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The Savant Build Programme is looking for early-stage startups that are solving complex, green economy focused problems through science and engineering-based technology to join their Build Programme 2024 and receive credibility backing and support from Savant and USAID Mobilizing Investment. 

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Aruwa Capital Management is a Lagos-based, female-founded and led, growth equity, impact investment company. 

Aruwa Capital Management invests in companies that have strong management teams and meet the following criteria:

  • Provides essential goods and services that cater to women.
  • Founded or co-founded by a woman, has women within its workforce, senior management team or value chain.
  • A positive attitude towards and active support of a diverse team.
  • An annual turnover of at least $300-500k.
  • Proven management team with a history of delivering the underlying business plan.

Acumen Capital Partners is an impact investor that has spent the last nearly 20 years leveraging philanthropy as patient, high-risk capital to support social enterprises creating solutions to the problems of poverty. 

4IR Innovations delivers value through Industrial Automation solutions, tech-enabled innovative solutions and STEM education resources and programs. 

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The Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) is calling for the submission of funding applications for developing innovative natural resource and energy technologies. The technological focus areas include:

Natural Resources

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The Mpumalanga Green Cluster Agency, supported by GreenCape in partnership with the UK PACT (Partnering for Accelerated Climate Transitions), invite innovators and entrepreneurs with economically viable green economy innovation business in Mpumalanga to enter the first Mpumalanga green solutions pitch challenge.

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The Vuligqondo Smart and Organic Farming Model is a private company with a focus on smart and organic farming technologies. We specialize in hydroponics farming, organic farming, poultry production, egg incubator (chicks production) and solar farming system (renewable energy). We are currently working on developing high-tech irrigation system as an experimental setup for both smart and organic farming systems. 

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Start-Up Culture in partnership with 4IRI are looking for looking to recruit our first cohort of 30 entrepreneurs for our 4-6 months Accelerator Program aimed at building:

  1. Solar Product Installation Businesses
  2. Digital Energy Management Systems Businesses
  3. Smart Meter Installation Businesses

Click here to apply. 

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Rheinmetall Denel Munition (Pty) Ltd specialises in the development, design and manufacture of large- and medium-calibre ammunition families and is a world leader in the field of artillery, mortar and infantry systems as well as plant engineering.

From an Open Innovation point of view, we are interested in Venture Clienting with startups to pilot technology and or products and services with a value proposition we are interested in.

The startup company was founded to create battery packs or units for households and businesses to help reduce their reliance on Eskom. As we all know, Eskom is struggling to meet the nation's demand, which is where our batter units come in to pick up the slack during peak hours, reducing loadshedding stages and giving Eskom time to increase its capacity.