Wadhwani Foundation Southern Africa is proud to launch a merit scholarship based entry into its Advanced Entrepreneurship Program – ‘WF Start-up Lab’ allowing entrepreneurs access to this program and the resources that the program opens up beyond the program. The Start-up LAB Program allows students and entrepreneurs lateral entry into the WF Advanced Entrepreneurship Program,...
The annual SAVCA Venture Capital (VC) Survey analyses deal activity of venture capital and similar early-stage investments intomainly South African businesses. It is based on data sourced from various types of fund managers, including SAVCA members,active in the VC asset class. The data is reported on in calendar years and covers the full spectrum...
The V&A Waterfront’s, Makers Landing, a development created by the V&A Waterfront in partnership with the National Treasury’s Job Fund has opened applications for its Food Lab incubation programme. The programme will offer opportunities to qualified business startups and existing small food businesses that can show that they will benefit significantly from affordable access to a...
The YPO Leadership Development Network A+ Accelerator is now accepting applications until the 2nd of November 2020. You will have to meet a number of criteria including: 1) be an operating business legally licensed in your country;2) have at least 1 full-time committed person working in the business;3) being a "tech-leveraged" business model where you...
Are you between the ages of 18 – 35 years of age? Do you have an unstoppable hunger for greatness? Are you constantly ‘hacking through life’s challenges? Do you personify the term #pushapandaplay? Simply tell KFC about your small business and you could stand a chance of being crowned KFC’s Ultimate Hack-A-Preneur and win...
Palesa Molingoane, a Chevening Scholar completing her Masters at the University of Reading, is currently conducting research for her dissertation exploring the entrepreneurial orientation of entrepreneurs in SA. The aim of the study is to assess the various dimensions of entrepreneurial orientation in (technology) entrepreneurs, given the combination of market conditions in Africa and the...
South African black women with an early-stage technology business idea or concept are invited to apply to I’M IN’s new pre-accelerator programme. The programme is aimed at supporting and the upliftment of all-Black women-owned tech startups. The first instalment of the program will kick-off in September 2020 and will take place virtually over 12 weeks....
Set up in 2010 as one element of the broad-based black economic empowerment transaction conducted by South African Breweries Ltd (SAB), the SAB Foundation is an independent trust that annually invests millions of rands towards developing entrepreneurship in South Africa and the benefit of the wider South African community. The programme focuses on providing funding...
HYBR Group has released a new research report “Assessing the next innovation ecosystem normal: an African perspective beyond hubs” - which focuses on the challenges and opportunities posed by Covid-19 in Africa. The global public health pandemic, coupled with a looming economic crisis, are rapidly reshaping the innovation and investment landscape in Africa. Though...
Shoprite is passionate about small businesses and believes that supporting our country’s entrepreneurs is important now more than ever before. The Shoprite Hustle Competition is aimed at giving South Africa’s entrepreneurs a much-needed boost: after a careful selection process, 20 small business owners will walk away with an extra R50 000 cash, as well as...
