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The Hope Factory is calling for 15 entrepreneurs to join a 12-month Entrepreneurial Skills Programme. The focus of the programme is to ignite informal traders and start-up businesses with skills to grow and scale businesses.

Benefits of the programme; 

The Raymond Ackerman Academy of Entrepreneurial Development (RAA-ED) and the University of Johannesburg JBS in collaboration with Belnasa Youth Forum (supported by The World Bank) invites applications for a 6-month early-stage entrepreneurship programme.

Requirements;

• Must be 18 - 35 years of Age.
• Must reside in Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia and South Africa.
• Must have either an active startup or viable business idea.

Virtual Readiness Workshop Dates: 

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Offerings;

Khoebo Innovation Promotion Programme (KIPP) offers capital and business support to SMME’s during the early stages of commercialization with particular emphasis on Township and Rural Entrepreneurs.

The KIPP consists of the following funding schemes, namely; 

GEC+ Africa in partnership with GEN South Africa and Small Enterprise Development Agency (SEDA) is looking for the next game changing startups and SMMEs from South Africa. 

Applications will be open to tech startups at pre-seed or seed stage with at least a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) and non-tech startups or SMMEs that are post revenue. Successful applicants will be invited to participate in a bootcamp which will be in preparation ahead of the pitching competitions taking place in their respective countries.

Pitching location and dates; 

The Royal Academy of Engineering’s Leaders in Innovation Fellowships (LIF) programme supports talented entrepreneurs to transform their engineering and scientific innovations into disruptive businesses. TLIF support P-rich innovations from all areas of engineering and technology that can solve the world’s most complex environmental, economic and social challenges. The programme is aimed at technologists who are about to develop, or are in the process of developing, a business proposition for their innovation. 

The Programme Offers;