• The Support Programme for Industrial Innovation (SPII) promotes technology development by offering financial assistance to South African innovation in manufacturing or software development.

• The Technology and Human Resources for Industry Programme (THRIP) is a partnership programme that challenges companies to match government funding for innovative research and development in South Africa.

• Venture Capital is an initiative that would primarily focus at financing the first two stages of development of new technology-based firms: that is the seed stage (which involves concept development, prototyping, and product development) and early stage (marketing, production of goods and/or services), with some investment in later stages.

All above incentives available from the DTI:www.dti.gov.za