Inqaba Biotechnical Industries (Pty) Ltd

Inqaba Biotechnical Industries (Pty) Ltd, trading as inqaba biotec in Sub-Saharan Africa, is a unique South African Genomics company that was established in 2002, from an idea that was conceptualized in 2000. Inqaba is Xhosa for "rare and precious" and this pays homage to our South African origin. The company premises are based in Muckleneuk, one of the oldest suburbs in Pretoria. In 2010 the Kenyan subsidiary, Inqaba Biotec East Africa Ltd, was opened in Nairobi and we are currently working on a similar entity in West Africa. In 2007, inqaba biotec started offering genome sequencing using a sequencing technology from 454, which at time was a novel innovation and made us pioneers in offering this service in Africa. Currently, inqaba biotec employs over thirty people in South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Nigeria and Ghana with plans of creating a network across Sub-Saharan Africa. This will facilitate our ultimate aim of getting better support and logistics to our customers in the fields of Genomics as part of our contributions to further develop science and technology in Sub-Saharan Africa.