Djibouti's electricity demand is expected to considerably increase due to various large-scale infrastructure projects including ports, free trade zones...
3 days ago
A two-year programme, through generous grant funding support from the Walmart Foundation, has resulted in research that has lifted the veil on South Africa's township economies and the entrepreneurs who drive them...
Issued by Gordon Institute of Business Science 12 Feb 2020
A chronic ICT skills shortage, poor macro-economic conditions, and tightening corporate budgets are all contributing to a tough operating environment for South African startups...
3 Feb 2020
South Africa is thankfully moving towards cleaner energy with Cabinet's latest approved 2019 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP). This IRP outlines wind power contribution to the future energy mix of 18%...
Issued by SAICA 20 Jan 2020
AFDA's launched a one-year, full-time Postgraduate Diploma in Innovation for 2020 on their Johannesburg and Cape Town campuses...
Earle Holmes, Issued by AFDA 13 Dec 2019
Nine businesses are joining the Venture Exploitation Programme, the second phase of the Solution Space e-Track Programme, aimed at accelerating their ventures...
Issued by UCT Graduate School of Business 3 Dec 2019
More than 350 stakeholders are converging on Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, to participate in the 2019 African Economic Conference (AEC), with this year's focus on jobs, skills and capacity development for Africa's youth...
2 Dec 2019
Research has demonstrated what the Allan Gray Orbis Foundation has always known: Entrepreneurship can be taught, selected for and measured...
27 Nov 2019
The winners of the 2019 AGEC - the digital learning competition aimed at developing the entrepreneurial mindset in high school learners as a way to combat unemployment - have been announced...
25 Oct 2019
UWC has entered into a five-year agreement with WearSA that involves the launch of a retail clothing store at the Community and Health Sciences Faculty building in the Bellville CBD...
14 Oct 2019
The Cape Innovation & Technology Initiative (CiTi) was honoured to host HRH the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, at its Woodstock Bandwidth Barn on the recent Royal Tour...
2 Oct 2019
Set for Saturday, 2 November, the sixth Woman of Stature Awards will take place at the Indaba Hotel in Fourways, where 101 of South Africa's most prominent women will be competing for one of twelve awards...
30 Sep 2019
It's that time of the year when the dreaded market day comes around. Lisa Illingworth, CEO of FutureProof SA, questions how much is actually learnt and absorbed about being an entrepreneur during these market days...
22 Aug 2019
Cape Innovation and Technology Initiative (CiTi) has designed and co-developed incubator programmes with Innovator Trust to support, grow and inspire emerging tech entrepreneurs in Cape Town...
14 Aug 2019
In South Africa there are many initiatives to support entrepreneurial development from different educational, professional and business angles - and almost always one of the most pressing issues experienced by participants is that of financing...
Jessica Cilliers, Issued by SAICA 12 Jul 2019
As part of the UCT's Honours-level Programme in Management in Entrepreneurship (PDE) course requirements, students are starting up their own businesses. This year, however, they will have an added hand as 1-grid will provide students with the resources to design a professional website for their new businesses...
25 Jun 2019
Applications are open for startups interested in participating in a four-month high-impact business accelerator programme, run by the British Council in partnership with Seed Academy and the Social Enterprise Academy...
15 May 2019
Growing the next generation of entrepreneurs is key to job creation and economic growth in South Africa. But how do you ensure this mindset is bred among learners, and streamlined in schools...?
13 May 2019
With the youth unemployment rate sitting at above 50%, growing numbers of young South Africans are considering entrepreneurship as a career option rather than competing for a limited pool of jobs in the formal sector or for a place at tertiary institution...
8 Apr 2019
UCT's Graduate School of Business Bertha Centre has partnered with key stakeholders in the community of Philippi to turn the building of a wall into a first step towards building social cohesion and trust...
Issued by UCT Graduate School of Business 5 Feb 2019
It is no secret that the current structure of the education system was designed in an entirely different age to achieve economic outcomes that are no longer viable due, in large, to the rapid innovation and adoption of technology...
Lisa Illingworth 17 Oct 2018
Future Females has opened its applications for the Future Females Business School...
13 Sep 2018
According to Akinwumi Adesina, the president of the African Development Bank, the time has come to view investment and development opportunities in Africa through a totally different lens...
4 Sep 2018
Geluksdal Dance Academy has been named the winner of Impact Hub Joburg's 2nd annual Impact Inspired Launchpad...
13 Aug 2018
Introducing capital into a company can play a huge role in the execution of its growth strategy, but businesses need to be funding-ready before approaching investors for capital...
