What is startup entrepreneurship? In a knowledge-based society, innovation is the driving force of the economy on all levels and in all types of organisations. Due to high risks present when introducing new products and services, innovations are usually commercialized via isolated formal formations such as...
Johannesburg - Waste Tech startup, Kudoti, has been named as South Africa’s winner of the AIM Virtual Startup Pitch Competition which was hosted on the 30th June 2020. This competition was organized by the Annual Investment Meeting Organising Committee and the Startup Mzansi Foundation under...
On the 30 June 2020, Startup Mzansi will be hosting South Africa's National Virtual Pitch Competition for Startups. Each of the top 10 startups who will be chosen to pitch will be given five minutes to present their pitch decks and business models and the jury,...
The search for South Africa’s Startup Champion is on! Johannesburg – (June 08, 2020) The Startup Mzansi Foundation, the organisers of the Annual Investment Meeting (Dubai), the United Arab Emirates Ministry of Economy and Under the Patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE...
In the heart of the startup and innovation ecosystem, one technology is undertaking a silent revolution. That technology is 5G or fifth generation networks. Until recently, 5G was mostly a theoretical technology. With the ministry of Communication and Digital enabling a 5G network band through Icasa, 5G...
South Africa requires a bold vision and a call to action for everyone to help to realize that vision through their own unique approaches, leveraging education, innovation, entrepreneurship and creativity. As growing connectivity to the Internet has democratized content creation for many South Africans, it is...
Startup Mzansi is looking to partner up with the members of the South African startup community through supporting new innovative projects aimed at strengthening the ecosystem. Our aim is to increase the quality of existing services and projects taking place within the ecosystem, but also...
Benoni – Startup Mzansi Foundation a social enterprise supporting innovative entrepreneurship in South Africa is pleased to announce it’s partnership with Growthpoint Properties at Lakeside Mall. From the beginning of March 2019, Startup Mzansi will be hosting the “Lakeside Startup Workshops” for entrepreneurs, students and professionals who are interested...
The Africa 2018 Forum concluded on December 9th following two days of discussions involving African country heads, business leaders and entrepreneurs of the challenges facing, and opportunities available to, women, young people, the private sector and legislators, in the world’s youngest, most dynamic and most...
Startup Mzansi is setting up a SADC-wide consortium to accelerate entrepreneurship and innovation in Southern Africa. The Startup Consortium of Southern Africa (SCOSA) is a collective of ecosystem stakeholders from all 14 SADC countries. Within each country various stakeholders of the startup ecosystem of that country...
Startup Mzansi and the .ZA Domain Name Authority (ZADNA), stewards of the .ZA domain are working to help new entrepreneurs get their business online as partners in Startup Mzansi’s nationwide #Startitup Tour. “As many South African and international shoppers prefer to interact with .ZA domains when...