Successful applicants that excel during the pitching process will be in the running to gain a lucrative business contract with furniture retailers, @home, CLM Home and Homewood...
Social entrepreneurs are invited to submit their entries for consideration for incubation to the second leg of a Barloworld flagship entrepreneurial programme known as Mbewu...
The programme is focused on training software engineers and developers in learning the basics of Microsoft Azure...
Food Lover's Market has launched its Seeds Of Change Supplier Development Partnership to create opportunities for social enterprises to join the fresh produce retailer's network as a supplier...
The Cape Skills and Employment Accelerator project is focused on creating employment opportunities for youth and women in the clothing and textile industry in Cape Town over the next three years...
Enygma Ventures has made one last call for applications for investment of the year. Female entrepreneurs and innovators who are problem solvers in the SADC are encouraged to apply...
The local winners of the Seedstars World Competition (SSW) 2020 have been announced with 25 startups from Africa included in the batch...
If you are a woman driving change in business, the Innovator Trust is looking for you! Innovator Trust launched a powerful, new 'Women in Tech' campaign, promoting women-owned businesses in the ICT sector...
Seedstars is issuing the last call to startups to enter the Seedstars World Competition 2020/21...
A recipient of seed funding through the Sasol I AM PRENEUR Programme, Khethiwe Promise Maseko is on the path to building one of the biggest chicken farming operations in her hometown...
The programme is expected to create an additional 1,726 permanent and seasonal jobs in the citrus industry...
The Anzisha Prize announced that the 2020 call for applications is now open...
The Digital Women's Day has launched the call for applications for the les Margaret Award 2020...
The winners of the Amara Annual Media Recruitment Awards were announced at a formal event held at the The Empire Venue in Parktown on Friday, 8 November 2019...
The Impact Fund for African Creatives (IFFAC) is calling on designers to apply for its accelerator programme. The programme is focused on supporting and strengthening emerging African brands...
2019 call for applications for Africa's most innovative social and business entrepreneurs under the age of 22 is now open...
The third edition of Digital Lab Africa will kick off at DISCOP Johannesburg this month and opportunities exist for participants in the field of digital content creation...
Turning seven this year, 5 For Change has been an annual highlight on the Cape Town social and philanthropic calendar. In 2018, however, its founders are shaking things up...
Sindy Peters 7 Sep 2018
"We strongly encourage SMMEs and new entrants, especially those located in our rural tourism nodes, to attend the information sessions in the upcoming months and help build an inclusive and transformed sector."
Ever asked: "How does my creative work fit into the broader sector and how can I 'scale-up' my skills, knowledge and networks?" BASA Scale-Up is for you!...
Issued by Business and Arts South Africa 13 Jun 2018
Cape Town-based incubator and accelerator French South African Tech Labs (FSAT Labs) has opened the call for applications to its third class of entrepreneurs...
Tom Jackson 26 Apr 2018
Applications are now open for the second Deep Learning Indaba which aims to strengthen the foundations of African machine learning and to increase the participation of African researchers in the field...
The Africa Innovation Summit has launched a call across Africa for innovations addressing the continent's challenges, from African innovators...
Applications are open for the BASA Scale-Up programme, sponsored by RMB and partnered with the British Council Southern Africa Arts and Livity Africa...
Issued by Business and Arts South Africa 3 Apr 2018
Applications are now open for the 8th Orange Social Venture Prize in Africa and the Middle East. The prize rewards ICT projects which improve the living conditions of people...
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African Innovation Foundation calls for applications for the Innovation Prize for Africa 2018 Awards...
The Hague Institute for Innovation of Law (HiiL) is offering up to €20,000 in equity-free grant money, access to a mentor network and potential future funding, as part of the HiiL Justice Accelerator's Innovating Justice Challenge...
South African students in a business-related field are invited to apply for a paid six-month internship program at Boeing in Seattle...
Startupbootcamp (SBC) will be launching its new accelerator programme in Cape Town. Startups from around the world are invited to apply now...
South African researchers and students under the age of 30 are invited to apply for The Paper Manufacturers Association of South Africa (PAMSA) Blue Sky Young Researchers and Innovation Award...
Technology and data are transforming the way consumers and businesses interact with each other, driving a need to bring new ideas to market with greater speed. The right corporate-startup partnership...
Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) are the primary job creation engine in Africa, accounting for over 95% of firms and 60%-70% of employment...
The African Innovation Foundation (AIF), in a joint collaborative effort with the government of Botswana, represented by the Ministry of Infrastructure, Science and Technology and the Botswana Innovation Hub (BIH), has announced that the next Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) will be held in Gaborone, Botswana in June 2016...
Orange presented the "2015 Orange AMEA Developers Challenge" prize to FarmConnecta yesterday evening during the Cairo ICT event...
The IPA is an initiative of the African Innovation Foundation (AIF) that was established in 2011. It aims to mobilize African innovators and entrepreneurs...
PIVOT East, a startups competition geared towards nurturing the growing ICT talent in East Africa, has unveiled semifinalist for this year's competition...
Lilian Mutegi 8 Jun 2015
The initiative aims to encourage innovative start-up projects which help to accelerate development on the African continent...
The National Arts Council of South Africa has awarded grants of more than R17 million to 279 applicants from all of South Africa's nine provinces.
NAIROBI: Nairobi plays host to one of the largest gatherings of start-up social and environmental enterprises ever, as 41 green entrepreneurs are celebrated at the 2014 SEED Awards Africa Symposium, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) announced today, 11 September.
The University of Cape Town has entered a R252-million partnership with the MasterCard Foundation to help counteract the effects of 'brain drain' by developing 300 committed next-generation leaders from economically disadvantaged communities across sub-Saharan Africa.
GSK and Save the Children $1-million Healthcare Innovation Award continues to call for life-saving ideas for newborns and under-fives, as it has found that local ideas attract interest and support from national governments in developing countries. Entries close on 25 August 2014 at 11.59pm (GMT). Winners will be announced in December 2014.
Unathi Kondile is the winner of the British Council Young Creative Entrepreneur (YCE) - Culture Award for 2014. He is the publisher of a monthly national Xhosa newspaper called iSigidimi.
The Baxter Dance Festival is calling for entries from dance studios, schools, companies, groups and independent dance-makers, as well as proposals from choreographers (including a DVD of recent work). The closing date for applications is Friday, 27 June, 2014, at 5pm.
The African Innovation Foundation (AIF) has announced the winners of the Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA), the top innovators on the continent creating solutions to Africa's everyday challenges through a practical approach to entrepreneurship.
Chosen from almost 700 applications from 42 countries, the 10 finalists for the Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) 2014 represent Africans' potential to address the challenges that are unique to the continent. With four from South Africa, hopes are high for a South African winner.