Dragonfly (powered by Anisoptera) was chosen as the winner of the 2024 FNF GreenPitch Challenge at the event hosted by GreenCape on 5 September 2024. This early stage green SMME develops cutting edge AI and IoT solutions for waste management companies to measure and manage their operations. By leveraging this technology, they are able to drive efficiencies within the sector, improving the quality of recycled materials going back into the circular economy, and significantly reducing the amount of waste ending up in landfill. 12 Sep 2024 Read more The Top 10 innovations for the 2024 FNF GreenPitch Challenge have been selected, from more than 150 entries. 5 Aug 2024 Read more GreenCape, in partnership with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, invite innovators and entrepreneurs with economically viable green economy innovation business ideas to enter the 2024 GreenPitch Challenge. Entries are open from 10 June 2024, and close at noon on 5 July 2024. The digital entry form is online on the 2024 GreenPitch Challenge website. Click here. 11 Jun 2024 Read more The South Africa (SA) Climate Change Champs is proud to announce the top 8 finalists for the final of the 2024 Green Opportunities Challenge. This competition was open to youth in Grades 9-12 that are part of Climate Club host schools across the Eastern, Northern and Western Cape. 21 May 2024 Read more South African non-profit organisation GreenCape has released the 2024 edition of its annual green economy market intelligence reports. The reports, available to download free from https://www.green-cape.co.za/market-intelligence/, highlight the most promising investment opportunities in key renewable energy sectors in South Africa. 18 Apr 2024 Read more Fifteen exciting climate projects from across the country have been selected to take part in the third phase of the Climate Finance Accelerator (CFA) in South Africa. 2 Apr 2024 Read more A call for interest to agricultural producers in the Western Cape to attend energy resilience workshops. 18 Jan 2024 Read more Since the launch of the South African Plastics Pact, members have committed to invest ~R3.5bn in circular downstream investments, including collection, sorting and recycling, and ~R268.3m in upstream interventions, which includes packaging manufacturing and resin production. These investments contribute towards a higher collection and recycling capacity of ~86,000 tonnes. 10 Jan 2024 Read more Samanjalo and Green Guru are the winners of the first Mpumalanga green solutions pitch challenge. They each win cash prizes sponsored by Seriti Green and Enertrag. The winner of the best youth focused solution was awarded to House Harvest with a cash prize sponsored by the Anglo America Foundation. GMS won the incubation award, sponsored by SAREBI. 7 Nov 2023 Read more The Climate Finance Accelerator (CFA) South Africa, now in its third phase, has launched a call for proposals to identify projects fighting climate change that would benefit from capacity-building support to help them attract investment. Around 10 projects are expected to be selected from the energy, water, smart agriculture, clean transport, waste, forestry and circular economy sectors. 18 Oct 2023 Read more The Top 10 finalists for the first 2023 Mpumalanga green solutions pitch challenge have been selected, from a wide range of cross-cutting green economy entries. 10 Oct 2023 Read more The Top 10 innovations for the 2023 FNF GreenPitch Challenge have been selected, from more than 200 entries. 12 Jul 2023 Read more GreenCape, in partnership with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, invite innovators and entrepreneurs with economically viable green economy innovation business ideas to enter the 2023 GreenPitch Challenge. The digital entry form is online on the 2023 GreenPitch Challenge website. Click here. Entries close at noon on 8 June 2023. 30 May 2023 Read more GreenCape, in partnership with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, invite innovators and entrepreneurs with economically viable green economy innovation business ideas to enter the 2023 GreenPitch Challenge. Entries are open from 15 May 2023, and close at noon on 8 June 2023. The digital entry form is online on the 2023 GreenPitch Challenge website. Click here. 19 May 2023 Read more GreenCape's 2023 market intelligence reports (MIRs) identify key developments in energy, electric vehicles, water and sustainable agriculture. 4 May 2023 Read more The Mpumalanga Green Cluster Agency is currently accepting applications for suitable candidates to join the pioneering Cluster team. 12 Apr 2023 Read more Fifteen innovative low-carbon projects from across South Africa have been announced as the second cohort of projects for Climate Finance Accelerator (CFA) South Africa support, following a call for proposals that attracted 166 applications. 1 Dec 2022 Read more Through the facilitation of the South African Plastics Pact, business is demonstrating leadership, and is committed to collaborate with the government to increase the drive to create a circular economy for plastics in South Africa. 3 Nov 2022 Read more Overstrand Municipality are the winners of the 2022 Municipal Green Economy Change Champions Showcase for their innovative and sustainable project which outsources the operation and maintenance of their bulk water services facilities. 18 Oct 2022 Read more GreenCape and the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF) are hosting an online event showcasing five green sustainability initiatives that have been implemented, or are in the process of being implemented, by municipalities across South Africa. 29 Sep 2022 Read more ACSA-supported project installs more than 580 home solar systems for informal settlement households 18 Aug 2022 Read more The Climate Finance Accelerator (CFA) programme in South Africa has launched a call for proposals to support low-carbon projects fighting climate change and looking for investment. Unlocking investment and innovative technology are key enablers for South Africa's transition to a net zero economy by 2050. 