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Applications are now open for the Common Good Cyber Fund (CGCF) Grant Program, a global funding initiative established by the Internet Society Foundation to strengthen the public-interest cybersecurity ecosystem.

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Applications are now open for UPSTREAM Open Call 2: Prevention & Zero-Waste, a cascade funding opportunity under the UPSTREAM Horizon Europe project that supports regional and local public authorities in designing, piloting and scaling innovative solutions to prevent plastic pollution in rivers and connected waterways.

With €140,000 available under this call, UPSTREAM aims to help regions implement circular economy and zero-waste measures that reduce plastic leakage at source while contributing to the objectives of the EU Mission Restore Our Ocean and Waters.

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IBP Growth trading as IsoGuard.ai is a South African technology company delivering AI-driven safety and machine intelligence solutions to the mining and heavy industrial sectors. The company's core offering comprises two complementary product lines: IsoGuard, a computer vision platform that analyses a site's existing CCTV infrastructure in real time to detect PPE non-compliance, restricted-zone breaches, and unsafe behaviour; and Pulse, an OEM-agnostic underground mining machine intelligence platform using CANbus/J1939 data acquisition with a store-and-forward architecture suited to

Locallio (Pty) Ltd is a South African technology company developing a digital marketplace that connects customers with local service providers and small businesses.

The company was established to address the difficulty many consumers face when searching for reliable local services, while also helping informal, semi-formal and emerging businesses improve their visibility, credibility and access to customers.

Through its mobile-friendly platform, Locallio enables service providers to create digital business profiles displaying their services, skills, operating areas, images and contact information

Finding a reliable local service provider in South Africa is still largely a matter of word-of-mouth or guesswork. Households struggle to find vetted, trustworthy professionals, while skilled service providers and small tradespeople often lack visibility and consistent access to customers. The result is a fragmented local services market where trust, discovery, and booking are all inefficient.

ServeSA solves this with a two-sided marketplace connecting Johannesburg residents with verified local service providers, from home repairs to personal services, through a mobile-first platform. Providers

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​Crimson Botanica (Pty) Ltd

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​Crimson Botanica (Pty) Ltd is an innovation-driven South African private enterprise specializing in technology development, indigenous botanical research, and digital utility solutions. The company develops scalable, high-impact digital tools and specialized products aimed at emergency response optimization, environmental management, and advanced health and wellness solutions across Southern Africa.

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​Digital Public Safety & Utility Solutions: Design and deployment of

MAC Holdings is a South African innovation and technology company focused on developing African-led solutions that combine artificial intelligence, creativity, culture, and human-centred design to solve real-world challenges.

The company serves as the parent organisation for a growing portfolio of technology, media, and creative ventures dedicated to improving communication, education, business productivity, and digital inclusion across Africa.

Our mission is to build intelligent products that are accessible, culturally relevant, and capable of empowering individuals, communities, businesses

Artificial Intelligence is rapidly transforming industrial operations by enabling organisations to extract deeper insights from complex engineering and sensor data, optimise system performance and improve predictive decision-making. As industries increasingly adopt AI-driven solutions, there is...

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ScaleUp helps founder-led businesses grow from small/medium to large enterprises, with clarity and focus. We take companies from founder vision to repeatable growth by building the strategy, structure and rhythm needed to scale.

We use the Scaling Up® methodology (Verne Harnish), facilitated by an experienced entrepreneur who acts as an objective voice in the room, asking the tough questions & offering guidance that drive growth beyond start-up.

We work with ambitious founders who want to get the joy back from running their company by having the ability to step back while their team stays

Smart Amalgamation is an Urban and Regional Planning professional, researcher, and development practitioner with growing experience in spatial planning, transport research, and national policy support in South Africa. I hold a bachelor’s degree in urban and Regional Planning from the University of Venda, where I developed a strong grounding in spatial development frameworks, land-use planning, policy analysis, and sustainable development.


My academic and research interests focus on urban decay, rural town development, spatial inequality, and infrastructure planning, particularly within