After receiving 3211 nominations the organisers of the inaugural Southern Africa Startup Awards have revealed the names of the startups and entrepreneurs that have made it into the national finals. The names will now be put to a public vote. The awards aim to celebrate and recognise the spirit of innovation and achievement in the Southern African Development Community...
Fintech accelerator AlphaCode has announced the names of four companies selected to join its recently launched R2.5-million accelerator programme AlphaCode Accelerate. The four companies are Entersekt, Livestock Wealth, Click2Sure and Invoice Worx. The two-year long AlphaCode Accelerate programme, which AlphaCode has partnered on with scale-up accelerator 10X-e, will offer the four companies with mentorship, expert guidance and support services. Read more Source: Ventureburn ')}...
SAVCA & SiMODiSA will be hosting Venture Capital Office Hours in Johannesburg and Cape Town. This is an opportunity for entrepreneurs to have dedicated one on one time with a South African Venture Capitalist to offer them guidance and insights on any business challenges that they may be experiencing. Only two entrepreneurs will be...
The Grindstone Accelerator is Knife Capital’s structured entrepreneurship development programme that assists high-growth innovation-driven companies to become sustainable and fundable. Grindstone supplies 10 companies annually with knowledge, networks and funding readiness through growth measurement, gap analysis and deep interventions designed to build a foundation for growth, transfer skills, create relevant business networks and enable these companies to...
Apply to get a chance to work on a collaboration project with existing Merck’s innovation projects. 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...
SAP Next-Gen and Startupbootcamp (SBC) AfriTech have partnered to launch the Epic SDG Water Challenge, an initiative which seeks to tap startup innovation to accelerate solutions around clean water and sanitation. Entries for the challenge close on 12 September. From next month to January selected startups will collaborate with corporates to rapidly scale solutions for water-resource management challenges with potential...
The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (Awief) is looking for 25 innovative early stage South African women entrepreneurs to take part in its Growth Accelerator Programme. Applications for the Nedbank sponsored programme, which will cater for a variety of sectors , will close at the end of this month (31 August). Training starts on 17 September and will...
Proudly South African in an effort to give South African manufacturers and designers a new way of taking their product to market has launched an e-shopping site. The RSAMade site features 100% locally made items ranging from electronics and furniture, to beauty product and games. Proudly South African will vet and verify local content and quality and...
Google offers you free digital skills courses that will help your entrepreneurial journey and you can work through the material at your own pace. Whether you want to improve your mobile site or be more visible on the web, consider this your toolkit for digital success. Get Started Source: Google Digital Skills for Africa ...
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