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GCIP Team joins TIA Roadshow
Thursday, April 26, 2018
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...
Read more2018 GCIP-SA Call for Applications now OPEN
Monday, March 5, 2018
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 ...
Read moreAnnouncing: New Technology Category!
Sunday, March 4, 2018
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...
Read moreAlumni Accolades February 2018
Wednesday, February 28, 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...
Read morePaseka and Louise announced as SA’s 2018 GCIP Alumni Leaders
Tuesday, February 27, 2018
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 ...
Read moreGCIP-SA Integrated into the TIA
Sunday, February 25, 2018
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...
Read moreGCIP Alumnus wins Chivas Venture South Africa!
Monday, February 12, 2018
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...
Read moreGCIP-SA Top Performers Represented on Global Stage
Saturday, February 10, 2018
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...
Read moreLouise Williamson – African Entrepreneurship Award
Monday, January 8, 2018
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...
Read moreGCIP-SA at the 2017 SAEEC Conference
Thursday, November 16, 2017
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...
Read moreTop cleantech innovators announced at gala event
Friday, November 3, 2017
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...
Read moreGCIP-SA Finalist Announcement
Friday, October 20, 2017
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...
Read moreGCIP-SA semi-finalists face business challenges head on
Thursday, August 3, 2017
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...
Read more25 Cleantech Innovators start on their GCIP-SA business journey
Tuesday, July 4, 2017
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 ...
Read moreVisit us at the 9th SA Innovation Summit
Sunday, October 30, 2016
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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