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Ideas Competition for Employment Promotion in Just Energy Transition Value Chains

The Career Path Development for Employment (CPD4E) Project is inviting emerging and small non-profit and community-based organisations in South Africa to submit innovative ideas that can promote and strengthen employment opportunities within Just Energy Transition (JET) value chains. The competition

Presidential MSME Awards 2026 – Championing Local Excellence for a Globally Competitive South Africa

The Presidential MSME Awards 2026 provide a national platform for recognising South African MSMEs and cooperatives that are contributing to economic transformation, local production, innovation, job creation and inclusive growth. The awards are designed around the strategic importance of

Principles for Microbial Preservation and Aseptic Techniques in Biomanufacturing (I-BTH03)

The Southern African Biomanufacturing Training Hub (SA-BTH) is offering a specialised course titled “Principles for Microbial Preservation and Aseptic Techniques in Biomanufacturing (I-BTH03)”. The course forms part of the BIOcapSA programme, which aims to strengthen biomanufacturing skills and

Advanced Downstream Processing for Biologics and Vaccine Manufacturing (A-BTH02)

Organiser / Host Southern African Biomanufacturing Training Hub (SA-BTH) Hosted by: Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Programme: Strengthening Biomanufacturing Capabilities in Southern Africa Supported by: KfW Development Bank. Overview The Southern African Biomanufacturing

Siemens Healthineers Corporate Online Session – Autonomous Medical Devices

Accelerating the Future of Autonomous Healthcare Healthcare systems are facing increasing pressure from shortages of skilled professionals, rising patient volumes and the need to deliver care more efficiently and consistently. These pressures are creating a growing need for technologies that can

Syensqo Corporate Online Session: Advanced Separation Technologies for Water Treatment

Partner with Syensqo to Advance Next-Generation Water Treatment Technologies Growing pressure on water resources, increasing industrial water consumption and the need to operate in more demanding environments are creating a need for advanced technologies that can improve water recovery, resource

Turkish Airlines Corporate Online Session: Terminal ‘Ecosystem Discovery Program’

Accelerating Autonomous and Robotic Solutions for Airport Ground Handling Airport ground-handling operations involve a wide range of activities that depend heavily on manual coordination, physical labour and the movement of people, vehicles and equipment. These processes include baggage handling

develoPPP Classic Ideas Competition 2026

The develoPPP Classic Ideas Competition is a funding mechanism of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) that supports privately owned, profit-oriented companies undertaking projects in developing and emerging countries. The programme is designed for projects

SUSE Exchange Johannesburg 2026

Exploring the Future of Enterprise Open Source and Digital Transformation As organisations increasingly adopt AI, cloud-native architectures and multi-Linux environments, technology leaders are navigating the need to build infrastructure that is scalable, resilient, secure and adaptable. SUSE

2026 South Africa MedTech Innovation Challenge

The 2026 South Africa MedTech Innovation Challenge is designed to identify and support innovative technologies that can modernise healthcare delivery through the integration of smart devices, artificial intelligence (AI) and digitally connected clinical workflows. The Challenge focuses specifically

Advancing Innovation in Accelerated Cancer Diagnosis

Innovate UK, on behalf of the Office for Life Sciences (OLS) Cancer Healthcare Goals programme, is making up to £25.4 million available through a competitive grant funding competition to support the clinical validation and evaluation of innovative technologies and devices for the earlier detection

Shine 2027 – Accelerating Early-Stage Innovation for Urban Climate Action

Shine 2027 is an early-stage climate innovation programme by the Swiss Re Foundation, in partnership with Climate KIC, designed to help social entrepreneurs develop and scale solutions that address urban climate challenges. Cities are at the centre of both the climate challenge and the transition