Cape Town based investment platform Innovation Edge is offering up to R1-million to innovators with tech solutions to problems faced by young children and those who care for them. Innovation Edge will accept applications from individuals, non-profits and for-profit organisations, as well as early-stage ideas that are at the pre-proof or post-proof of concept phase. Qualifying ideas must address...
Africa’s Top 30 Tech Start-ups is an initiative by Accenture to identify the top tech start-ups on the continent. They are looking for those start-ups founded by Africans, that are solving problems in business, government and civil society. They believe in championing start-ups, accelerating digital transformation, driving innovation and helping to unlock Africa’s abundance for all! Entries...
LaunchLab together with partners Nedbank, Santam, Mercedes-Benz SA and WineTech has recently launched the second semester of its 2018 LaunchLab Ideas Programme. The aim of this programme is to accelerate entrepreneurs on their journey to build successful businesses. LaunchLab’s mission is to facilitate valuable connections for startups and corporates, to accelerate access to market for the...
Are you an early stage start-up based in Southern Africa? Are you working at the cutting edge of innovation and would like to run a collaboration project with Merck to solve real-life problems? Is your startup innovation related to Healthcare, Life Sciences, and Performance Materials and our innovation focus areas? If you have answered yes...
2018 Seedstars World, the largest startup competition for emerging markets, is back in Africa to scout for the top high growth startups and entrepreneurs and accelerate them on their path to global scaling. On this 2018 edition of the tour, we will visit over 20+ cities across Sub-Saharan Africa to hosting bootcamps and pitch competitions, Countries...
IBM South Africa plans to next month run a six-week long acceleration bootcamp next month together with Joburg incubator Tshimologong Precinct. The bootcamp is being run as part of IBM’s Equity Equivalence Investment Programme. Under the Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) codes multinationals that are reluctant to give away ownership can provide the equivalent value in training black people or assisting...
South Africa startups can now submit applications for the 2019 edition of The Chivas Venture $1-million global innovation competition. Chivas Regal announced the launch of this year’s edition on Monday (10 September). The innovation competition is aimed at innovative startups that are using business to solve social and environmental issues. The competition was first launched in 2014. A applicants...
Build it and they will come. This is a fantasy that many founders and startups believe in. And for good reason. It is beautiful story about customers that are waiting impatiently so they can get rid of their money once the product is built by buying it. The problem? For those of us who are not fortunate...
One day. One venue. 250 sessions. 500 speakers. More than 5000 people. Join Africa’s largest gathering of business leaders, professionals and entrepreneurs on 4 September 2018 at Sandton Convention Centre from 08h00 to 20h00. SiMODiSA will be hosting the entrepreneurship program at LeaderEX with a Digital Technology and Innovation theme. The theme aims to address national, regional and...
The Small Business Expo together with SiMODiSA are devoted to the development of small and medium sized enterprises, providing an invaluable platform for businesses to market themselves, conduct business and interact with prominent business leaders and representatives from a number of corporate companies. It’s the ideal platform to stimulate business growth and motivate both current...
