A new application round has opened for the R12.8million Growth Fund to boost SME growth and job creation. The Growth Fund is a grant fund specifically for growing South African small businesses who need a cash injection to scale up further and create jobs. The Growth Fund is managed by CDI Capital, which was incorporated [...]

Two of the seven recipients of the second round of the Design Innovation Seed Fund (DISF) have won prestigious awards. SmartBlade took home the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA) Fresenius Innovation Award 2017. Dr Caroline Corbett developed the SmartBlade in conjunction with her husband Nick Nevin in a bid to enhance access to [...]

(Left to Right) Najwah Allie-Edries, Deputy Director General Employment Facilitation within the Jobs Fund; Mariette Williams, Programmes Director at the Craft and Design Institute (CDI); Bev Missing, founder and owner of RAIN (Jobs Fund recipient 2012-15) The Craft + Design Institute (CDI) has today launched R33million in funding to boost SME growth, job creation and [...]

It’s been six months since seven Western Cape entrepreneurs received grants of up to half a million Rands each from the second round of the Design Innovation Seed Fund (DISF) – they are moving ahead swiftly with their cutting-edge innovations which could lead to major advancements in the region’s agri-processing, health and bio-tech, and the [...]

A set of Western Cape entrepreneurs have developed cutting-edge innovations which could lead to major advancements in the region’s agri-processing, health and bio-tech, and the manufacturing sectors. Seven innovations in the Western Cape have been given a healthy boost, with grants of up to half a million Rands each from the second round of the [...]