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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 Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) is calling for the submission of funding applications for developing innovative natural resource and energy technologies. The technological focus areas include:

Natural Resources

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; 

Applications are now open for the first cohort of She Wins Africa. She Wins Africa is a program designed to assist women entrepreneurs across sub–Saharan Africa by offering training, mentorship and networking opportunities that will help their startups succeed.

She Wins Africa aims to address these challenges and improve opportunities for women-led startups to access financing.

The program will:

The Embassy of Ireland in South Africa in partnership with Wits University’s Tshimologong Digital Innovation Precinct, the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA), the Department of Science & Innovation (DSI) and Dogpatch Labs Ireland invite South African tech startups to apply for the Irish Tech Challenge South Africa 2024.

The Mpumalanga Green Cluster Agency, supported by GreenCape in partnership with the UK PACT (Partnering for Accelerated Climate Transitions), invite innovators and entrepreneurs with economically viable green economy innovation business in Mpumalanga to enter the first Mpumalanga green solutions pitch challenge.