Professional, scientific and technical activities

The Jasiri Talent Investor programme is dedicated to discovering and investing in promising entrepreneurs with the potential to establish high-impact businesses. It's a fully funded 13-month programme that takes a comprehensive, long-term approach to nurture entrepreneurs. The programme offers fellows the time and resources needed to identify Market-Creating Innovations and achieve product-market fit.
 

The Science Forum South Africa (SFSA) 2024 will serve as a public platform for the biggest gathering of the science community in South Africa. The SFSA 2024 will provide a vibrant, provocative and stimulating programme, including parallel sessions and talks, with the primary aim to ignite conversations about science – innovation and science for humanity. It will bring together a diverse range of speakers and participants, including scientists, policy-makers, industry, science communicators, students as well as civil society.

The Department of Science and Innovation (DSI), the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) and their implementing partner, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), invite expressions of interest (EoIs) from small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs), black industrialists, municipalities and research institutes focusing on technologies/solutions that will lead to the accelerated implementation of biorefinery technologies, as part of efforts to expand biomanufacturing capacity in South Africa. 

An opportunity for women entrepreneurs in South Africa. Through the SheTradesZA platform, selected women-owned businesses and corporations will benefit from a wide range of opportunities to expand their businesses and broadly advance women's economic empowerment.

What is the SheTradesZA Hub?

Assisting local Entrepreneurs and Small to Medium Enterprises with commercialization funding, the Khoebo Innovation Promotion Programme (KIPP) fund offers capital and business support to SMMEs during the early stages of commercialization with particular emphasis on Township and Rural Entrepreneurs.

The Tholoana Enterprise Programme is an 18-month programme designed to empower entrepreneurs from all business sectors to build successful and sustainable businesses.