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The TEEEM Foundation Community Impact Grant Program supports nonprofit and charitable organisations developing sustainable, community-driven solutions through education, empowerment, innovation and service.

The programme seeks organisations that understand the needs of their communities and can demonstrate strong leadership, financial stewardship, measurable impact and a clear pathway towards lasting change.

TEEEM Foundation supports organisations working to improve lives and strengthen communities around the world.

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. Technology Overview

Michael AI is a sovereign, offline-first multi-domain security, telemetry, and perimeter protection platform developed by Zano-Tech and Smart Properties. Built specifically to operate locally on edge-hardware nodes (such as NVIDIA Jetson microprocessors and localized industrial microcontrollers), the platform processes computer vision, sensor fusion, and real-time threat detection directly at the source—without requiring continuous cloud connectivity or external network bandwidth. By eliminating reliance on vulnerable cloud servers and fragile telecommunications

Salut Heureux is a South African business-process automation and digital-systems company that helps small and growing businesses replace manual, inconsistent processes with practical and repeatable systems.

We design and implement customised systems for lead generation, customer enquiries, sales follow-up, quotation management, customer relationship management, content marketing, workflow automation, and business performance tracking. These solutions are delivered through a combination of business-process mapping, digital tools, artificial intelligence, automation platforms, templates

Dinamont Books is a specialized, mobile- and web-ready financial management platform engineered specifically for small, micro, and informal businesses in South Africa. Moving far beyond generic accounting tools, it uniquely bridges the gap between global software architecture and the granular, on-the-ground compliance and operational realities of local entrepreneurs—particularly within project-based and construction sectors. The platform boasts several key strengths and differentiators. Unlike foreign software that requires extensive manual workarounds, Dinamont Books natively models local

The problem. South Africa has roughly 1.9 million informal micro-enterprises. Almost none of them keep financial records. Most trade in cash, so the business has no paper trail. Owners can’t see whether they’re making money, and they can’t prove their income to suppliers, lenders or programmes that could help them grow.

Who we serve. sorted is built for owner-run micro-businesses in the informal and early-formal economy: spaza shops, hair salons, street and take-away food vendors, informal traders and young self-employed professionals.

How it works. sorted is a bookkeeping service that runs

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The SAB Foundation Tholoana Enterprise Programme is an 18-month business growth programme supporting South African entrepreneurs who have already established commercially viable businesses and are ready to strengthen their operations and pursue further growth.

The programme provides tailored business support, mentoring and practical development assistance focused on strengthening leadership, financial management, operational systems, market access and overall business capability.

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The opening of the continent's largest entrepreneurship gathering set out the cost of a fragmented Africa, the narrowing of global capital, and the standard against which our ecosystems should be measured.

Part 1 of the GEC+Africa 2026 series | Innovation Bridge Portal

The Global Entrepreneurship...

South Africa does not have a research shortage it has a translation gap. At the 2026 South African Women in Science Awards, the Innovation Support and Enablement Programme sponsored the one category that rewards what happens after publication. Meet its two winners.

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Vonnie Projects is an award winning South African agritech and circular economy enterprise that converts underutilised agricultural and plant biomass into sustainable livestock feed and bioenergy products. Our flagship innovations, Tokosickle™ Feed, and Dungbrix Biofuel Briquettes™, address critical challenges related to livestock feed affordability, agricultural waste management, energy access and rural economic development.

Tokosickle™ Feed is currently in small-scale production for validation and pre-commercial deployment. The product has undergone nutritional and microbiological testing and

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The ICC TradeRoots Africa Programme, led by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Centre of Entrepreneurship, is designed to help African SMEs build the knowledge, tools, connections and capabilities needed to expand into African markets under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and Regional Economic Communities (RECs).

The programme will support 1,000 SMEs through its first tier and provide a structured pathway from export readiness to concrete market opportunities, trade finance and export transactions. 

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