Apply In-Person:

1. To Enrol in Incubation Support Programme (ISP), the applicant must go to the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Office in South Africa. Contact Link
2. The applicant must submit a hand written proposal letter to the respective authorities in the DTI office.
3. Make sure that you have all the documents that are mentioned in the “Required Documents” section of this page.
4. All the necessary documents must be submitted to Incubation Support Programme Manager in the Incentive Development and Administration Division.
5. After verifying the documents completely, if the applicant qualifies the eligibility requirements set by the DTI board, then the ISP fund will be sanctioned to the applicant.
6. The fund will be released partially at every stage of the incubation project.
7. The cost of the ISP fund will be shared by both the government and private sector partners.
8. There are no fee or charges to file the ISP application.
9. The processing time will be intimated to the applicant while applying.

• Hand written proposal.
• Three (3) year income statement and asset register projections.
• Details to financial model.
• Reports on the organisational structure. (E.g., staff structure, roles & responsibilities, qualifications & experience)
• Operational Plan.
• Marketing Plan.
• Other documents requested by the officials. (If applicable)

Department of Trade, Industry and Competition Head Office Office
Physical Adsress:77 Meintjies Street,213
Sunnyside,
Pretoria,Gauteng,
0002
South Africa
Postal Adsress:Private Bag X84,
Pretoria,Gauteng,
0001
South Africa
Courier:12 Robert Sobukwe, Sunnyside,
Pretoria, Gauteng,
0002
South Africa
Tel: +27 12 394 9500/ 0861 843 384
Email: contactus@thedtic.gov.za
Website link

• The applicant must either be:
• A registered legal entity in South Africa in terms of
  • The Companies Act, 1973 (as amended) or
  • The Companies Act, 2008 (as amended) or
  • The Close Corporations Act, 1984 (as amended) or
  • The Co-operatives Act, 2005 (as amended). or
• Be a registered higher or further education institution, or
• Be a licensed and/or registered science council.

• No fees or charges are levied for the processing or evaluation of any Incubation Support Programme (ISP) applications or claims.

• The Incubation Support Programme is effective from 01 September 2012 up to 31 March 2022.

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• The processing time will be intimated to the applicant while applying.

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications.
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type='website'>video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites.
Please remove the '&' inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver,
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.g In the following url 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M' Video ID is 'Y0US7oR_t3M'.

• The first payment is limited to twenty-five percent (25%) of the total incentive amount approved and subsequent payments will be subject to proof of costs/expenditure incurred.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

• Objectives and description of the (Incubator)
• Brief history (if existing) and background to the incubator.
• Products and services.
• Financing required

THE INCUBATOR CHARACTERISATION / CONCEPT

• Overview of incubator organisation and strategy.
• Track record if the incubator has been in existence.
• Current status.
• Unique characteristics and advantages of incubator.
• Key stakeholders

BUSINESS MODEL

• Type of incubator (what the incubator intends to do)
• Services to be offered
• Who/what market or segment is the incubator targeted at
• What competences/experiences/technologies is the incubator based on
• What market trends inform the incubator

MARKETING PLAN

• How will the target market be defined and reached.
• Analysis of the market and its potential (trends, competition, comparative advantages)

OPERATIONAL PLAN

• Procedures for reaching objectives including
  • incubate recruitment, pre-incubation and assessment
  • incubation period
  • SMME graduation/exit strategy and post incubation strategy
• Business location (size & capacity, advantages & disadvantages, lease or ownership details)
• Details of equipment, furniture & fixtures Incubation Support Programme Guidelines August 2014 Incubation Support Programme 11.
• Future expenditures and technology requirements.
• Development of partnerships and networks.

ADMINISTRATION / ORGANISATIONAL PLAN

• Resources required by the incubator (machinery, furniture & equipment)
• Organisational structure (staff structure, roles & responsibilities, qualifications & experience)
• Experience in mentoring and/or offering business development support.
• Details of Advisory Council

FINANCIAL PLAN

• Initial investment required
• Details to financial model
• Three (3) year income statement and asset register projections where possible

MONITORING AND EVALUATION

• How will performance be measured and monitored

• After getting the approval from the DTI, the applicant will receive a maximum of R10 Million grant support for the approved Incubation project.

• The costs applicable under the ISP are:
  • Business development services (e.g., business advisory services, coaching and mentoring, training, facilitation of funding, production efficiency and improvement, quality and standards acquisition)
  • Market access
  • Machinery, equipment and tools
  • Infrastructure linked to incubator (buildings, furniture)
  • Product or service development
  • Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
  • Operational costs
• Applicants that are already receiving or are eligible to receive funding from other government departments or agencies such as SEDA are excluded from participation unless they establish a new incubator as a separate registered legal entity.

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