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Press Release: Startup Business Festival Symposium 2023
- 05.09.2023
More than half of the continent’s population will be in Africa by 2050. With such rapid growth, Africa needs more entrepreneurs than ever before to create job opportunities and drive economic development, and they can do that when they are resilient. That’s why the Startup Business Festival’s technique is making entrepreneurship fashionable and attainable, revolutionizing traditional business models to keep up with the population boom. We are delighted to announce the inaugural annual symposium of the Startup Business Festival, scheduled to take place from September 25th to 28th, 2023. Read more.
Author: Agnes Nyathi, Portfolio Manager: Stakeholder Engagement and Community Growth
Empowering African Start-Ups
- 07.09.2023
Startup Business Campus is thrilled to announce itself as Africa’s superhub for entrepreneurs, enablers, and investors. With a steadfast Campus offers a dynamic environment where great minds collaborate, learn, create, and connect. As a dedicated space for entrepreneurial growth, Startup Business Campus equips aspiring entrepreneurs with the essential knowledge, skills, tools, resources, and infrastructure needed to develop iconic African businesses. Our comprehensive approach ensures that entrepreneurs have access to the necessary support systems, enabling them to thrive in the competitive business landscape. Read more.
By The Africa
- 07.09.2023
Startup Business Campus is thrilled to announce itself as Africa’s superhub for entrepreneurs, enablers, and investors. With a steadfast Campus offers a dynamic environment where great minds collaborate, learn, create, and connect. As a dedicated space for entrepreneurial growth, Startup Business Campus equips aspiring entrepreneurs with the essential knowledge, skills, tools, resources, and infrastructure needed to develop iconic African businesses. Our comprehensive approach ensures that entrepreneurs have access to the necessary support systems, enabling them to thrive in the competitive business landscape. Read more.
By iAfrica
- 05.09.2023
The African continent finds itself facing a plethora of challenges, and unemployment is Africa’s biggest challenge, affecting young people in their majority. Startup Business Campus has announced itself as Africa’s premier super-hub for entrepreneurs, enablers and investors. Startup Business Campus equips aspiring entrepreneurs with the essential knowledge, skills, tools, resources, and state-of-the-art infrastructure needed to develop iconic African businesses. The Business Campus ensures that entrepreneurs have access to the necessary support systems, enabling them to thrive in the competitive business landscape. Read more.
By Guardian Report
- 04.09.2023
Startup Business Campus recently announced its goal to become Africa’s leading start-up super hub for up and coming entrepreneurs. The organisation provides aspiring entrepreneurs with essential business knowledge, skills, resources and access to state-of-the-art infrastructure to set them up for business success. Startup Business Campus CEO Lucky Litelu said the organisation’s commitment to the success of African start-ups went beyond just providing access to physical space, but creating an enabling environment for entrepreneurs to thrive. Read more.
By Economy24
- 04.09.2023
Startup Business Campus recently announced its goal to become Africa’s leading start-up super hub for up-and-coming entrepreneurs. The organisation provides aspiring entrepreneurs with essential business knowledge, skills, resources, and access to state-of-the-art infrastructure to set them up for business success. Startup Business Campus CEO Lucky Litelu said the organisation’s commitment to the success of African start-ups went beyond just providing access to physical space, but creating an enabling environment for entrepreneurs to thrive.Read more.
By Citizen
- 03.03.2023
Fintech Startups in the Fintech Startup Accelerator program will showcase and pitch to investors in the Eagles Ring, The Sci-bono Discovery Centre on Wednesday, 15 March. This come after FinTech Startup Accelerator hosted a 16-week programme which commenced in December 2022. The 16 Fintech startups that were initially enrolled from the beginning of the programme went through an intensive venture studio to hone the startups to now having 11 strong fintech startup teams. Startups engaged on various topics and met amazing entrepreneurs and received positive feedback from the judges. Read more.
