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Entries for the MTN Business App of the Year are still open

The MTN App of the Year Awards is a champion of app development in South Africa; celebrating local talent and out-of-the-box thinkers that drive disruption and change. App of the Year has entrenched itself as the premier app development competition in the country, and we’ve come a long way since our inaugural event in 2012,...

Apply for the SAB Foundation Tholoana Enterprise Programme

The SAB Foundation’s Tholoana Enterprise Programme is a wrap-around solution supporting the growth of your business. The two-year programme follows a carefully designed and well-proven method that has delivered exceptional results time and again across many business sectors. The support package includes extensive entrepreneurial skills development, mentorship and access to tools and templates. Connection to...

Startup Guide Cape Town calls for nominations

Startup Guide, a publishing company, has launched a call for entrepreneurs and those that are part of the Cape Town entrepreneurship ecosystem to nominate themselves to be featured in Startup Guide Cape Town. Nominations close on 20 August. The call was launched earlier this week. Startup Guide, which was founded in 2014 by Danish entrepreneur Sissel Hansen, calls it the “first-ever entrepreneurial...

Join Africa’s largest start-up conference – LeaderEX 2018

One day. One venue. 250 sessions. 500 speakers. More than 5000 people. Join Africa’s largest gathering of business leaders, professionals and entrepreneurs on 4 September 2018 at Sandton Convention Centre from 08h00 to 20h00. SiMODiSA will be hosting the entrepreneurship program at LeaderEX with a Digital Technology and Innovation theme.  The theme aims to address national, regional and...

Grow your business with the FNB Business Directory

Running and growing a business is not always easy, especially in these tough economic times. Business owners need to keep their existing clients happy, manage their staff and attend to all administrative, marketing, financial and accounting needs. They also need to constantly adapt their product and service offerings to stay relevant (more so now...

Why protecting your Intellectual Property might be the most important thing you can do

What’s the worst that can happen if you do not protect your company’s intellectual property? Worst case scenario — you can lose everything you’ve worked so hard to build. IN THE CONTEXT of a cut-throat business world, the naivety of a first-time entrepreneur or SME owner can often lead to dire consequences for the entrepreneur’s...

Apply for the Grindstone entrepreneurship development programme

The Grindstone Accelerator is a 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...

AlphaCode seeks financial services entrepreneurs for their incubate programme

AlphaCode, an incubation, acceleration and investment vehicle for early-stage financial services businesses powered by Rand Merchant Investment Holdings (RMI) is looking for businesses or ideas that could change the face of financial services. It is inviting applications for its prestigious AlphaCode Incubate programme that seeks to identify and reward high potential, innovative entrepreneurs to...

Call for Nominations: 2018 MTN Women in ICT

The MTN Women in ICT – Partnership for Change Awards, now in its third year, is calling for nominations for phenomenal women in ICT before 12 August 2018. The awards aim to make a real difference by helping close gender gaps and set more women on course to lasting and exciting ICT careers. South Africa’s...

LeaderEX 2018 – Digital Technology and Innovation

One day. One venue. 250 sessions. 500 speakers. More than 5000 people. Join Africa's largest gathering of business leaders, professionals and entrepreneurs on 4 September 2018 at Sandton Convention Centre from 08h00 to 20h00. SiMODiSA will be hosting the entrepreneurship program at LeaderEX with a Digital Technology and Innovation theme.  The theme aims to address national, regional and...