Catering available
The Workspace at The Club
The Workspace at The Club provides stunning coworking and serviced office space to rent in one of the trendiest shopping centres in the Pretoria Old East precinct. Position your company in this world-class business environment on affordable, flexible terms and you’ll also enjoy easy access to The Club’s superb selection of boutiques, cafés and restaurants. <p></p>Full reception service Our branch managers will greet your visitors and forward your calls <p></p>Meeting rooms - Access to professionally appointed meeting rooms and two meeting booths <p></p>Cleaning services - Free weekly cleaning services and daily bin emptying <p></p> <mark>Free fibre internet and WiFi - 100 Megabit high-speed fibre internet and unlimited WiFi</mark> <p></p>Backup generator - Our backup generator keeps you safe from blackouts <p></p>Training room - A 20 person training room at an additional cost <p></p>Telephone line rental - Landline telephone rental is available at an additional cost <p></p>Open plan areas - Comfortable open-plan areas for collaborating, bouncing ideas around, socialising or relaxing <p></p>Nationwide access - Benefit from nationwide access to all of The Workspace branches <p></p>Communal kitchen - Make use of a fully serviced and equipped communal kitchen <p></p>Rack space - Rack space in our server rooms at an additional cost <p></p><mark>Coworking lockers - Coworking lockers for on-site storage requirements</mark> <p></p>Secure parking - Secure basement parking at an additional cost <p></p>Tea and coffee - A fully equipped kitchen with coffee and tea making facilities <p></p>Business services - Printing, copying, binding and laminating services at an additional cost <p></p>Security - 24 hour security, CCTV and alarms <p></p><mark>Networking events - Get free access to GrowthHub’s quarterly networking event and many more</mark> <p></p>Business address - A credible address and mail handling service
Ideas Assembly
Ideas Assembly is focused on providing workspaces for a community of entrepreneurs, freelancers and small businesses. <p></p> As self-starters ourselves, we enjoyed the freedom of being self-employed but missed the community of colleagues during the work day. <p></p> The premises became our primary location of doing business. Even though we had great coffee, we lacked control and the amenities to be successfully productive in the long term. <p></p> This is where we conceptualised Ideas Assembly; a holistic view of co-working space and business services, provided by a passionate community of entrepreneurs, freelancers and small businesses with a place to call work. <p></p> As an Ideas Assembly co-worker, you are provided with a clean-designed workspace shared among a passionate community of like-minded people. <p></p> With access to our facilities, you can focus on being productive while everything else is taken care of. <p></p> Please see our services for more information. <mark> <br> - Dedicated work stations <br> - Co-work <br> - Virtual office <br> - Meeting rooms <br> - Training rooms <br> - High-speed internet <br> - Printing & scanning facilities <br> - Specialty coffee on site </mark>
Grounded Work
Grounded Work is a coworking space - a work environment that has infrastructure; internet, printers and desks to rent on a monthly or daily basis… but most importantly it has coworkers. <p></p> Coworkers work independently, for themselves, or for the same organisation, it doesn’t really matter. What matters is the way they share their skills and experience, collaborate, and inspire each other by simply sharing a communal work space. In that way Grounded Work is MUCH more than just a shared office space or internet café. It’s the home of coworking energy goodness. Grounded Work was launched in 2015, after we saw an increased need for a café-like space that was more conducive to productive work and most importantly entrepreneurial growth and community. <mark>At Grounded Work you will find just that. By just spending time with like-minded individuals in a shared workspace, or by attending our regular meetups and events - a coworking membership with us will be the best investment you can make in your dreams.</mark>
NetworkSpace
As NetworkSpace, we exist to provide flexible and professional office space at a fraction of the price because we believe in the shared success of South African businesses. That’s what we’re about – more of what your business needs and less of what it doesn’t. <p></p> NetworkSpace centres are purpose-built for productivity, connection and to empower businesses. <p></p> <mark>We take pleasure in providing a professional home and corporate image to many businesses from international head offices and project offices to satellite branches and start-ups. Our tenants range from attorneys to real estate agents and consulting services.</mark>
TuksNovation
TuksNovation is a non-profit technology incubator and accelerator that is located at the University of Pretoria. TuksNovation provides start-ups with specialised product and business development support throughout their start-up growth journeys by assisting entrepreneurs to refine technologies and validate business models for the relevant markets. <p></p> <mark>Our programmes enable start-ups to commercialise innovative technology into new sustainable enterprises with social and economic impact.</mark> <p></p> We create an ecosystem that fosters innovation by connecting science and technology innovators with corporates, academics and government.