23 Jul 2018
Access to finance is the lynchpin of every small business and Mfanelo Msweli, finance specialist and business advisor with Tushiyah Advisory Services, has made it his mission to see small businesses thrive...
Issued by At Vogue Communications Agency 25 Jun 2018
Applications are open for the 2019 Stanford Seed Transformation Programme - Southern Africa, with entries closing for this highly competitive programme on 1 July 2018...
8 Jun 2018
Five black female-owned tech startups have been selected to join Absa's Rise Scalerator - an entrepreneurship assistance programme, hosted at the Rise innovation hub in Cape Town...
7 Jun 2018
The SAB Foundation has pledged R1.5 million ($119,000) to the Bertha Centre for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the UCT GSB, which will be invested in student-run social innovations...
Tom Jackson 31 May 2018
The fourth industrial revolution continues to disrupt how businesses operate with creative, digital start-ups challenging established organisations...
29 May 2018
Forty-five entrepreneurs have been selected by Heineken South Africa and its partners to participate in the 2018 Orange Corners entrepreneurial programme...
9 May 2018
Africa Rising 4.0, an incubation programme aimed at powering digital entrepreneurship and early stage startup growth in Johannesburg has been launched by JP Morgan, in collaboration with Tshimologong Precinct...
10 Apr 2018
Using marketplace technology, SA Florist has launched a programme to on-board township florists through an ecosystem that has been established to assist entrepreneurs to launch sustainable businesses...
15 Mar 2018
Entrepreneurs are set to benefit from an investment of R1.5 billion, says Small Business Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu...
5 Mar 2018
Building ethical leadership in South Africa needs to be instilled from early on, says Carole Podetti-Ngono, founder and managing director of Valued Citizens Initiative...
27 Feb 2018
Mastercard is inviting all ambitious young female entrepreneurs to turn their aspirations into a reality by applying to take part in the JA South Africa Youth Enterprise Development Programme...
9 Feb 2018
Environmental entrepreneurs and businesses are invited to apply for Groundswell - Fetola's new initiative to accelerate the success of products and services in the water, sustainability and resource efficiency sectors...
7 Feb 2018
All entrepreneurially-minded Grade 12 South African learners are invited to apply for the Allan Gray Orbis Foundation Fellowship programme...
24 Jan 2018
Cornel Amariei has started three companies, created a device called the Lumen that helps blind people get around, he's written a book called the Arduino Development Cookbook, is an Innovation Manager at Continental, is a Forbes 30 under 30 Standout Member and he has a girlfriend!
Shivad Singh 19 Jan 2018
The SA Creative Industries Incubator, in collaboration with Enterprises UP and the Department of Small Business Development, recently presented their first Entrepreneurship Development Programme tailored to the creative industries sector...
Issued by Enterprises University of Pretoria 16 Jan 2018
Legal firm Webber Wentzel has launched Webber Wentzel Ignite, a legal incubation programme for entrepreneurs, in South Africa...
Tom Jackson 11 Dec 2017
Kershen Pillay does not believe in luck. "I believe in working hard consistently and always staying focused on sharpening my skill. As an entrepreneur you have to be open to listening, learning and constantly developing yourself..."
Shan Radcliffe 29 Nov 2017
After the World Bank downgraded South Africa's 2017 growth forecast to 0.6% in September, the South African economy is in urgent need of more entrepreneurs to boost growth...
Donna Rachelson 15 Nov 2017
The SAB Foundation Tholoana Programme is open for application, with space for 60 entrepreneurs in the 2018 intake...
3 Nov 2017
The newly launched First Business Wellness Association is an innovative service aimed at making life for SMEs a little easier by offering access to a network of necessary business services they may not otherwise be able to afford...
Shan Radcliffe 12 Sep 2017
If the country is to meet the National Development Plan's (NDP) target of creating 11 million jobs by 2030, then it needs to encourage entrepreneurship amongst women...
Donna Rachelson 4 Sep 2017
Mercedes-Benz South Africa, the LaunchLab and Startup Autobahn have launched the MBSA Innovation Challenge which calls on students and professionals and existing startups to pitch their innovative ideas around a set of challenges...
25 Aug 2017
Former FirstRand CEO Sizwe Nxasana has issued a warning on SA's basic education: "Disrupt or be disrupted"...
25 Aug 2017
The Stanford Graduate School of Business, in partnership with the De Beers group, will invest $3m in an entrepreneurship educational programme in 2018 to empower young, budding entrepreneurs and owners of established businesses in Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa...
21 Aug 2017
WDB Investment Holdings has increased its stake in Seed Engine (incorporating Seed Academy and the WDB Seed Fund) from 35% to 51%, making Seed Engine a 51% black women-owned company...
15 Aug 2017