The Entrepreneur of the Year® competition sponsored by Sanlam and BUSINESS/PARTNERS is an annual competition that recognises and honours successful South African entrepreneurs in the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) sector. The competition celebrates excellence in entrepreneurship with the aim to inspire others to venture into and succeed in the world of business. The...
Do you have a game-changing and impactful idea that you believe has the potential to change the way we live, work and communicate? Three innovators from around the world stand to win a share of $175 000 in the 2019 Bell Labs Prize. The competition is aimed at proposals that “change the game” in the ICT sector...
Applications for the inaugural $10-million Africa Netpreneur Prize have officially opened to African entrepreneurs. The application window opened yesterday and will close on 30 June. The prize is an initiative of the Jack Ma Foundation. Over the next 10 years, the initiative will host a pitch competition where 10 finalists from across the continent will compete for...
The Bertha Centre for Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship and the SAB Foundation (SABF) have partnered to offer the Student Seed Fund to social innovators and entrepreneurs as part of their joint missions to catalyse and invest in change makers. The Student Seed Fund (SSF) is open to all UCT, UCT GSB and RAA students, and entrepreneurs that have gone through UCT programmes...
The Top Empowerment, South Africa's premier transformation platform, will host its 5th Annual conference in Johannesburg on 10 and 11 April. The leading empowerment knowledge-sharing platform in the country, the event will arm business leaders with the latest insights into transformation and identify opportunities to help businesses thrive. Aiming to accelerate empowerment in South Africa...
The Urbantech program is a global accelerator program for startups within the urban tech space. Together with the partners of the program, startups will scale their businesses and further the development of sustainable cities. The program will run through 2019-2021, admitting 10 startups in each cycle. The Urbantech program is a world-class accelerator for high potential...
Visa Everywhere Initiative is a global innovation program that tasks start-ups to solve payment challenges of tomorrow, further enhance their own product propositions and provide visionary solutions for Visa's vast network of partners. The program first launched in the U.S. in 2015 and quickly expanded into other regions of the world with more than 4,000 participating...
Future Females has confirmed a partnership with UK - SA Tech Hub - a newly established UK Government initiative established to build links between tech businesses in the UK and South Africa. The Hub will specifically aim to support local tech entrepreneurship, cultivate digital skills and promote opportunities for youth and women in the...
Ampion Venture is a profit and impact-driven company builder with the goal to develop and grow innovative business models in the fields of agriTech, EnergyTech, and FinTech in Africa. They support the world’s strongest entrepreneurs through investment, operational and strategic support in establishing sustainable start-ups that generate revenue and create jobs to revolutionize Africa’s...
The SAB Foundation has opened applications for its ninth annual Social Innovation Awards, as well as the fourth annual Disability Empowerment Awards. In this year’s awards, the SAB Foundation will hand out a total of R12-million in prize money. Winners will receive prizes ranging between R200 000 and R1.3-million. The SAB Foundation finds, supports and scales social innovations – through...
