About The Innovation Hub

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The Innovation Hub forms part of a multi-billion Rand initiative by the Gauteng Provincial Government to invest in economic infrastructure development in smart industries to establish Gauteng as a truly 'smart' province. As a high-tech cluster - and the first internationally accredited Science Park in Africa.

The Innovation Hub creates an environment where international businesses can access a regional centre of knowledge creation and provides a gateway for local businesses to successfully launch into the fast moving world of global interconnectivity. It's business purpose is to:

• support high-tech company formation and growth in the local economy through the creation of a "unique space" and associated facilities where high-tech entrepreneurs, world-class business, education, research and venture capital can meet, network and prosper.
• provide key value-adding business services that support the growth and globalisation of local technology-rich business enterprises, and that contribute to their sustainability over the long-term.
• increase the wealth of the local high-tech and "knowledge intensive" community, promote a culture of innovation, and stimulate the competitiveness of both companies and knowledge-based institutions.

Location

• Located in the heart of Gauteng, east of Pretoria
• Situated on a unique 60 ha site in the eastern suburbs of Pretoria
• Sited on a "knowledge axis" between the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research and the University of Pretoria, which integrates the Hub with a world-class research agency and an internationally recognised university campus
• Close to the city centre, leisure and recreation facilities and direct routes to Johannesburg and the Johannesburg International Airport

The Innovation Hub is a full member of the International Association of Science Parks [IASP], while the Business Incubator is a member of the National Business Incubator Association[(NBIA] in the US.

The future is just a theory, an unseen place beyond the horizon, until you find a home and lay the foundations in concrete. The Innovation Hub - a home, a foundation, a business lifestyle of choice.
The right business address for innovation and technology development.

For more information, please visit www.theinnovationhub.com.