OceanHub Africa is an African-based ocean-impact catalyst supporting ocean-impact ventures through acceleration programs and coordinating an international ocean-minded enabling ecosystem.
Company name: OceanHub Africa
Company address: 40 Dock Rd, Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, Cape Town, 8001
Email: contact@oceanhub.africa
Website: https://www.oceanhub.africa
OceanHub Africa was launched in July 2019 with a mission is to inspire and assist innovative impact start-ups and nurture an environmentally conscious and profitable economy that would effectively mitigate the oceans' overexploitation, pollution as well as the effects of global warming on the oceans. We are based in Cape Town, at virtually the crossroads of three oceans but operate pan-African online and through a network of local supportive stakeholders.
These impacts and advances are the result of a collaborative approach initiated and orchestrated by OHA with many partners such as IUCN, WWF, Mission Blue, 1% for the Planet, Dassault Systèmes, Amazon, Dimension Data, European and African diplomatic corps, the UN Decade of the Ocean, DFIs and selected international universities - all united because we believe in the considerable and untapped potential of the sustainable blue economy in Africa. By working to inspire more entrepreneurs, entice more private investors and catalyze more partnerships, we strive to increase the development and adoption of new sustainable technologies and policies to place the continent at the forefront of a decidedly more sustainable ocean economy.
Over the past two years OHA has accomplished many milestones and co-led the initiatives listed below as the first (and only) entrepreneurial support organisation in Africa dedicated to ocean-impact:
The 3DExperience Lab has been instrumental to bolster thought leadership activities in the blue economy industry, inspiring more entrepreneurs and helping OHA to build a pipeline. The 3DExperience Lab has also enabled entrepreneurs to design, test and improve a number of mechanical engineering systems virtually in a time and cost-efficient way, reducing risks and facilitating the raising of development funding, quite literally unlocking the development potential of innovation in the ocean space.