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Don’t rush to get backers, African Innovation Foundation head tells hubs

Those running tech hubs in poor areas of Africa should not rush to get corporate and government sponsors, but should rather grow their hubs organically…

Second round call for Innovation Summit’s Pitching Den, Inventors Garage

The SA Innovation Summit has announced round two of their call for applications for the Pitching Den and Innovators Garage competitions. The final round for…

Seven days left to apply for #cocreate2ACCELERATE 2017

There are seven days left to apply for the #cocreate2ACCELERATE initiative, with this year’s deadline falling on 24 July 2017. #cocreate2ACCELERATE is an initiative by…

PeaceTech Accelerator looking for more startups for its next cohorts

PeaceTech Accelerator, a Washington DC based cloud innovation centre and scale-up programme devoted to peace technology, is looking for more participants for its next cohort…

Seedstars, Enel seeking energy entrepreneurs for Africa Energy Prize

Global startup competition Seedstars in collaboration with Enel Group, a global power company, have announced the creation of the Africa Energy Prize. The competition, which…

Seedstars World heads to Harare

Seedstars World is heading to Zimbabwe on 30 October 2016 for the very first time, in search of the nation’s most innovative startup. With the support…

Raizcorp, Nedbank to host SimplyBiz workshop for Cape Town entrepreneurs

South African business incubator Raizcorp in partnership with major local bank Nedbank will be hosting the SimplyBiz Shift Questions workshop in Cape Town 12…

Maverick Awards seeks to inspire youth-driven entrepreneurial revolution in SA

A second time running, the inaugural Maverick Awards for South African Youth Entrepreneurship Excellence seeks to recognise and acknowledge the success of young, dynamic and…

Stellenbosch’s LaunchLab Pitching Den kicks off this week

It’s that time of the year again. Stellenbosch, South African-based LaunchLab is announcing its bi-annual Pitching Den which will be taking place at university…

What can we expect from this year’s Sparkup Live weekend accelerator?

Last year’s Sparkup Live was a blast. Seven saucy startups partook in Net Prophet’s live pitching event where we saw some promising ones like…

You can now apply for the World Cup Tech Challenge 2015 to pitch in Silicon Valley

The World Cup Tech Challenge is inviting the global tech and entrepreneur community to apply and stand a chance to attend the global pitch…

Project Inspire: looking for tech & design to change the world for women

A competition which seeks to support social entrepreneurs around the globe, Project Inspire, is calling for initiatives that can empower women around the globe. Aimed…

GIST Tech-I Competition seeking top innovators as deadline approaches

The South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions (SACNSP) is encouraging tech and science entrepreneurs to apply for the annual international GIST Tech-I Competition….

Innotribe Startup Challenge expects cryptocurrency, payments to be big

Sub-Saharan Africa’s fintech scene is really exciting. From innovative lending solutions like peer-to-peer services like RainFin and Lendico to interesting payments companies like Nomanini…

Technovation app challenge is calling for all young innovative women

Supported by big names in the tech industry like Twitter, Google, MIT Media Lab and Andreessen Horowitz, Technovation is calling for young women in…

Rwanda’s Think incubator is calling for its second in-take

Rwanda’s Think incubator is calling for tech startups to join its six-month accelerator programme in Kigali. This comes at the back of thefirst in-take…

The Green City Startup looking to fund over R1M eco-friendly startups in Jozi

In partnership with the City of Johannesburg, Resolution Circle and the University of Johannesburg, green entrepreneurs are encouraged to partake in The Green City…

Innotribe Startup Challenge seeking Africa’s top fintech talent

Africa has a knack for financial startups. Now, to captalise and promote this growing sector, renowned global financial tech conference Innotribe Startup Challenge 2015…

Win a ticket to UStart Africa with Ventureburn

UStart Africa, in conjunction with Ventureburn, is giving away a ticket to the entrepreneurial and investment conference, which takes place on 28 November at…

SweepSouth sweeps up award at SiMODiSA StartupSA

StartupSA by SiMODiSA saw on-demand cleaning service SweepSouth named the winner of the conference’s Get-Up Start-Up pitch awards last week. Apart from the food, drinks…

Here are the 10 finalists to pitch at SiMODiSA Startup South Africa

Flying the banner “Get-Up Start-Up”, South African entrepreneurial initiative SiMODiSA will see ten savvy startups pitch at its conference this week Friday. With an…

Student admin startup Gradesmatch wins Ventureburn Startup Battle

From B2B recycling through to travel agents and elearning, last week’s Social Media Week Johannesburg saw five exciting tech startups go head-to-head for a chance to…

Cape Talk, Talk Radio 702 announce Small Business Awards winners

The Cape Talk Small Business Awards and Radio 702 Small Business Awards winners have been announced, with leather goods manufacturer Research Unit taking home…

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