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88mph Opens Applications In Nairobi
88mph, an early stage startup fund and 3 month accelerator program has opened applications for Nairobi. The program assists start-ups by giving them investment of up to a 100k, access to business networks and the know how to quickly grow their businesses. 88mph’s strategy in Africa is to fund strong teams and web-mobile ideas that [...]
Cape Town Workshop Deals With Employee Empowerment
Consider what you might be able to achieve if all the employees in your business had the necessary access to information, knowledge and skills to identify opportunities for improvement and make the best decisions for the overall business every single day. Putting power into the hands of staff members not only makes for a more [...]
Supply Chain Management And Operations Management: What’s The Difference?
Supply Chain Management and Operations Management are two terms that are often, and easily, confused. Supply Chain Management is concerned with strategic choices, sharing of information and resources, coordination of logistics, and capacity to optimise the cost-effective creation of value along a supply chain. Operations Management, on the other hand, covers the activities, decisions and [...]
Grade 12’s: Last Call To Apply For Fellowship
Applications to the Allan Gray Orbis Foundation Fellowship close 30 April for Grade 12’s. The deadline to apply for the Allan Gray Orbis Foundation Fellowship is near: Applications for Grade 12’s close at the end of this month. The Allan Gray Orbis Foundation, which aims to develop a new generation of dynamic entrepreneurial leaders who [...]
Entrepreneurship Falls To New Low In SA
Almost three years after the FIFA Soccer World Cup, entrepreneurial activity in South Africa has dropped to an alarming new low. Entrepreneurship in South Africa has fallen dramatically with economic experts worrying about the impact on the economy and job prospects for young South Africans. According to research released by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor at [...]
Up To R1 Million Offered For Your Disruptive Tech Ideas
Applications are open for the second Seed Engine Business Accelerator which is offering R100 000 each for up to ten tech business ideas as well as a 13 week boot camp. The programme offers coaching, mentoring, workspace and access to investors on demo day where more than R2 million per venture can be raised for second round funding. [...]
Investec & Raizcorp Pledge R12 Million To Entrepreneurship – Apply Now
Investec and Raizcorp have partnered to provide business support and development to the value of R12 million, to 12 entrepreneurs. This exciting new partnership will enable entrepreneurs of black-owned businesses to take part in a two-year long programme that facilitates increased profitability in their respective businesses. The innovative Raizcorp ACUMEN enterprise expansion programme is designed [...]
Top Empowerment Awards Announce Their Finalists
Over the past eleven years the Oliver Empowerment and Transformation Awards has celebrated South Africa’s black economic empowerment champions. Recognised as the country’s most influential empowerment awards ceremony, The Oliver Awards aim to identify and acknowledge true empowerment leadership and innovation. In particular, these Awards celebrate companies and individuals in the public and private sectors [...]
Be Proactive In Your Online Safety
The Internet is a part of our daily lives; we use it for everything – communication, reading, research, education, current events, exploring the world, entertainment, shopping, networking and business. The Internet gives us magical access to everything at the press of a button, but it also gives strangers access to us. By acting responsibly and [...]
DMMA To Host ‘How To Take Home A Trophy’ Workshop
Practical advice for agencies & creatives on how to successfully package work for awards. With awards season upon us, the Digital Media and Marketing Association (DMMA) is offering members and non-members the opportunity to learn how to submit an award-winning entry to any one of the many local and international awards events, with its ‘How [...]
