Innovation Edge, South Africa’s new social collaborative fund that supports an early learning hub, has launched a competition that would berth ideas that would positively change early learning and development opportunities for South Africa’s young children aged 0-6 years.
The winning idea will receive a R30,000 cash prize at the SA Innovation Summit and the chance to apply for up to one million rands in seed funding to facilitate the implementation.
To qualify, ideas must have the potential for large-scale impact at an economical cost within marginalized communities and may include anything from new delivery models or smarter financing mechanism to innovation in the use of technology for training, early learning activities or parent interaction.
Closing date for submission is 30 June 2015, and final pitches will take place at the SA Innovation Summit (Cape Town, 26 to 29 August 2015) and will allow innovators to display their ideas to a wider audience, tap into diverse markets and obtain access to technical expertise such as advisers, IP specialists and venture capitalists.
