Southern Africa / 
South Africa / Pretoria - Incubators
Great North Business Incubator
Welcome to GNBI Green and Circular Entrepreneurship, which covers the developmental stages from ideation to acceleration. With the methodologies, tools, and tips presented in our incubation program, we aim to provide guidance to business support start-ups like yourself. <br><br> We empower green entrepreneurs and SMEs in South Africa and across the region, thus allowing them to successfully and sustainably grow their green innovative ventures to make a lasting impact. <br><br> Green Entrepreneurship Incubation is a pioneering program designed to cultivate and support green entrepreneurs who are at the forefront of developing sustainable solutions in the communities. <br><br> Our mission is to <mark>empower startups focused on critical areas such as renewable energy, sustainable smart agriculture, waste management, and green construction and sectors that are pivotal for a sustainable future.</mark> <br><br> Incubation Program Core <br> - Expert Mentorship <br> - Funding Opportunities <br> - Business Development Support <br> - Networking Platforms <br> - Sustainability-focused Resources <br> - We hand-hold start-ups along the way to commercialisation and business growth <br><br> Why Our Proposed Green Entrepreneurship Incubation Model/ Methodology?<br> Boosting green entrepreneurship opportunities Green incubation and entrepreneurship offer a pathway to create employment while addressing challenges such as pollution, food insecurity, waste, and the degradation of natural resources. <mark>And increasingly, young entrepreneurs are showing the enthusiasm to innovate, set up, and grow green enterprises.</mark> Small and growing entrepreneurs have great potential to respond to local needs, use local resources to benefit their communities, and boost regional economic development. <br><br> GNBI Green incubator and accelerator: charting the path<br> However, small start-ups and growing businesses often need a range of advisory and support services to help them ideate, set up, and grow. Such services are even more relevant for green and climate entrepreneurs. To develop their businesses in a niche area, they need specific expertise and tailored approaches to environmental solutions. <mark>This is where the GNBI climate incubation program plays a critical role. It will help green entrepreneurs think out of the box and test locally relevant solutions to pressing environmental problems. Climate incubators can focus on areas such as waste, smart agriculture, renewable energy, and recycling.</mark> We can also provide seed climate capital, bring in expertise from climate mentors, and help entrepreneurs access markets and private capital. Our support helps green entrepreneurs move forward, take risks, and increase revenue and employment, thereby creating a social movement of community change-makers.
UP Business Incubator
The University of Pretoria Business Incubator (UPBI) is a rapid business incubator based at the University of Pretoria. We help aspiring young entrepreneurs build the companies that will shape the future by equipping them with the tools, skills, and connections that they need to turn that dream into a tangible reality. <br> <br> We here at the UPBI believe that young entrepreneurs are the drivers who will take the world to greater heights of economic justice and involvement for all. All they need is a kickstart to be pointed in the right direction. <br> <br> HOW IT WORKS<br> The UPBI is open to all students of the University of Pretoria, regardless of degree or year of study. To be a part of the incubator, students must first apply with either a business idea or an already running business, and then be interviewed. Once they have passed the application process, students are inducted into the incubator as incubatees. They are then eligible to attend a series of talks hosted by select speakers. The incubatees will thereafter take the knowledge they have accumulated at the negotiations and pitch their startups to a panel of judges. <mark>Thereafter, the most outstanding startups and incubatees will be selected to be personally managed by the incubator managers to fine-tune the startups, get set up to run the business, and meet investors and potential partners.</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.