{"id":67841,"date":"2016-04-12T17:53:19","date_gmt":"2016-04-12T15:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/nelson-mandela-bay-tech-entrepreneurs-and-ict-small-business-start-ups-get-rd-lab\/"},"modified":"2016-04-12T17:53:19","modified_gmt":"2016-04-12T15:53:19","slug":"nelson-mandela-bay-tech-entrepreneurs-and-ict-small-business-start-ups-get-rd-lab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/nelson-mandela-bay-tech-entrepreneurs-and-ict-small-business-start-ups-get-rd-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"Nelson Mandela Bay Tech Entrepreneurs and ICT Small Business Start-ups get R&D Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"
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TECH SUPPORT: The Seda Nelson Mandela Bay ICT Incubator\u2019s (SNII) recently launched Research and Development (R&D) Lab is already helping small business owners to develop concepts to prototypes for markets. SNII board member Professor Jean Greyling (left) and the centre\u2019s Enterprise Development Officer Kudakwashe Don Nyamutsambira (right) is with SNII Jermaine Charles of CS&V Investments (middle) who is utilising the R&D Lab to develop the Exhibt app, an events advertising application specifically for the arts and culture industry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Port Elizabeth, 12 April 2016 \u2013 SEDA Nelson Mandela Bay ICT Incubator (SNII) today announced the opening of a new technology research and development (R&D) centre, located on-site at its Newton Park technology office business park in Port Elizabeth.<\/p>\n

The SNII R&D Lab offers assistance and support to creatives, entrepreneurs, and small businesses in PE to design and develop apps, software solutions, as well as electronic and mechanical device prototypes. It forms part of SNII\u2019s technology infrastructure support service to clients enrolled in the centre\u2019s incubation programme and for small businesses and entrepreneurs in Nelson Mandela Bay.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a giant step forward for sustainable SMME development in the ICT sector in Nelson Mandela Bay,\u201d said Scott Zambonini, Enterprise Development Manager at SNII.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you have always dreamed of a new app or had an idea for a technology product or service, the R&D Lab will help to develop a concept into something concrete,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

In particular, the SNII R&D Lab allows users of the service and facility to develop new technology solutions and own the intellectual property and patents on what they develop.<\/p>\n

The main advantages of the R&D Lab is the rapid rendering of technology ideas and concepts into concrete solutions with major cost- and time-saving benefits. In particular, this will help SNII incubator clients and technology entrepreneurs to get new products, services and solutions to the market much faster, explained Zambonini.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe SNII R&D Lab offers access to integrated technologies, specialist resources and development support which will enable tech entrepreneurs and small business to design, visualise and create prototypes.<\/p>\n

\u201cCompanies with existing technology-based solutions or products will also be able to use the R&D Lab as a facility for upgrading, expanding and evolving products and services,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

A dedicated team of development experts has been appointed as the design support backbone of the R&D Lab.<\/p>\n

The programmers are literate in a variety of major design programming languages including Javascript, C#, Android Development, Google API\u2019s, SQL, SQLite, MySQL, Python, F#, Matlab and HTML. Developers will work closely with and under the direction and supervision of tech entrepreneurs and SNII incubator clients to produce cutting-edge, technology-based products, services and solutions.<\/p>\n

In particular, the SNII R&D Lab will allow users of the service and facility to design and develop new technology solutions, develop and own technology intellectual property and patents, and unlock technological innovation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe R&D Lab is envisioned as the city\u2019s technology innovation epicentre,\u201d said Zambonini.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe facility will not only empower private and public sector organisations who require technological innovation to remain at the forefront, but will also help SMME\u2019s, tech start-ups, entrepreneurs and clients enrolled on our incubation programmes to take their ideas to a more concrete phase of development,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Zambonini said that the SNII R&D Lab will improve technological innovation in sectors of Nelson Mandela Bay\u2019s regional economy, including automotive, manufacturing agro-processing, renewable energy and green technology and mari-time economy sectors.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, the R&D Lab is first and foremost a resource for big dreamers and innovators from a small business grassroots level. Raw and rough-diamond business and technology ideas of SMME\u2019s will be brought to life through the support and resources offered by the R&D Lab\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Zambonini said the SNII R&D Lab will also offer the private sector a way to invest, support and show a return in BBBEE enterprise development and skills development spend.<\/p>\n

\u201cThrough the SNII R&D Lab, corporates and development agencies will be able to allocate financial and non-financial resources to deserving entrepreneurs and high-potential enterprises,\u201d he said.
For information on the SNII R&D Lab, contact Scott Zambonini.<\/p>\n

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