SAVCA & SiMODiSA will be hosting Venture Capital Office Hours in Johannesburg. 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 selected to participate. Date:...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
MTN Solution Space has opened applications to its 2018 Venture Incubation Programme (VIP). To be considered for the programme, applicants should already have an initial concept development showing a deep understanding of the market environment and potential problems. The solutions must also be innovation-driven and scalable. The programme aims to provide participating startups with mentorship, access to...
Applications have opened for the SBC FastTrack World which will kick off in Cape Town on the 19 February 2018. This follows last year’s launch of SBC’s first-ever Africa-based programme, Startupbootcamp Cape Town. Startupbootcamp conducts the annual tours as a way to scout for top-tier startups from around the world. During these, SBC teams, mentors and sponsors meet...
