Small Business Champions Award
The National Small Business Council is calling for entries for its Small Business Champions Award in five categories. These are: National Small Business Champion of the Year : Annual turnover less than 35 million …
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Startup Knight
Startup Knight 2014 has a theme of “Technology that Enables”. Specifically, they are looking for concepts and startups that support the SMME sector. The theme is framed as “concepts and startups that are focused on …
Spark Changemakers Program for Social Entrepreneurs
Social entrepreneurs have a fantastic opportunity to be part of an accelerator programme. The Spark Changemakers Programme offers an accelerator programme, a support network and access to connections. The programme is looking for entrepreneurs who …
CGCSA Summit to focus on small businesses
The Consumer Goods Council of South Africa (CGSA) will be hosting its annual summit from the 28-30 October 2014. The summit includes a focus on smaller businesses. The topics to be covered include: The Rise …
Doing Business in Africa: What Are The Pitfalls & Opportunities
The Congress for Business and Economics is hosting Michael Lalor, Lead Partner and Head of Ernst and Young Africa Business Centre, will talk on “Doing Business in Africa: What Are The Pitfalls & Opportunities”.
SA’s phantom ‘efficient laager’ skews thinking
THE “efficient laager” is my description of big business’s role in South Africa’s discussions on economic policy. The central feature of this hypothesis is that it defines business — particular big business — as a …
Social media week Johannesburg – Black hair, mobile payments and startups
What is the meaning of social media week Johannesburg? More pertinent, might be the question “What is the meaning of a selfie?” Or “What are the impacts of mobile communication on your friends?” Or even, …
Adii Pienaar Offering 100K and His Time
You may not know Adii Pienaar, but he is one of the more interesting entrepreneurs in South Africa. He was co-founder of the highly successful Woothemes, and his “making new mistakes” – setting up a …
Seed Academy Entrepreneurship Training
Seed Academy is offering entrepreneurship training and we highly recommend that you apply to attend if you are in the tech space. They are offering sponsored spaces on the highly regarded “Think. Be. Do programme”. …
iKhokha – Payment processing in South Africa
Payment processing in South Africa is a huge issue for many readers of Zapreneur. As readers of Zapreneur will know, I hardly ever provide space for financial products because I believe that our financial institutions are …