Citizens need solutions to their pressing justice problems. A justice innovation is: Helping people prevent or resolve a pressing justice need Helping people resolve problems in their daily lives Helping improve the effectiveness of justice systems Has the ability to help millions of people If you have a project that fits the above, you are...
The call is open to all developers, ICT experts, engineers and innovators, to join Africa50 in finding sustainable solutions to respond to Africa’s most critical and pressing infrastructure development challenges. Africa50’s Innovation Challenge provides you with an unparalleled opportunity to get your solution in front of our investment team and project funding partners, as well...
Different African governments have established numerous initiatives to support agriculture such as the Maputo Declaration, the adoption of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and agreeing to Africa’s Agenda 2063. While the goodwill of these initiatives cannot go unnoticed, these are all high-level solutions and there is still a need for granular solutions for smallholder farmers. At...
Barloworld Mbewu is an innovative flagship programme designed to provide tailored support for start-up social enterprises, established social businesses, organisations and institutions that actively solve local challenges using good business practices. The Barloworld Mbewu programme will individually assess the need for successfully selected organisations. It offers financial and non-financial support to organisations who solve social...
The UK-SA Tech Hub is looking for the best Edtech companies to support by funding their participation in the Global Edtech Startup Awards in London in January 2020. Entries are open for the 2019 GESAwards, and they're looking for the best EdTech startup companies in South Africa to apply: http://bit.ly/gesa2019africa. The GESAwards is a global initiative...
MIT Solve is looking for creative solutions to four new Global Challenges: Circular Economy, Community-Driven Innovation, Early Childhood Development, and Healthy Cities by tech innovators looking for help to scale. This year, over $1.5 million in funding is available for selected solutions—including $600,000 grant funding for solutions using AI to address any of these Challenges. Selected solutions...
AlphaCode Incubate has opened its applications for the 2nd official cohort. There are 8 places up for disruptive financial services businesses that will have the kind of impact OUTsurance and Discovery have had on the industry. Key information on the programme: Criteria Must be at least 51% black owned Operating in the fintech or financial services...
Grow Your Wealth and Investment Portfolio You will come away from the series with more confidence to take control of your finances, and the ability to align your personal and business financial planning. This event will benefit anyone who wishes to take control of their financial future. The series is designed to help attendees understand the financial planning landscape, and...
Over these five weeks, we take a human-centric approach to mastering your wealth and investments. This is not your usual spreadsheets and dashboards kind of master class, in addition to the hard facts and numbers, we will look at relevant issues such as; managing black tax, the psychology of investment, wealth and investment for your employees as an entrepreneur and...
Containing costs and carefully managing cash flow is critical for small business sustainability and success. Supplier Finance is a useful tool to help with cash flow management. Supplier Finance works like this: you buy the stock or raw materials from a supplier on a 30, 45 or 60-day account instead of paying cash. You then...
