Six months of feasibility checks, skills diagnostics, compliance and business planning.
Three years of workshop access, specialised machinery, metal sourcing and mentoring.
Independent operations with equipment access, trade shows and retail pipelines.
The Platinum Incubator is a non-profit Seda Technology Programme incubator based at ORBIT TVET College. We accelerate local beneficiation of platinum group and precious metals by helping makers move from training or informal trade into formal, profitable businesses.
Guidance from experienced master artisans.
High-security benches, vaults and equipment.
Backed by Seda and the Department of Small Business Development, with a clear path from first idea to independent enterprise.
Design stations and printers that take a sketch to a production-ready model.
Hear from the artisans and designers who built their businesses through our programmes.
“Access to the casting bay and a mentor changed everything. I went from making pieces at home to supplying two retail stores.”
“The pre-incubation phase helped me register my business and price my work properly for the first time.”
“Through TPI I exhibited at my first trade show and landed corporate gifting orders.”
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