UK-South Africa Tech Hub

Celebrating @buhlegoslar this Women's Month! As CEO of @JUMO_WORLD, she has expanded access to financial services for entrepreneurs. The 🇬🇧 in🇿🇦 & is proud to be supporting the African Angels Academy to create & inspire a more equitable future. Learn more: africanangelacademy.com

Celebrating Lourandi Kriel this Women's Month! As CEO of @SweepSouthSA , she has over 18 years of experience driving business success. 🇬🇧in 🇿🇦 is proud to support the @AAA_AngelInvest to inspire future generations of women! Learn more: africanangelacademy.com #UKwithSA

A jam packed trip with an inspiring group of 🇿🇦 founders. We are excited to see their businesses continue to grow!

“If SMEs are the engine of the SA economy, funding is the lifeblood of the SME sector” businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/202…

Congratulations to 🇿🇦 company @InclusivitySols for winning an award for their work to drive the advancement of insurance technology across Africa 👏

This week we launched our 'Let's Get Funded' series with the Branson Centre of Entrepreneurship SA. This on demand content equips entrepreneurs with tools, knowledge and inspiration to become investor-ready and scale their business: linkedin.com/posts/bransonc…

We spent a week in Lagos forming connections & learning from the tech entrepreneur ecosystem. We’re excited to continue to identify opportunities to support 🇿🇦🇳🇬 entrepreneurs. A special thanks to @ukngtechhub, @biztradegovuk, @GoogleStartups, @Cc_HUB & @vplatformhub

Don't miss this upcoming online event on October 24, 2023, from 15:00 to 16:00 SAST Discover how the @SA_startupact Movement tackling exchange control challenges for South African startups Register Now: forms.gle/V8hUJCdSmuya5R…

Celebrating 10 years of @VC4Africa’s Africa Early Stage Investor Summit! Yesterday we joined the investor meet up in Johannesburg for a breakfast event and in evening the Cape Town networking event. A great gathering of the community to catch-up and form new connections.

This week we collaborated with the @ukinsouthafrica Science and Innovation team to host a Women In STEM breakfast. The day was spent celebrating the incredible alumni across programmes and sharing details on programmes coming up this year.

Today we are celebrating amazing 🇿🇦 women in science, tech, engineering and maths by hosting a dialogue with our partners on how to break the glass ceiling with positive collaboration, mentoring and networking ✊🤝#WomensMonth

Join us at the @SA_startupact webinar on "Opening SA for business with startup and remote worker visas" to learn about the visas, it's benefits and how Estonia has successfully implemented it to create a thriving ecosystem. Register here: lnkd.in/dv_wiakA

'@SA_startupact Movement is key to the country moving towards a more supportive policy environment that enables high-growth startups to grow.' Find out more on the movement: fastcompany.co.za/business/sa-st…

Last Night we hosted our African Angel Academy Alumni with our incredible partners Viridian at the British High Commission in Cape Town. It was a great evening where new and experienced angel investors could get to know each other and share their future ambitions.

We're excited to share insights from our Funders 2 Founders initiative run by the incredible @Ventures54 team 🔰21 UK-SA Funds 🔰24 SA Startups 🔰4 Expert Lead Fundraising Masterclasses 🔰100+ Investor Office Hour Calls 🔰30 Investor Deep Dive Sessions @ventures54/founder-2-funder-south-africa-recap-insights-9f989d1574f6" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@ventures54/fo…

Our African Angels Academy alumni met in the British High Commissioners Residence in Pretoria this morning to connect, learn from experienced investors and identify co-investing opportunities

Introducing the Launch League Canvas This is an adaptation of the Lean Canvas which helps entrepreneurs understand the different parts of their business and how these relate to each other as a business model. Find it here: launchleague.co.za/resource/launc…

Challenge is often coupled with opportunity👊🏽 Alongside @UKSATechHub 🇿🇦🇬🇧 we created #F2F for founders to engage. Together they shared knowledge and experiences to overcoming hurdles in their shared geography🌍 and their different industries. #V54

New relationships + deeper knowledge of an exciting & growing📈 South African investment landscape are one consequence of investor participation in #F2F These relationships are at the beginning, more collaboration and growth is on the horizon #Startup #V54 @UKSATechHub🇬🇧🇿🇦

Next week we host our Digital Skills Framework Hub Meetup! For this Launch League meetup, our panellists will be hosting an open discussion on the Digital Skills Framework and how to adapt it to enhance entrepreneurs’ digital capabilities. Sign up here: lnkd.in/d6GKhWMA