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![](https://www.bizcommunity.com/c/2012/588540-400x208.jpg) | South African tech startup LetMeIn.to has raised R2.2m in funding from an impact investor to scale up and expand their visitor and access management platform... read |
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![](https://www.bizcommunity.com/c/2012/588218-400x208.jpg) | EVAN-LEE COURIE Yogavelli Nambiar, CEO at Allan Gray Orbis Foundation and Young Presidents' Organisation (YPO) member firmly believes that shaping an entrepreneurial mindset starts at school level...read |
| ![](https://www.bizcommunity.com/c/2012/588673-400x208.jpg) | EVAN-LEE COURIE There's a new digitally savvy way to revolutionise one's business opportunities and has launched locally in the form of Vault Share - a social card and app in Africa that encourages authentic and meaningful interactions in any social or business setting...read |
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![](https://www.bizcommunity.com/c/2012/588251.jpg) | South Africa still has some of the most expensive mobile data rates on the continent. In fact, from lowest to highest data tariffs, Research ICT Africa's Retail African Mobile Pricing (RAMP) Index ranked South Africa 33rd out of 46 African countries this year... Read |
![](https://www.bizcommunity.com/c/2012/589147.jpg) | Shark Tank, the award-winning reality show that has reinvigorated entrepreneurship in America, now returns to African shores... Read |
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| | ![](https://www.bizcommunity.com/c/2012/588881.jpg) | COLIN TIMMIS Small and medium enterprises tend to take the hardest knocks in an economic downturn. Nothing illustrates this better than the unravelling impact of Covid-19, which left many SMEs teetering on the edge of collapse... Read |
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![](https://www.bizcommunity.com/c/2012/589187.jpg) | The 6th edition of Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) conference and awards held on 2-3 December 2020 hosted more than 60 African and global thought leaders across business and politics who shared insight and thought leadership... Read |
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![](https://www.bizcommunity.com/c/2012/588450.jpg) | The search is on for sub-Saharan African startups with tech solutions aimed at addressing access to energy, agriculture and mobility issues... Read |
![](https://www.bizcommunity.com/c/2012/588572.jpg) | A six-month Financial Technology Accelerator program designed for high-potential technology businesses looking to scale their business, create partnerships and explore North African markets is calling for applications... Read |
![](https://www.bizcommunity.com/c/2012/589037.jpg) | Applications are now open for The Global Young Innovators Programme - an exciting opportunity for young South African entrepreneurs and innovators to gain support for their business idea while tackling global issues... Read |
![](https://www.bizcommunity.com/c/2012/588310-120x120.jpg?2) | Support and mentorship from industry leaders could be the key to transforming a start-up into a successful, and sustainable, business. Read |
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![](https://www.bizcommunity.com/c/2012/588314.jpg) | Enygma Ventures has made one last call for applications for investment of the year. Female entrepreneurs and innovators who are problem solvers in the SADC are encouraged to apply... Read |
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![](https://www.bizcommunity.com/c/2012/588520.jpg) | Informal retail micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) across the Eastern and Southern Africa Region (ESAR) are set to receive a technological and operational boost for their businesses, thanks to Nestlé, Nomanini and Standard Bank... Read |
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![](https://www.bizcommunity.com/c/2012/589139.jpg) | Finfind has released the results of its 2020 SA SMME Covid-19 Impact Report. The survey reveals comprehensive findings on the impact the Covid-19 pandemic has had on SMMEs during lockdown... Read |
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![](https://www.bizcommunity.com/c/2012/588707-120x120.jpg?2) | ISSUED BY OLX Although it may be game over for contestants taking part in the OLX Hone Your Hustle competition, for one innovatively inspirational side hustler, it's a case of game only just beginning. Meet Ledimo Seloyi... Read |
