SAVCA & SiMODiSA will be hosting Venture Capital Office Hours in Johannesburg and Cape Town. 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...
How AI can help generate a self-sustaining growth in the AgriTech industry? VIVA Technology is looking for the best disruptive tech startups in AFRICA. They are specifically looking for AI based technologies, product or services that would: > help predict and monitor climatic impacts (using data and predictive schemes…) and/or assets >> integrate with existing systems and infrastructures, including in...
Apply to get a chance to work on a collaboration project with existing Merck’s innovation projects. Are you an early stage start-up based in Southern Africa? Are you working at the cutting edge of innovation and would like to run a collaboration project with Merck to solve real-life problems? Is your startup innovation related to...
SAP Next-Gen and Startupbootcamp (SBC) AfriTech have partnered to launch the Epic SDG Water Challenge, an initiative which seeks to tap startup innovation to accelerate solutions around clean water and sanitation. Entries for the challenge close on 12 September. From next month to January selected startups will collaborate with corporates to rapidly scale solutions for water-resource management challenges with potential...
MAN Truck and Bus has opened applications for the second cohort of its MAN Impact Accelerator and is calling on South African mobility, transport and logistics startups with a tangible social impact to submit entries. To be considered for the programme applicants must be involved in running early-stage social businesses that have a strong purpose and create...
South African early-stage startups looking to validate their concepts or improve their technology offering are in luck. Stellenbosch University business incubator Launchlab today launched the second season of the 2018 LaunchLab Ideas Programme. The programme will be run together with partners Nedbank, Mercedes-Benz SA, WineTech and Santam and entries are set to close on 28 September. In all, the second season of...
The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (Awief) is looking for 25 innovative early stage South African women entrepreneurs to take part in its Growth Accelerator Programme. Applications for the Nedbank sponsored programme, which will cater for a variety of sectors , will close at the end of this month (31 August). Training starts on 17 September and will...
Cape Innovation and Technology Initiative (CiTi) is searching for ambitious entrepreneurs to join the fully-funded 10-week Top Tech Tools for Women in Business programme, starting this September at the Khayelitsha Bandwidth Barn. In partnership with the City of Cape Town, CiTi has run 6 cohorts of this programme to date at both the Woodstock and Khayelitsha Bandwidth...
Proudly South African in an effort to give South African manufacturers and designers a new way of taking their product to market has launched an e-shopping site. The RSAMade site features 100% locally made items ranging from electronics and furniture, to beauty product and games. Proudly South African will vet and verify local content and quality and...
Google offers you free digital skills courses that will help your entrepreneurial journey and you can work through the material at your own pace. Whether you want to improve your mobile site or be more visible on the web, consider this your toolkit for digital success. Get Started Source: Google Digital Skills for Africa ...
