dti Technology support
Innovation Symposium
Innovation for Development
26 February 2010
Johannes Potgieterthe dti
the dti Technology Incentives
• Support Programme for Industrial Innovation (SPII)
• Technology and Human Resources for Industry Programme (THRIP)
• SEDA Technology Programme (STP).
• Technology for Women in Business (TWIB)
SUPPORT PROGRAMME FOR INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION (SPII)
• Promote development of technologically innovative products/processes that are commercially viable & internationally competitive
• Focuses specifically on the development phase that begins at the conclusion of basic research and ends at the point when a pre-production prototype has been produced.
• Administered by the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC)
Matching scheme
• Provides a grant of 50-75% of the actual direct cost incurred during development
• 50% of qualifying costs <25% BEE• 65% of qualifying costs > 25% BEE or > 50 %
Women ownership• 75% of qualifying costs >50% BEE ownership• Payments are made against predetermined
milestones• Maximum grant amounts to R3 million per project
Partnership scheme
• For larger scale R&D projects
• Grant of 50% on the actual direct cost incurred in development activity
• Incorporates a conditional repayment mechanism in the form of a levy on sales
• Must demonstrate additionality/causality
• Technology Platforms
Product Process Development Scheme (PPD)
• Promote development of new products and/or processes
• Non-repayable grant of 50-85% on qualifying costs incurred in development activity<25% black ownership (50% grant)25-50% black ownership (75% grant)>50%Women ownership (75% grant)>50% black ownership (85% grant) with 2% paid upfront
• Maximum of R1m per project
CATEGORIES SUPPORTED
• COSTS ON:– Direct labour– Direct material– Direct Subcontracting– Pro-rata portion of capital– Patents
SPII STATISTICSSPII STATISTICS
• Budget: dti funds R46,9m (2007/8)• Admin costs: 16% (2006/7), 9,5%(2007/8), 18% (2008/9)
Output for 2008/9:• Approvals: R 56,1m• 70 projects (>80% SMME’s)• 40% BEE• 11% women-owned enterprises• Industrial sectors: 2007/8
– Electronics & software 34,3%– Miscellaneous manufacturing 30,0%– Chemicals & pharmaceuticals 10,0%– Mechanical 5.7%
SPII IMPACT
Performance Data 01 April 2008 to 31
March 2009
01 April 2007 to 31
March 2008
01 April 2006 to 31
March 2007
Total local sales R133,2m R173.6m R138.4m
Total export sales R103,8m R153.5m R836.9m
Total sales R237.0m R327.1m R975.3m
Taxes paid – company tax R35,1m R149.3m R223.3m
Shop floor jobs created 877 1,284 1,773
Research and development as % of sales 43,8 57.9 21.9
Number of completed projects surveyed 91 116 125
Number of detailed responses received 64 83 62
• Administered by the NRF and guided by an Advisory Board with representatives from industry, government, HEIs, labour and science councils.
• Cost-sharing basis with industry, & supports SET research collaboration focusing on technology needs of participating firms.
THRIP
• To improve the competitiveness of SA industry by supporting research and technology development activities and,
• Enhancing the quality and quantity of appropriately skilled people.
MISSION OF THRIP
THRIP PRIORITIES
• To support an increase in the number of black and female students pursuing technological and engineering careers,
• To promote technological know-how within the SMME sector, through the deployment of skills vested in HEIs and SETIs,
• To facilitate and support multi-firm projects in which firms (Incl. BEE enterprises) collaborate/ share in project outcomes
• Support for BEE and Black-owned Enterprises
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• Output for 2008/9 • 240 projects• 313 Industrial partners (66% SMME’s)• 1971 students (57% black, 37% female)• 90 BEE enterprises • Admin costs• 4.9% (2008/9), budget- R162m)
THRIP STATS
INDUSTRY CATEGORY(2006/7)
NUMBER OF PROJECTS
THRIP FUNDS(R)
AEROSPACE 10 2926868
AGRICULTURE 60 15476909
AUTOMOTIVE 1 742743
BIOTECHNOLOGY 30 16915788
CLOTHING & TEXTILE 1 95000
CULTURAL INDUSTRIES 6 1836800
CHEMISTRY & BIOCHEMISTRY 37 19826930
ENERGY 44 29902702
ICT 38 14958190
METALS 30 20086044
PAPER & PULP 6 6348503
PHARMACEUTICALS 6 1224500
TOURISM 1 203850
stp
Aims to develop innovative technology –based platforms that result in the creation of
sustainable, globally competitive SMMEs that contribute towards the accelerated growth of
our economy
Technology for Women in Business
• IDENTIFICATION OF TECHNOLOGICAL NEEDS OF WOMEN IN BUSINESS IN THE IDENTIFIED MARKET SECTORS;
• ADDRESSING THE IDENTIFIED NEEDS THROUGH TECHNOLOGICAL INTERVENTIONS IN A PROJECT SPECIFIC WAY;
• FACILITATION OF LINKAGES BETWEEN WOMEN IN BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY SERVICE PROVIDERS;
• IDENTIFICATION AND CREATION OF MARKET AND BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE BENEFICIARIES OF THE TWIB PROGRAMME;
• RECOGNITION AND CELEBRATION OF THE SUCCESS OF WOMEN IN THE VARIOUS BUSINESS SECTORS;
Equipment to be used in production
Pall rings that were produced during the research and
development phase
Contributing to Economic Development…
…one business at a time…Keryn Krause: iSlices
eGoli BIO Client
Hans Pieterson: Infantrust
ACORN Technologies Client
• www.thedti.gov.za• www.spii.co.za• www.nrf.ac.za/thrip• www.stp.org.za• www.twib.co.za
Websites