6 Jul 2022 Read more The Digital Global Biogas Cooperation (DiBiCoo) project hosted a study tour and capacity building workshop in South Africa from 22-24 March 2022. 10 May 2022 Read more Flx EV (pre-venture category) and NatUVcare™ [By LignOrganic (PTY) Ltd.] (pre-growth category) are the 2022 GreenPitch Challenge winners. 10 May 2022 Read more The Top 10 finalists for the 2022 GreenPitch Challenge have been chosen. These green economy innovators will now be preparing to pitch to a panel of judges on 5 May, at an event hosted by GreenCape in partnership with the City of Cape Town's Invest Cape Town and The Business Hub. The pitch event will be attended in person by invite only, and will be streamed via Zoom Webinar. Register for the Zoom Webinar here. 20 Apr 2022 Read more The Digital Global Bigas Cooperation (DiBiCoo) has launched a new digital matchmaking platform, which is an online portal connecting countries that import and export biogas and biomethane technologies. 4 Apr 2022 Read more GreenCape, in partnership with the City of Cape Town's Invest Cape Town and The Business Hub, invite innovators and entrepreneurs with economically viable green economy innovation business ideas to enter the 2022 GreenPitch Challenge. Entries are open from Monday 14 March 2022, and close at noon on Thursday 31 March 2022. The digital entry form can be found online on the 2022 GreenPitch Challenge website. Click here. 17 Mar 2022 Read more The GreenAgri website, emanating from a longstanding collaboration between the Western Cape Department of Agriculture and GreenCape, has recently been updated with information and resources that detail agri-specific plans and policies, resources, tips and funding opportunities. 8 Feb 2022 Read more A perfect storm is brewing 8 Feb 2022 Read more Emerging and developing countries need clean and affordable energy, but technology and know-how are not always available. 20 Dec 2021 Read more The Green Business Support Service Directory, an initiative that launched last year as a partnership between GreenCape and the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom has now listed close to 90 green business support services in the open-source portal. 7 Dec 2021 Read more Following on from a previous EU funded project that supported green SMME resilience during the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic, GreenCape partnered with Wesgro, Tips, Tralac, Trade Advisory and the International Cleantech Network to pivot support to local green SMME so that they could continue to build international relationships to secure trade opportunities, despite the travel restrictions, supply chain disruptions and a hard lockdown. 25 Oct 2021 Read more The Climate Finance Accelerator (CFA) South Africa has announced 13 innovative low-carbon projects that it will support to access finance from investors following a call for proposals that attracted 120 applications. The CFA is part of the UK Government's efforts to help South Africa tackle climate change and support a just transition. 7 Oct 2021 Read more The South African Plastics Pact members have published a first list of problematic or unnecessary plastics, titled "Addressing problematic or unnecessary plastics" for phasing out in 2021 and 2022. 13 Sep 2021 Read more GreenCape's 2021 Market Intelligence Reports, produced in partnership with the Western Cape Government's Department of Economic Development and Tourism, are now available for download online. Click here for MIR 2021 documents. Click here for overview video. Watch the 15 June 2021 webinar: 18 Jun 2021 Read more In partnership with the City of Cape Town's Department of Enterprise and Investment, GreenCape hosted a two-day Green Economy Innovation for Service Delivery Conference on the interactive Enlit Africa digital event platform on 21 and 22 April 2021. 20 May 2021 Read more The Solar Impulse Foundation has announced that they have officially reached the goal of assigning the Efficient Solutions Label to 1,000 profitable cleantech solutions from around the world. The Solar Impulse 1,000 Efficient Solution Label is designed to shed light on existing solutions that are both clean and profitable, and have a positive impact on quality of life. 14 Apr 2021 Read more The South African Plastics Pact in partnership with the MAVA Foundation recently held a contest for innovative reusable packaging solutions. Congratulations to the winners, in first place Waterpod by I-Drop, in second place Sonke Retail and in third place, Green Tap. 18 Mar 2021 Read more Congratulations to Regenize, the winner of this year's Invest Cape Town | Business Hub GreenPitch Challenge 2021, hosted in partnership with GreenCape. Kudoti and WaterKiosk placed second and third respectively. 18 Feb 2021 Read more Invest Cape Town and The Business Hub, initiatives of the City of Cape Town, in partnership with GreenCape, invited innovators and entrepreneurs with economically viable green economy innovation business ideas to enter the Invest Cape Town | Business Hub GreenPitch Challenge 2021. 3 Feb 2021 Read more In June 2020, 10 free-to-access, uncapped, solar-powered Wi-Fi enabled ThinkZones were set up in Atlantis, providing free internet access to between 5,500 and 10,000 people per month. Seven of these access points also include solar street lighting. This project was enabled by ThinkWiFi and GreenCape as part of an alternative service delivery project. Read more here. 1 Feb 2021 Read more Over the past two decades, South Africa has also adopted a range of national and sectoral policies, plans and strategies that aim to decarbonise the economy while meeting broad developmental objectives. 29 Jan 2021 Read more |
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