The National Innovation Challenge
Gone are the days when leaving varsity meant joining a mega company and beginning the slow, soul-sapping climb from mailroom to boardroom. The path to success no longer lies up a rickety corporate ladder. Instead, it's stretched out on a highway of sparkling opportunities, with your genius ideas serving as the vehicles to get you there.
South African Opportunities
South Africa's economy is poised for growth, but rather than letting big business reap the benefits, why not let that shiny big idea - or that business concept that's been keeping you awake - be the tool that'll create sustainable growth for the entire nation - not to mention your bank balance!
As a developing nation, South Africa's economy is riddled with business gaps, new product openings and the space to see your innovations developed to their full potential.
Where there is opportunity there is also opposition:
- Where do you find that big idea?
- How do you know whether your idea is marketable?
- Where will you get the support or financial backing needed to see your idea developed?
- And where can one find that invaluable advice and guidance from those more experienced than you?
Fortunately, the Innovation Fund has been asking those questions for some time. And this is why we developed the Innovation Fund's Student Business Plan (SBP) Competition. Aimed specifically at students from South African Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), this competition seeks to bring to light the best technological innovations that you have to offer. The most outstanding ideas submitted will then have the opportunity to be researched, developed, showcased and ultimately commercialised.
Ka-ching!
Take a sneak peak at the prizes before you register to enter this competition.
The Innovation Fund
The Innovation Fund is an instrument of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) established for the funding of innovative science, engineering and technology development programmes and is managed on behalf of the DST by the National Research Foundation (NRF).
Find out more about what the Innovation Fund can do to assist you in taking your concepts and converting them in to profitable initiatives.