Our core commitment lies in fostering strong partnerships and community collaboration. We specialize in a range of services including digital media marketing, software solutions, e-sports leagues, business analytics, and online merchandise, catering to a diverse audience from startups to digital media aficionados. Our position as a digital media cooperative is central to our mission of driving digital transformation, particularly among the youth. We tackle challenges like limited access to co-working spaces and business development support head-on, offering comprehensive digital solutions. At

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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.

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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.

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Are you looking to elevate your business online?

Acalytica is offering SMEs a unique chance to utilise Acalytica's cutting-edge growth software, completely free for 360 days. 

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Are you an SME in South Africa looking for funding? 

Complete the form below and up to four companies who offer funding for small businesses in South Africa may submit quotes to you by emailing or calling you at the phone number provided.

  1. Purchase Order Financing
  2. Working Capital Finance

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Startup-Culture in partnership with Beyond Drones and Co.Space Incubator is calling for young entrepreneurs to join the Drone Accelerator Program. The program is scheduled to commence in February 2024. 

Click here to apply. 

The Women and Youth Agroecology Hub, recognized by the Department of Trade, Industry, and Competition, focuses on supporting the agricultural sector, particularly in maintaining internal control systems nationally. These systems ensure that farms adhere to organic certification standards and guarantee the traceability of exported products. The hub conducts regular visits and document checks to monitor smallholder farmers' activities, with internal inspections occurring monthly. Farmers are educated on their shared responsibility for maintaining organic integrity, with the WYAgroecology School

We are on a journey to digitally transform the township economy in Durban, rest of South Africa and rest of Africa. Our application is eWallet, Visa & Master Cards, QR Code-based payments and a peer-to-peer money transfer platform with a built-in e-commerce market that brings together consumers and merchants. We are on iOS and Android stores and went live towards year end in 2022, to-date have onboarded about 800 merchants of informal businesses based in townships around Durban i.e. Umlazi, KwaMashu, Ntuzuma, Inanda, KwaMakhutha, Ilovu, Newlands, etc. These merchants range from Spaza Shops

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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;