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Winetech Pitching Den competition

The Winetech Pitching Den competition will focus on climate change, water reclamation and resourcing, genetics, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and big data, and any other areas which increase efficiency, profitability and environmental sustainability. Entries for the competition will close on 9 June. Agritech startups will receive exposure to investment opportunities and channels to market, providing them with the opportunity...

Grindstone Accelerator Johannesburg applications close in 11 days

Grindstone5 Accelerator Programme launching in Joburg with great partnerships and funding support for 10 scale-up businesses! Grindstone is a  year-long entrepreneurial development programme, jointly owned by Knife Capital and Thinkroom Consulting, to assist post-revenue scalable innovation-driven businesses, registered in South Africa, in accelerating strategy execution ~ becoming more sustainable and fundable in the process. For...

The GAP Innovation Competition is now open

The GAP Innovation Competitions are looking for innovators, researchers, and entrepreneurs that are working on novel technologies that will improve the efficiency of government service delivery, increase the competitiveness of the local economy and enhance the quality of life of ordinary citizens. Categories are in the ICT, Medical, Biosciences and Green economy. Remember to register...

Applications for the FemBioBiz Acceleration Programme to close 20 April 2019

Applications for this year’s edition of the FemBioBiz Acceleration Programme will close next week Saturday (20 April). Entries are open to individuals from all Southern African Development Community (SADC) member states. The programme — which is now in its third season — is run by the Southern African Network for Biosciences (SANBio) and development aid organisation Hivos and aims to support...

The Entrepreneur of the Year® competition is accepting applications

The Entrepreneur of the Year® competition sponsored by Sanlam and BUSINESS/PARTNERS is an annual competition that recognises and honours successful South African entrepreneurs in the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) sector. The competition celebrates excellence in entrepreneurship with the aim to inspire others to venture into and succeed in the world of business. The...

$100 000 prize money can be won in 2019 Bell Labs Prize

Do you have a game-changing and impactful idea that you believe has the potential to change the way we live, work and communicate? Three innovators from around the world stand to win a share of $175 000 in the 2019 Bell Labs Prize. The competition is aimed at proposals that “change the game” in the ICT sector...

Applications for Jack Ma’s inaugural Africa Netpreneur Prize now open

Applications for the inaugural $10-million Africa Netpreneur Prize have officially opened to African entrepreneurs. The application window opened yesterday and will close on 30 June. The prize is an initiative of the Jack Ma Foundation. Over the next 10 years, the initiative will host a pitch competition where 10 finalists from across the continent will compete for...

Student Seed Fund applications open

The  Bertha Centre for Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship and the SAB Foundation (SABF) have partnered to offer the Student Seed Fund to social innovators and entrepreneurs as part of their joint missions to catalyse and invest in change makers. The Student Seed Fund (SSF) is open to all UCT, UCT GSB and RAA students, and entrepreneurs that have gone through UCT programmes...