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100 industry leaders to take the stage at SA’s largest CMO event

100 industry leaders to take the stage at SA’s largest CMO event

CMO Summit 2 days

Vodacom launches new cohort of UN SDG innovation accelerator

Vodacom launches new cohort of UN SDG innovation accelerator

NSBC Africa and Transunion Africa launch Access to Finance

NSBC Africa and Transunion Africa launch Access to Finance

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Top sectors creating new opportunities for SA’s women entrepreneurs

Top sectors creating new opportunities for SA’s women entrepreneurs

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From rent to ownership: How Gideon Gitonga is widening access to African real estate

ALX From rent to ownership: How Gideon Gitonga is widening access to African real estate

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#Biz25years | To the next 25 years of business communications and conversations

Bizcommunity.com #Biz25years | To the next 25 years of business communications and conversations

20 Aug 2026

BizTrends2027 | Sponsorship opens for business

Bizcommunity.com BizTrends2027 | Sponsorship opens for business

1 Jul 2026

ALX accelerates gender parity in Africa's tech and AI workforce

ALX ALX accelerates gender parity in Africa's tech and AI workforce

20 Apr 2026

Beyond the breakthrough: How African women are turning success into collective impact

ALX Beyond the breakthrough: How African women are turning success into collective impact

31 Mar 2026

Sally Palmer

Our Salad Mix Maverix calls on African founders to reclaim profit through clarity, structure and insight

9 Dec 2025

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#AGES2026: How to back Africa's next-gen green and blue entrepreneurs

#AGES2026: How to back Africa's next-gen green and blue entrepreneurs

Maroefah Smith 26 Feb 2026

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Annual Orange Social Venture Prize for MEA is open for applications

13 Mar 2025

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Social impact innovations awarded at 2024 Orange Social Venture Prize

14 Nov 2024

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Standard Bank, UnionPay boost African e-commerce

5 Jan 2024

Seedstars, IOE launch 4th edition of The Migration Challenge

Seedstars, IOE launch 4th edition of The Migration Challenge

19 Sep 2023

Google launches new AI accelerator for African startups

Google launches new AI accelerator for African startups

22 Aug 2023

10 African startups get $2m investment for accelerating the continent's adaptation to climate change

10 African startups get $2m investment for accelerating the continent's adaptation to climate change

11 Jan 2023

With $1m in grant funding, ACCF launches entrepreneurship project for women, youth

With $1m in grant funding, ACCF launches entrepreneurship project for women, youth

12 Dec 2022

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H&M Foundation on the lookout for sustainable fashion innovators

24 Oct 2022

African YouthAdapt Challenge competition open for entries

African YouthAdapt Challenge competition open for entries

19 Sep 2022

5 young African leaders shortlisted for Äänit Prize

5 young African leaders shortlisted for Äänit Prize

8 Sep 2022

#FOS22: How women, Africa play a central role in realising a sustainable future for all

#FOS22: How women, Africa play a central role in realising a sustainable future for all

Sindy Peters 12 Jul 2022

A man plugs a charging cable into a solar-powered minibus at the charging station along Baga-Kazuwa road in Maiduguri, Nigeria on 4 May 2022. Reuters/Afolabi Sotunde

Nigerian entrepreneur builds electric mini-buses in clean energy push

Seun Sanni 17 May 2022

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SA entrepreneur drives sustainable development using African foods

Lauren Hartzenberg 10 Dec 2021

Cathy Smith, managing director at SAP Africa

Social enterprises could hold the key to a prosperous, equitable future for Africa

Cathy Smith 12 Nov 2021

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Finalists for inaugural Äänit Prize announced

19 Oct 2021

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2021 Innovation Award for Sustainable Food Systems winners announced

4 Oct 2021

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Visa expands She's Next initiative in Africa

28 Sep 2021

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5 technopreneurs chosen for Ayo Scaling Africa Series

22 Jul 2021

Noël N'guessan, winner of the Royal Academy of Engineering's 2021 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation

Côte d'Ivoire's Noël N'guessan wins 2021 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation

9 Jul 2021

L to R: Saul Kornik, CEO of Healthforce; Joshin Raghubar, partner at Webrock Ventures Africa and Joakim Pops, founding partner and CEO at Webrock Ventures

Doktor.se to launch in Africa

18 Jun 2021

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Youth are Africa's best asset

20 May 2021

Pardon Makumbe, co-founder and managing partner of CRE Venture Capital

#StartupFunding101: Raising capital in Africa and crossing the bridge to the US

Evan-Lee Courie 18 May 2021

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Applications open for the 2021 Facebook Community Accelerator Program

5 May 2021

Food Lover’s Market CEO Brian Coppin with TVMA founder Mmabatho Portia Morudi

The Village Market Africa triumphs in Food Lover's Seeds of Change initiative

28 Apr 2021

, CEO and founder of MFS Africa

#StartupFunding101: Raising capital to grow in the African payment space

Evan-Lee Courie 28 Apr 2021

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SA venture to benefit from new Mondelez impact investing platform

25 Feb 2021

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