![](https://www.bizcommunity.com/c/2012/588744-120x120.jpg?2) | ISSUED BY EDGE GROWTH Edge Growth announced a partnership with Bashumi Instruments and Control Services, also known as BICS, a 100% Black woman-owned Level 1 B-BBEE company... Read |
![](https://www.bizcommunity.com/c/2012/588892-120x120.jpg?2) | YAEL GEFFEN By supporting local businesses, we are in turn supporting the local economy and ensuring that significantly more money enters and stays within the community... Read |
![](https://www.bizcommunity.com/c/2012/588150.jpg) | South Africa's SMME sector has a significant role to play in jumpstarting the country's economic growth and minimising the recessionary effects of Covid-19, but it will need support from the financial sector, big business and government to exit the worst of the crisis... Read |
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![](https://www.bizcommunity.com/c/2012/588444-120x120.jpg?2) | Technoserve has introduced a Youth Ideas Development Textiles Programme, aimed at empowering township-based youth and helping to revive SA's textiles sector... Read |
![](https://www.bizcommunity.com/c/2012/588223.jpg) | The effects of the global Covid-19 pandemic has forced us to rethink how we do business. Goals have been redefined and innovation and creative problem-solving have become our most valuable assets... Read |
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![](https://www.bizcommunity.com/MultimediaNewsletterImage.aspx?mt=1&image=https%3a%2f%2fbiz-file.com%2fb%2f2012%2f2166869.png%3f1) | Lindiwe Johnson, the skills development project manager of GreenCape and Genesis Cleveland's regional project officer, FNF, discusses the Green Economy Decision-Makers course and why it's so important to develop skills for the green economy... View |
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![](https://www.bizcommunity.com/MultimediaNewsletterImage.aspx?mt=1&image=https%3a%2f%2fbiz-file.com%2fb%2f2012%2f2169355.png%3f1) | Mike Mulcahy, the CEO of GreenCape, and Cecelia Kok, the head of research and advocacy projects at FNF, discus "greenshoots at grassroots" in the green economy and why we should be concerned with growing the green economy in SA... View |
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![](https://www.bizcommunity.com/c/2012/588475-120x120.jpg?2) | BENJAMIN KAGINA Scientists are working around the clock to develop and test vaccines against SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of Covid-19... Read |
![](https://www.bizcommunity.com/c/2012/588991.jpg) | TAU MASHIGO The digital revolution has officially engaged a higher gear, raising a great deal of curiosity and speculation on technological innovation, adoption, AI and the future of the digital economy... Read |
![](https://www.bizcommunity.com/c/2012/588604-120x120.jpg?2) | Total electricity generation in Africa stood at 870TWh in 2019, an increase of 2.9% from 846TWh in 2018. Africa's electricity generation capacity has grown at an average of 4.8% per annum since 2008... Read |
![](https://www.bizcommunity.com/c/2012/588309-120x120.jpg?2) | Leading figures within sub-Saharan Africa's manufacturing sector will convene virtually at the Manufacturing Indaba 2020 to debate pressing issues impacting the region's industrial landscape... Read |
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![](https://www.bizcommunity.com/c/2012/588474-120x120.jpg?2) | RUTH COOPER One of the latest endeavours to emerge from South Africa's burgeoning cannabis industry is the launch of the Cheeba Cannabis Academy... Read |
![](https://www.bizcommunity.com/c/2012/588356-120x120.jpg?2) | ANDREW BOURNE Customer experience has always been a crucial differentiator for businesses, but in 2020, it became a matter of survival... Read |
![](https://www.bizcommunity.com/c/2012/588091-120x120.jpg?2) | DHESIGEN NAIDOO We are once again in the throes of a familiar predicament. 2020 has, unfortunately, yielded even more reason for the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence... Read |
![](https://www.bizcommunity.com/c/2012/588589.jpg) | Design Indaba will use 2021 as a year to plan and execute a number of significant Do Tank projects and launch its new Design Indaba Inside offering. Therefore, The Design Indaba Conference and Festival will not take place in February 2021... Read |
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