ICT S SMME REVIEW SYMP 0 SIUM SEDA

ICT S SMME REVIEW SYMP 0 SIUM SEDA CLIENT JOURNEY

SEDA NETWORK AND SERVICES – Client Journey Approximate timelines during each stage National and Local Government Enablers DSBD, DTI, DST, DHET 1 Month Assessment 6 Months – 12 Months 6 Months – 24 Months Selection Enterprise Development Services 6 Months – 36 Months Technology Services Post Intervention Monitoring & Evaluation 80+ Seda Branches and Co. Locations ENTERPRISE SUPPPORT NETWORK (EDD) Business Talk Business Start Business Build § § § Market § § Assess Advise Train Register Plan § Counsellin g § Finance § Support Capacitate Mentor Procure Franchising SMME Pipelines 64 + Seda Technolog y and TVET Incubators EDD: Seda Enterprise Development Division STP: Seda Technology Programme Technical and Commercial Service Providers Incubation for Start-Ups § § § § Assess Select High Potential SMME Assessment, Selection Training, Systems, Tools Offices, Workshops Shared Business Processes Market & Finance Plans Mentoring, Tracking Technical Labs BUSINESS ACCELERATION INITITATIVES Monitoring and Evaluation and Post-Intervention Support (STP) Quality & Standards § Quality Systems § Product Testing § Design Business Grow § § Growth Support Export Readiness Manuf. Support Supplier Dev. Monitor and improve Skills Transfer No. of Enterprises Innovation Support § Knowledge Forums § Pitching Competitions § IP Match-Making Graduation § Virtual Incubation SABS, Universities, TIA, Science Councils § Support § Monitor TOOLS: Company Operations, Critical Planning Exercise, Export Readiness, Business Canvas and Growth. Wheel Mentoring, CRM Tracking, Find Matching Reporting R per Job R in per R out Survival Rate (STP) Tools and Partners Job Creation Sales Turnover Technology Transfer § Capital Equipment § Intellectual Property Impact Assessment Financial Support

THE PROCESS OF COMMERCIALISING TECHNOLOGY

Commercialisation Incubation Models

Partnership Model – NPC+Trust (Sector + programme structure ) Incubation phases

CLIENT JOURNEY Pre - Incubation Idea Sharpening - Assessment & Opportunity Recognition - Idea Opportunity Fitment - Idea Market Recognition - Team Formation Incubation Planning Business Planning - Business Strategy - Business Model Design - Business Plan - Training and Capacity Building Product Development - Prototyping - Product Market Test - Seed Funding - Co-Creation & Coworking space - Test Labs / Product Testing Market Development Post - Incubation Launch Market - Business Development - Market Entry Strategy - Interfacing with market and investor - Scaling Up Launch Post Growth - Go To Market - Showcasing - Internal/ External - Growth Strategy Marketing - PR - Brand Building - Investor Prepare and Pitch - Africa Growth - Export growth - Digitization - Internationalisation

Partnership Model – TVET Colleges & Universities

Seda ICT Incubation Hubs

List of ICT Digital. TBIs Supported by STP – 57 Centres around SA CENTRE SECTOR PROVINCE Seda Nelson Mandela Bay ICT Incubator (SNII) ICT Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape INVOTECH Mixed high-tech Durban, Kwa. Zulu Natal Softstart. BTI (SBTI) ICT Digital Midrand, Gauteng Smart X Change ICT Digital and Film Durban Port Shepstone SA French Tech Labs ICT Digital Western Cape

Remodeled ICT Incubator Model

Remodeling and Scale Focus • Human Capital Development v Development of ICT Engineering, Coding and Programming skills • Knowledge Generation and Opportunity Exploitation v v New application generation to solve industry and social challenges Digitisation Artificial Intelligence Robotics • Knowledge Infrastructure v v Incubation Coding and Programming School Incubation Living Labs and Innovation Labs High Speed Broadband (free wifi) Co-working and Co-Creation Spaces • Enablers to address the “innovation chasm” between research results and socioeconomic outcomes v Innovation and Technology Commercialization through Incubation

Seda ICT Digital Cluster Model

Seda ICT Incubation Hubs -Remodelling 5 Biggest SME ICT Hubs in Africa Industry 4. 0

New Conversation Smartxchange SNII 5 NEW TECH HUB Invotech SA Tech Lab

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