Welcome to The Durban Innovation Hub, a dual-charged effort to creating a community of techpreneurs by providing a creative enabling environment and equipping techpreneurs with functional tools to make their ideas fly.
We aim to build an ecosystem of young, bold and gifted innovators aimed at inventions and stories at the intersection of science, technology and cultural and creative industries.
About us
The Durban Innovation Hub is a technology-entrepreneurship consultancy in development.
Philosophy
Traditional values. Brave ideas.
How do we achieve?
- A brave approach to disrupting through innovation
- Glocalism – global perspectives; local solutions
- Collaboration and deep value exchange
What are our priorities?
- Enterprise
- Community
- Education
How do we work?
Enterprise
We embrace the knowledge economy and its demands on innovating and with a deep understanding of our environment create enterprises that solve business and societal issues.
We are a solutionist company focused on building meaningful technology.
Community
Collaboration is the new innovation.
We provide an environment where:
- Talent solves relevant problems
- Industry gains access to innovating start-ups
- Academia, private and public sectors can collaborate meaningfully
Education
In building the ecosystem we understand the value of knowledge and create succinct platforms of learning through:
- Hackathons
- Workshops
- Seminars
- Networking sessions
We contribute in a meaningful way to the vision of regenerating Durban’s start-up culture.
Our ancillary objectives
To drive a cohesion of social and economic arenas through:
- Pursuit of accountable streams of value to create an enabling environment for KZN innovators
- Capacity building through skills development
Where to from here?
Join us.
Source: http://durbanhub.co.za/about-us/