Funding

SME SA Funding Summit 2025

The SME South Africa will be hosting its first-ever SME South Africa Funding Summit that will allow entrepreneurs, business owners to gain insights into becoming bankable businesses, master the art of pitching, improve their funding literacy and get their business fully compliant on the spot...

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Call for Applications: Cooperative Development & Support Programme

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The Small Enterprise Development and Finance Agency (SEDFA) is inviting cooperatives to apply to be part of the Cooperative Development and Support Programme (CDSP). The programme is aimed at supporting Cooperatives to grow and sustain their businesses by improving the quality of their products, production efficiencies and scaling up their operations.    


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Call for Applications: KwaZulu-Natal Bambelela Business Awards

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The Hollywood Foundation is thrilled to announce the 2025 edition of the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Bambelela Business Awards, a prestigious event that honours the extraordinary contributions of local entrepreneurs in KZN.

The Bambelela Business Awards are more than a recognition of talent; they are a beacon of support, offering tangible resources and encouragement to those forging ahead on their entrepreneurial journey.

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Expression of Interest: The High Impact Seed Fund of Funds

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The High Impact Seed Fund of Funds is a partnership between the SA SME Fund, Technology Innovation Agency (TIA), and eSquared to the value of Three Hundred Million (R 300 million). The HISFoF mandate is to address the funding gap between Pre-Seed and Series A funding, where the seed stage is to begin the very early stages of commercialization, before growth capital.

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Khoebo Innovation Promotion Programme: Eastern Cape

Join the Khoebo Innovation Promotion Programme (KIPP) Fund will be hosting regional launch event in the Eastern Cape.

Assisting local Entrepreneurs and Small to Medium Enterprises with commercialisation funding, the KIPP fund offers capital and business support to SMMEs during the early stages of...

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High-Level Lecture and Panel Discussion on EU-South Africa Cooperation: Enabling Innovation

The Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI) in collaboration with the Science Diplomacy Capital for Africa (SDCfA) and the European Union (EU) through the EU Delegation to South Africa and the Directorate General for Research and Innovation (DG-RTD) in the European Commission (EC)...

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Call for Applications: Youth Fund (Limpopo)

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Calling all young entrepreneurs in Limpopo!

The Limpopo Provincial Government in collaboration with the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) have jointly established a Youth Fund for young people in the province who are seeking funding to start a new or boost their existing business.

Online applications can be submitted through the NYDA ERP

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Sun International Group: Enterprise and Supplier Development

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Local community members are invited to submit ESD funding proposals for supply categories. 

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