Incus Data
At Incus Data, we believe that good programming is both an art and a skill. We believe that training programmers and software developers in new skills - such as Java, C, C++ and web development - requires a different approach to training users. <p></p> User training involves training new users how to do a specific task. Training programmers, on the other hand, means <mark>training people to understand the methodologies, tools and thinking processes involved for a new language or technology, and how to apply these to real-world problems.</mark> <p></p> We also understand that training adults is very different to training children. For example, did you know that a lecturer has to repeat something more for adults than a teacher would have to for children?. <p></p> We teach you more than just a new programming language or technology. Our courses also teach you good coding practice and better ways to make your code cleaner and easier to maintain. <p></p> In the words of respected coding guru Rick Osborne: "Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live." <p></p> Why? <mark>Because coding matters.</mark>
mLab
Technology and Entrepreneurship are the pillars on which Africa will build a prosperous and sustainable future. <p></p> mLab is a tech-centred business working alongside partners to build a vibrant, robust innovation ecosystem. We do this by identifying and nurturing the tech-talent among our youth, supporting budding tech-entrepreneurs and their fledgling businesses, and creating tech that brings about change and improves the lives of all South Africans. We also run a number of pan-African programmes to broaden the reach and impact of our participants and stakeholders alike. <p></p> <mark>mLab places great importance on driving social and economic impact within the ICT sector. The organisation has a strong focus on empowering youth and driving inclusive innovation within the digital economy. It does this by providing support to its programme participants in order to de-risk them for relevant industry opportunities. These programmes include; Skills Development, Enterprise Development and Technology Development.</mark> <p></p> mLab runs the CodeTribe Academy which aims to drive inclusive digital innovation in South Africa. The coding programme provides training and work experience to talented youth in the townships to <mark>develop – Android, iOS and Web solutions. Participants are also up-skilled in cloud technologies, scrum agile project management and other soft skills to drive employment and self-employment.</mark> With over 500 developers trained and 48% being females, the programme assists graduates pursue employment and self-employment careers in ICT.
The Innovation Hub
The Innovation Hub, the innovation agency of the Gauteng Province is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Gauteng Growth and Development Agency. It was established by the Gauteng Provincial Government through its Department of Economic Development to promote economic development and competitiveness of Gauteng through fostering innovation and entrepreneurship. <p></p> The Innovation Hub offers a number of incubation programmes in the Bioeconomy (agro processing and pharmaceutical), Smart Industries (ICT and advanced manufacturing) and Green Economy (Water purification, waste management and renewable energy). In addition, The Innovation Hub <mark>operates a range of enterprise development, skills development and innovation enabling programmes both in the science park and throughout the Gauteng region.</mark> <p></p> CoachLab® is a youth skills development programme managed by The Innovation Hub in collaboration with prominent industry partners, government and academia. The programme is committed to the development of a diverse skills base in the ICT, Engineering, Green and Media sectors. The aim is to instil business principles and the value of innovative and entrepreneurial thinking amongst the participating youth through mentorship by programme partners. <p></p> CoachLab® focuses on bridging the gap between academia and the demands of industry. The programme includes personal, leadership and professional development. The participants of the programme are introduced to project-based learning where the focus is on exposure and the application of project management principles in a real-time project environment. In addition to this, all participants have access to personal coaching that focuses on grooming for optimum performance and value delivery. The industry partners allocate mentors who offer technical support and provide insight on projects that the participants would embark on.
Tshwane University of Technology
The qualifications offered by the department are geared towards the development expertise in the fields of Computer Science and Multimedia Computing. The Computer Science qualification is designed to <mark>equip students with key programming, analysis and design skills that includes back and front-end web development, mobile computing, software engineering and data science in a variety of business, scientific and social contexts.</mark> The Multimedia Computing qualification encompasses the technologies behind the creative industry and adds audio/visual creation expertise to the key programming skills. These skills include 2D/3D graphics and animation, virtual reality, interactive environments and games development. <p></p> The emphasis of our qualifications is on the provision of adequate theoretical and practical knowledge in order to implement and recommend solutions to mainstream computer science related problems. Our postgraduate studies are focused on providing tools and techniques to enable quality research in both theoretical and applied computer science.
University of Pretoria
The Department fulfils a vital role within the broader Information Technology spectrum in South Africa, as well as internationally.Our main objective is to explore and research the scientific basis of new technologies. We furthermore promote the proliferation of reliable, robust and innovative computing and information technologies into the IT-industry in South Africa. <p></p> Excellence in computer science education, the development of internationally and nationally recognized research initiatives and strong industry collaboration are the driving factors underpinning the success of the Department of Computer Science. <p></p> The University of Pretoria is unique in administering Information Science, Informatics (Information Systems) and Computer Science from within a single School of Information Technology (SIT). <p></p> This programme includes a significant number of <mark>modules in mathematics, statistics and the natural sciences. these modules strengthen the kind of thinking done when one develops software and enhances problem-solving abilities.</p> It also provides a basis for research in computer science, which often relies on certain level of mathematical skill and maturity. Other than following a research career, graduates follow careers as programmers, system analysts, system architects, consultants, database administrators and network analysts
University of South Africa
The School of Computing offers various programmes ranging from undergraduate to doctoral level. In addition, the Centre for Software Engineering (CENSE) offers a number of specialised short learning programmes. Whatever your stage of education, we have the expertise to take you to the top. We have established ourselves, and gained a reputation as a leader in Computing. <p></p> Successful learners should have: A systematic and coherent body of knowledge. <mark>An understanding of underlying concepts and principles of computing and the ability to apply this in the workplace.</mark> A high level of cognitive and other generic skills including problem-solving, written and spoken communication. The ability to access and evaluate scientific information; competence in applying knowledge through basic research methods and practice. Specific skills and applied competence leading to continued personal intellectual growth, gainful economic activity and valuable contributions to society in science and technology.