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AMI Grow Your Business programme applications open

Grow Your Business (GYB) is an innovative approach designed to help you, as a leader of a small and growing business, grow your company and become more profitable.  GYB focuses on streamlining what you are doing in the day-to-day running of your business, rather than requiring you to spend a lot of time away from your...

Using Overdrafts to Help Your Cash Flow

An overdraft is when the bank agrees to make a certain amount of money available to your business which you can access as you need it. Overdrafts are a useful way to access extra cash for working capital, especially when cash is tight, or you are waiting for a payment from a creditor. Interest is...

Moka Smart City Mobility Challenge, applications open

Turbine, Mauritius’ leading incubator, is launching its first Grand Challenge in order to identify start-ups that can offer smart and green mobility solutions to Moka Smart City and to its residents. They would like to invite you to participate in this Grand Challenge, the winning start-up will benefit from the following prizes from Turbine’s partners: ...

Impact Fund for African Creatives’ Accelerator Programme Applications Open

The Impact Fund for African Creatives (IFFAC) is calling on designers to apply for its accelerator programme. The programme, focused on supporting and strengthening emerging African brands, is open to all designers living or working in Africa. The Fund aims to identify top talent in African creative industries and improve the success rates of these...

Unlimited Wealth 20/20 Conference – SiMODiSA Entrepreneur Promo

At this Unlimited Wealth 20/20 event, you will learn the insider copy/paste formula for boosting your monthly income from the man who government officials and royal families listen to. How to create 'unlimited wealth' for your future, your freedom, and your family even if you have zero trading or investing experience. Importantly, rapidly transform your financial...

Applications open for Africa Power Access Accelerator

The “Africa Power Access Accelerator” program by the African Power Platform (APP) bridges the existing gap between project developers and consultants/technology providers/financiers. The APP brings in to this program the efforts of different stakeholders to partner for the successful implementation of power projects in Africa. Bringing together the expertise of a range of partners, the "Africa Power Access...

SEDA Pitch and Perfect Initiative

The Pitch and Perfect Initiative provides SEDA clients from branches and supported incubators with tools on how to present business cases effectively and efficiently in persuasive pitches to potential funders, improving access to market, technology, and finance. Please visit your nearest branch for more information. ')}

Digital Procurement and Funding Tour

A nationwide digital procurement and funding tour aimed at helping entrepreneurs to source opportunities and finance is set to kick off on 8 June at The Innovation Hub in Pretoria. The tour is an initiative of Pretoria-based entrepreneur platform Thriving.Network, in partnership with events and marketing agency InTouch Africa and the Southern Africa Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (Savca). Local...

Community Chest Impumeleo Social Innovations Awards 2019 Applications Open till 31 may 2019

The Community Chest Impumelelo Social Innovations Awards (CCISIA) Programme is a leading awards programme that identifies, recognises and awards socially innovative initiatives in Africa. We invite all Social Innovators, Change Makers and Social Entrepreneurs to apply to the CCISIA programme by completing the online pre-application form here. To learn more about the CCISIA programme, please view the...

Finance to Buy a Franchise

There are a number of Government and private lenders that provide finance to buy a franchise. Lenders consider this to be a relatively safe lending opportunity, depending on the franchise. The reputation of the franchisor is vital, so it is important to make sure that you are negotiating with a reputable franchisor that is...