SOLUTION SPACE
A Catalyst for Africa’s Entrepreneurial Growth
SOLUTION SPACE
An innovation and entrepreneurship hub focused on entrepreneurship and youth development.
Founded in 2014 with initial capital support from the Vice-Chancellor’s Strategic Award. Founded in 2014, the initial startup capital came from the UCT Vice Chancellor’s Strategic Award, thereafter MTN Group quickly became a founding partner, providing considerable support since 2015. Today, ayoba, a subsidiary of MTN Group, carries on the legacy primary investment partner.
We are your partner in progress, providing essential resources, support, and solutions for both high-impact early-stage start-ups and corporate innovation. Solution Space helps nurture and build innovation capacity and offers entrepreneurship training and support to foster growth in this dynamic sector.
Our vision is to be an innovation and entrepreneurship hub at the forefront of Africa's socioeconomic development. Our mission is to address socioeconomic challenges by curating a dynamic ecosystem of support, research, learning and development opportunities to African start-ups and entrepreneurs, to enable them to turn their ideas into viable businesses which thrive and grow.
LOCATIONS
The Solution Space is located at the V&A Waterfront and Philippi
The Solution Space is your gateway to entrepreneurship, innovation, and research, providing a nexus between business and academia and bridging historic divides with learning spaces in the V&A Waterfront and across town in Philippi, at the heart of an actively engaged local community.
BREAKWATER CAMPUS PHILIPPI HUBRESEARCH AND TEACHING
E-TRACK PROGRAMME
Run in partnership with Ayoba, the E-Track Programme is a two-phase early-stage venture acceleration and a capacity building programme for high impact entrepreneurs in South Africa and beyond.
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PHILIPPI IMMERSION PROGRAMME
Working with local and international partners and visiting universities to customise an appropriate programme for you.
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MEET THE DIRECTOR
SOLANGE ROSA
Director, Bertha Centre for Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship, UCT GSB
Dr. Solange Rosa has been involved with the organisation since 2016. She also serves as associate faculty and advisor at the Allan Gray Centre for Values-Based Leadership and teaches on Executive Education and MBA programmes at the UCT Graduate School of Business and the UCT School of Economics
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