The Social Innovation and Disability Empowerment Awards is held each year to source and support innovation that shows that it can solve a social problem in a new and efficient way while adopting a sustainable business model.
“SAB Foundation’s long-term commitment to this work is underpinned by our belief that the economic, social and environmental issues affecting South Africa and further afield today are escalating too fast to be addressed in traditional ways,” says SAB Foundation director Bridgit Evans.
Disruptive technology and income-generating innovation bring the promise of increased effectiveness, efficiency and scale.
“Over the past nine years, we have supported 170 incredibly talented South Africans, from all walks of life,” says SAB Foundation’s social innovation specialist Ntandokazi Nodada.
Not only have they produced socially informed and transformative products and services in multiple sectors, but also contributed an additional R219m per annum to the economy, while creating almost 1,000 jobs.
The finalists were selected from over 360 entries and were subjected to three rounds of judging and due diligence by experts from government, civil society, academia and the private sector. Nodada added that the calibre of entries never ceases to amaze the SAB Foundation.
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