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...
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...
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...
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...
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: ...
