Clay at Play (Pty) Ltd was formed by a creative family team. After over 20 years in the advertising and creative industry, we decided to venture into ceramics and established a ceramics studio in 2020. We’re based in Orange Grove, Johannesburg and our studio has been growing in leaps and bounds. We equipped ourselves with a pair of two phase electric kilns and we have never looked back and have been pinching and firing one vessel at a time. We also host clay workshops for the public and community members. We call it the ceramic studio that comes to you. We have been popping up at various

Tourism Uncovered is a South African tourism technology company that uses gamification and storytelling to help tourism authorities promote destinations and convert digital engagement into real travel. The company offers 26-week, story-driven treasure hunt campaigns featuring destination landmarks, culture and heritage, with interactive challenges, trip-planning and booking features.

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Tourism Uncovered is a gamified engagement concept built around story licensing. A tourism authority licenses a 26 week treasure hunt built around their destination's landmarks, culture

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RasNet Holdings will establish a mobile children’s entertainment and educational gaming hub that brings high-quality gaming, recreational, educational and party experiences directly to children and families at their preferred locations. Unlike traditional entertainment centres that require customers to travel to a fixed venue, RasNet Holdings will operate a mobile model and take the entertainment to the customer.

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The business will operate from a specially equipped mobile gaming hub providing a full gaming experience for both young gamers

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

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The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is inviting CreativeTech startups from across Africa to apply for the timbuktoo Launchpad Pan-African Incubation Programme. Through the timbuktoo Creatives Hub, hosted in South Africa, selected startups will receive structured incubation, mentorship, investment readiness support, and access to a continent-wide innovation ecosystem. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, with the first cohort commencing in September 2026.

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The Business Uncle is a Johannesburg-based operational strategy and enterprise-development advisory practice. We help small and medium enterprises, non-profit organisations and social enterprises build the operational structure, sustainable income models and institutional discipline they need to grow, and to become fundable, investment-ready and able to deliver at scale. 

We sit where strategy meets execution: we diagnose the real problem, design operating and income models that fit the organisation as it is and build the systems and accountability that turn plans into results, working

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Clima Now has launched the Spotlight 2026 call for projects, seeking innovative solutions that strengthen the resilience and sustainability of Switzerland's food system in response to climate change.

The programme focuses on practical, implementable solutions that address challenges across the food value chain, including cultivation, processing, distribution, trade, biodiversity conservation, circular economy approaches, and climate-resilient business models.

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The EUNIC Spaces of Culture Fund 2026 is now open for applications, supporting innovative cultural relations projects across Sub-Saharan Africa. The programme forms part of the wider Africa-Europe Partnerships for Culture initiative funded by the European Union and implemented by EUNIC (EU National Institutes for Culture).

The fund aims to strengthen equitable partnerships between African and European cultural actors through collaborative projects that promote intercultural dialogue, mutual learning, co-creation, and shared capacity building.

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Dalr is a direct-to-fan digital commerce platform developed by CreativeShield to help African creators sell digital products, music, exclusive content, merchandise, tickets, and future premium services directly to their audiences. The platform gives creators a simple online commerce layer where they...

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The New Jersey Business Acceleration and Soft-Landing Ecosystem (NJ BASE) is now accepting applications for its inaugural 2026 cohort, offering international technology companies a fully supported pathway to establish and scale operations in the United States.

Powered by the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) and operated by SOSA, NJ BASE is a six-month Business Immersion Program designed to help high-growth international startups and scaleups expand into the U.S. market from Jersey City, New Jersey — one of the country’s fastest-growing innovation hubs.

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