Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) The Technology Innovation Agency serves as the key institutional intervention to bridge the innovation chasm between research and development outcomes from higher education institutions, science councils, public entities, private companies and world markets, thus intensifying the effect of technological innovation in the economy. The Agency's overarching objective is to enable and support technological innovation across different sectors of the economy to achieve socioeconomic benefits through structured financial and non-financial interventions, thereby, building linkages between innovation products and world markets. The Agency's strategic goals over the medium term are to: . stimulate the development and demonstration of technology based services, processes and products; . support the commercialisation of technology innovations; . develop an enabling environment for technology innovation in South Africa; . develop an enabling internal environment to successfully execute its strategy; . facilitate the development of innovation skills to support technology innovation and commercialization; and . build a culture of technology innovation.