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Business Clinics Feedback Form

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2018 GCIP-SA feedback form

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GCIP Team joins TIA Roadshow

Our team joined the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) on a roadshow to universities across South Africa over the last weeks. The aim was to raise awareness of the offerings of the TIA, and specifica...

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2018 GCIP-SA Call for Applications now OPEN

Turn Your Smart Innovation into a successful Cleantech Business Innovative start-ups and small- and medium-sized enterprises focusing on cutting-edge and innovative clean-technology solutions have an ...

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Announcing: New Technology Category!

This year we made the decision to include a new technology category to the 2018 competition and business accelerator Environmental Protection (Air, Sea & Land). Environmental protection – Innova...

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Alumni Accolades February 2018

GCIP-SA Alumnus Wins the 2018 South African Chivas Venture 2017 Finalist of the GCIP-SA, Clement Mokoenene (Vehicle Energy Harvesting Systems) was announced the winner of the South African Chivas Ve...

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Paseka and Louise announced as SA’s 2018 GCIP Alumni Leaders

Congratulations to Paseka Lesolang and Louise Williamson who were acknowledged asSouth Africa’s GCIP Alumni Leaders for 2018, in a new category of awards launched at the Cleantech Open Global Forum ...

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GCIP-SA Integrated into the TIA

The GCIP-SA was incorporated into the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) as from January 2018, after four years as a donor-funded project. The programme launched in South Africa in 2014 and has been j...

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GCIP Alumnus wins Chivas Venture South Africa!

2017 Finalist of the GCIP-SA, Clement Mokoenene of Vehicle Energy Harvesting Systems was announced the winner of the South African Chivas Venture competition, winning R350 000 towards his business. A...

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GCIP-SA Top Performers Represented on Global Stage

The top three performers of the GCIP-SA 2017 participated in the Cleantech Open Global Forum in Los Angeles at the end of January 2018. 2017 GCIP-SA winner Bandile Dlabantu and runners-up Sara Andreot...

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Louise Williamson – African Entrepreneurship Award

Louise Williamson, winner of the GCIP-SA Impact for Social Innovation Award in 2016, has been announced as one of 12 winners of the 2017 African Entrepreneurship Award! Louise was awarded US$100,000 a...

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GCIP-SA at the 2017 SAEEC Conference

GCIP-SA alumnus Lovell Emslie of Pegasus Green Engineered Mobility participated in a joint GCIP-SA and Low Carbon Transport – South Africa (LCT-SA) session at the 12th Southern African Energy Effic...

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Top cleantech innovators announced at gala event

Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor presented the prizes to the 2017 GCIP-SA top performers at a gala event in Pretoria on 3 November 2017. A grand prize of R120,000 and an all-expenses-paid...

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GCIP-SA Finalist Announcement

We have reached an exciting milestone in this year’s programme, with the announcement of eleven finalist teams for GCIP South Africa 2017. Over the past two weeks, three panels of independent judges...

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GCIP-SA semi-finalists face business challenges head on

During the last two weeks of July, our 25 semi-finalist teams attended Business Clinics held in Pretoria, Durban and Cape Town respectively. The Clinics gave the semi-finalists the opportunity to have...

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25 Cleantech Innovators start on their GCIP-SA business journey

It’s hard to believe that it’s that time again! 25 clean technology entrepreneurs and start-ups have recently qualified as semi-finalists in the 2017 GCIP-SA competition, and will be fostered ...

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Visit us at the 9th SA Innovation Summit

Visit the GCIP-SA’s stand at the 9th SA Innovation Summit (SAIS), which will be held at the Birchwood Hotel and OR Tambo Conference Centre from 21 – 24 September 2016. The 26 2016 GCIP-SA semi-fin...

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