Project Details


WSIS Prizes Contest 2019 Nominee

mLab Southern Africa


Description

Building Africa’s most vibrant tech innovation ecosystem through communities, code, lean innovation and start-up Labs.

mLab SA was launched in 2011 as a mobile technology laboratory and incubator. Since then, it has grown to provide tech skills development training, and has broadened its mandate by adopting a hybrid model – skills for incubation and acceleration.
From its base in Tshwane near Pretoria, mLab has launched programs in three townships throughout the Gauteng province (which includes Pretoria and Johannesburg) as well as other cities like Cape Town in the Western Cape province. This year, the organization will continue its expansion into three other more rural provinces, primed for building new digitally focused ecosystems.
Along the way, the mLab’s leadership team has taken an iterative and agile approach to provide tailored support to different stakeholder groups and remain demand-focused in each new location.

Project website

https://www.mlab.co.za/about-us/


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Action lines related to this project
  • AL C2. Information and communication infrastructure
  • AL C3. Access to information and knowledge
  • AL C4. Capacity building 2019
Sustainable development goals related to this project
  • Goal 4: Quality education
  • Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth
  • Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Coverage
  • South Africa

Status

Ongoing

Start date

2011

End date

Not set


WSIS values promotion

Capacity building


Entity name

mLab Southern Africa

Entity country—type

South Africa Civil Society

Entity website

https://www.mlab.co.za/about-us/