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Innovate Durban is a non-profit organisation based in South Africa working on employment & skills.
Innovate Durban NPC is a registered non-profit company that supports innovators, innovation and the innovation ecosystem in Durban and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It runs an innovation support fund, an female-founder accelerator, research on the innovation sector, and capacity building and skills development. Its work focuses on economic growth and job creation through programmes that connect start-ups, SMMEs, industry, the public sector and marginalised groups with funding, mentorship, markets and networks.
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Innovation Support Fund
Employment & Skills · South Africa
Provides financial support, mentorship and collaboration opportunities for prototype and testing of innovations by start-ups, small businesses and individual innovators.
SHEshisa Accelerator
Employment & Skills · South Africa
A six-month accelerator supporting female founders with training, mentorship and support for their businesses.
Innovator Funding Map
Employment & Skills · South Africa
Maps funding mechanisms available to innovators across the country, developed with the Human Sciences Research Council.
Innovation Co-Lab
Employment & Skills · South Africa
Physical and online platform providing tools, information, co-working space and resources to innovators.
Design Thinking Workshops
Employment & Skills · South Africa
Two-day practical design thinking programme built around the challenges of participating teams.
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