By Posh News Network
- 03.01.2023
Aimed to make entrepreneurship fashionable and attainable, the Startup Business Campus kick-started the Startup Business Festival on Tuesday, 01 November at the Mills, Newtown. The event (#StartupBizFest) is set to take place until the last day of November. According to Lucky Litelu, Founder and CEO of Startup Business Campus, the festive serves a purpose to rebuild the economy in a better way. “As we try to build back better, we need to build back a better economy collectively, hence we will arrange tools and know what entrepreneurs require. Read more.
By Posh News Network
- 01.11.2022
Johannesburg, South Africa: 01 November 2022. The Startup Business Campus has officially announced the Startup Business Festival under the theme “Launch Fest”, a hybrid event that will take place from November the 1 to the 30 of 2022, at The Mills 66 Carr St, Newtown Johannesburg. In keeping with the spirit of Global Entrepreneurship Week (18th – 24th November 2022), the Startup Business Campus with the collaborative effort of The Business Clinic has endeavored to host a month-long Startup Business Festival (a build up from 2021) in celebration of the impactful work done by its stakeholders and the entrepreneurial community at large. Read more.
Author: Qondile Mthembu, Portfolio Manager: Executive Assistant and Strategic Programmes Coordinator
- 06.09.2022
In a bid to encourage the youth about business opportunities in the water, biodiversity and environment sector, Imvelisi’s programme aims to assist young environment-driven enterpreneurs who want to develop and grow their businesses in the green sector. Imvelisi is a partnership initiative between GreenMattersZA and the South African Young Water Professional (YWP) Network, partnered by the Department of Science and Technology. The programme includes a training boot camp that offers twelve weeks of support with access to mentorship. Read more.
By Posh News Network
- 03.09.2022
Power Learn Project in partnership with Adanian Labs SA and the ICRD Group’s Startup Business Campus have launched an initiative to train 1 Million software developers across the continent by 2027. CEO of Sci Bono, Dr More Chakana elaborates.
By Newsroom Afrika
- 03.09.2022
The 5th annual Soweto Kota Festival 2022. The two-day festival was held at the Soweto Cricket Oval, in Rockville and it hosted 17 to 18 000 attendees. This year, about 45 kota outlets put up their gazebos to serve their most creative and innovative meals. There were also stalls that sold clothing, juices and cocktails, ice-creams and atchaar, among others. View more.
By EWN
- 02.09.2022
Power Learn Project (PLP) has launched the #1MillionDevs4Africa Program aimed at training 1 Million software developers across the continent by 2027. PLP has launched this initiative in partnership with Adanian Labs S.A and the ICRD Group’s Startup Business Campus. PLP is a Pan African organization launched earlier this year in Kenya to initiate transformative programs for young people across the continent. The organization is using technology to provide quality, affordable, and decentralizing tech training. Read more.
By COI Africa
- 02.09.2022
South Africa is now the second African nation to introduce the one million developers for Africa programme, after it was rolled out in Kenya. This comes as a recent survey revealed the skills gap and unmet demand for skilled talent continue to inhibit the growth of the local ICT sector and economy. The #1MillionDevs4Africa programme, led by the Power Learn Project (PLP), is a collaborative effort between PLP, Adanian Labs SA, and the ICRD Group’s Startup Business Campus Read more.
By ITWeb
- 01.09.2022
At the Sci-Bono Discovery Centre, Power Learn Project (PLP) (www.PowerLearnProject.org) in partnership with Adanian Labs S.A and the ICRD Group’s Startup Business Campus is launching the #1MillionDevs4Africa Program in South Africa, in a bid to train 1 Million software developers across the continent by 2027. Read more.
By Business News
- 01.09.2022
At the Sci-Bono Discovery Centre, Power Learn Project (PLP) in partnership with Adanian Labs S.A and the ICRD Group’s Startup Business Campus is launching the #1MillionDevs4Africa Program in South Africa, in a bid to train 1 Million software developers across the continent by 2027. South Africa is the second country in Africa, after Kenya, to introduce the #1MillionDevs4Africa program. Read more.
By African Business
- 31.08.2022
There is now a plan to train a million people to be software developers on our continent in just the next five years. Mumbi Ndung’u of Power learn project, and Lucky Litelu founder and CEO at Start up Business Camus chats to Stephen Grootes about this.