Now in its third year, the competition has matured, from a pure “challenge and awards” model into a broader event, including both awards and a conference – promoting knowledge and best practice sharing for developers and buyers in the connected infrastructure and Internet of Things space. IoT technology is transforming the worlds of business, retail,...
Access to early stage development funding for up-and-coming businesses in South Africa remains a key hindrance standing in the way of entrepreneurial development. There are, however, numerous strategies to finance your business’s launch, or early stage development. One of these tactics is to secure seed finance or seed capital investment. The money you need to launch...
The Unicef Innovation Fund is looking to make up to $100K equity-free investments to provide early stage (seed) finance to for-profit technology start-ups that have the potential to benefit humanity through the use of drones. They are currently looking to invest in a group of companies developing drone solutions, including; software to collect, share and analyse data...
Looking for up to $120k in investment? US seed accelerator Y Combinator (YC) has opened applications for its winter 2019 funding cycle. Interested startups have until 2 October to apply. On their website the accelerator notes that sometime between late October and early December, they will invite the best startups to meet with their representatives in Mountain View (Silicon Valley), California...
Running your own business? Want to run your own business? Either way, ENGEN Pitch & Polish is the platform you need to launch you on the path to success! Now in its ninth year, ENGEN Pitch & Polish is a national entrepreneurial workshop and competition programme that – so far – has helped around 10 000...
Tech portal and advisory service AppsAfrica.com has opened entries for the 2018 AppsAfrica Innovation Awards set to be held on 12 November in Cape Town. Applications close 7 September, with finalists set to be announced on 8 October. The annual awards now in their fourth year, are open to startups and corporates which have launched...
Standard Bank has launched a new campaign to help South Africa’s budding entrepreneurs turn their side hustles into their main hustles by providing them with funding equivalent to as much as one year’s salary in order to encourage them to take the plunge and start their own business without the fear of losing their...
After breaking award records on the 2017 edition, 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. Local winners will be invited to represent their country at the Regional Summit in...
Our labour laws are constantly evolving as the South African government seeks to balance stronger protections for employees with the need to create a business-friendly investment climate. We can expect to see a number of amendments to the country’s core labour law acts – the Basic Conditions of Employment Act and the Unemployment Insurance...
The UCT Graduate School of Business’s Solution Space is offering 15 start-ups incubation to the value of R300 000 in advisory services, mentorship, and co-working space per start-up. Entrepreneurs have just less than a month left to apply to its 2018 Venture Incubation Programme (VIP) winter school based in Cape Town. Applications for the 15...
