Technology Innovation Agency

Savant Venture Fund invests in security device startup Jonga [Updated]

Cape Town hardware tech incubator Savant‘s venture capital (VC) arm, the Savant Venture Fund, has announced that it has invested in Cape Town based…

TIA calls for proposals for Grassroots Innovation Programme

The Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) is calling on South African innovators with tech solutions to local challenges to submit their proposals for tech development assistance and funding under the agency’s Grassroots Innovation Programme (GIP).

TIA announces winners of 2018 Global Cleantech Innovation Programme

Impulse Biomed, Inseco and Afrobodies emerged as the winners at last Friday’s 2018 Global Cleantech Innovation Programme awards event in Cape Town

Four Savant backed startups secure TIA seed grants totalling over R2.5m

Four startups incubated at Cape Town based hardware tech incubator Savant have secured seed grants totalling over R2.5-million from the incubator’s seed fund partner…

Hardware technology incubator Savant looking at setting up venture fund

Cape Town based hardware tech incubator Savant is considering setting up a venture fund which will likely be launched next year in the first quarter,…

FSAT Labs opens applications for fourth cohort of incubation programme

Cape Town based incubator and accelerator French South African Tech Labs (FSAT Labs) has opened applications for the fourth cohort of its six-month long…

Cape Town set to host first SA Digital Health Conference this October

The first South African Digital Health Conference is set to take place next month in Cape Town. The conference — which is in an…

TIA calls on innovators to submit funding proposals for waste, water solutions

The Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) is calling on startups and innovators to submit proposals that tackle ewaste and waste beneficiation, as well as Acid Mine Drainage,…

Funding your startup: Ventureburn lists the SA investors delivering [2018 update]

For entrepreneurs wanting to find early-stage funding, this is the article for you. As there is generally a veil of secrecy surrounding funding and…

Healthtech accelerator Digital Health Cape Town opens call for applications

Digital Health Cape Town (DHCT), a new healthtech accelerator set to launch at the end of January next year, has opened applications to its…

France bound: Five SA startups selected for the 2017 Young Enterprise Initiative

Five South African tech startups have been selected to travel to France for the week-long Young Enterprise Initiative acceleration programme which takes place this…

TIA increases seed funding per applicant to R650 000 for innovative projects

Looking to fund your innovative idea? The Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) has increased the amount in seed funding that entrepreneurs and innovators that develop…

Over a year on, key reforms for SA’s R&D tax incentive still not implemented

More than a year on the Department of Science and Technology has yet to decide on whether to offer a refundable tax credit for…

Swiss-SA innovation challenge records 110 submissions from SA applicants

A Swiss-South African open social innovation challenge aiming to address health issues facing low-income South African urban settlements has received more than 120 proposals, with…

uYilo launches third round of seed fund to support electric car developers

South African innovators looking to develop electric vehicle components, energy storage or charging solutions have until 31 August to apply to the Yilo Kick Start…

Is seven days enough time for startups to be on YEI’s accelerator programme?

Is seven days enough time for startups to network, learn and secure investment while on an international accelerator programme? This is the question South…

TIA-backed startups have two weeks left to apply for Young Enterprise Initiative

Young South African entrepreneurs who have received support or funding from the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) have two weeks left to apply for the Young Enterprise Initiative…

Department to look into setting up sovereign innovation fund – Pandor

The Department of Science and Technology plans to this year develop a business case for the setting up of a sovereign innovation fund, Science…

CCDI to back seven innovative Cape projects in second round of seed fund

A hydrogen-powered drone that releases lab-bred insects to wipe out pests, a medical device which uses a novel method to treat glaucoma and an…

How the SA government is trying to seed more startups

The South African government has quietly been piloting a new seed-funding programme and has wisely teamed up with universities to do so. A new…

Huawei gets another 90 day reprieve from the US trade ban

Water usage drops as Cape Town dam levels keep climbing

Microsoft overworks and underpays Cortana transcribers, leaked contracts reveal

Egypt’s RiseUp acquires tech publication MenaBytes

Grand prize of €100k up for grabs in Hello Tomorrow Global Challenge

Ran Neu-Ner confirms he’s taken legal action against Shark Tank’s Gil Oved, Romeo Kumalo

Samsung Galaxy Note 10 duo get their first firmware update

HMD Global to drop Nokia 6.2 and 7.2 with round camera bump in September

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Audi’s new cars in Germany will count you down, pace you to green lights

Two Ford Focus trim levels also found to have lock issues

South Africa’s govt ministers really love German cars and big Toyotas report reveals