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Our dates are changing. Our commitment to entrepreneurs remains.The EmpowaEntrepreneurs Pitching Festival Week, schedule...
19/10/2026

Our dates are changing. Our commitment to entrepreneurs remains.

The EmpowaEntrepreneurs Pitching Festival Week, scheduled for 16–22 November 2026, is moving to 2027, together with the four-week Investor & Funder Readiness Programme.

Every founder deserves to enter the room prepared, with a strong pitch and access to the right funding conversations. Moving to 2027 gives us more time to deliver that experience to the standard you deserve.

Already applied? Your application carries forward. There is no need to reapply, and you will have an opportunity to update your business details before vetting and selection opens.

We understand that you have planned around these dates, and we apologise for the disruption.

We will announce the new dates once confirmed, with updates shared by email and across our social channels.

Thank you to every entrepreneur and partner who continues to place their trust in this platform. We look forward to welcoming you in 2027.

[www.empowaentrepreneurs.co.za]

30/09/2026

A funding rejection is not always a verdict on the strength of a business. Sometimes, the entrepreneur simply approached the wrong funder.

Reflecting on the EmpowaEntrepreneurs Pitching Festival 2026, Thys Tekela, Senior ED Specialist at Absa, shared why Absa’s partnership with the platform matters.

With different funders operating under different mandates, entrepreneurs need more than capital. They need access to the right institutions, the right markets and the right decision-makers.

After witnessing the pitches, Thys was clear: the ideas are strong, the businesses are operating and the demand exists. What many entrepreneurs need now is for more doors to open.

This is what the EmpowaEntrepreneurs ecosystem is built to do: connect credible businesses with the capital, markets and partnerships capable of moving them forward.

The right business deserves the right door.

Apply to pitch: https://www.empowaentrepreneurs.co.za/pitch-power

21/09/2026

📌DID YOU MISS US? COZ WE MISSED YOU

Pitch Week 2026 is officially back, and the road to November starts NOW.

This is where ambitious entrepreneurs meet the capital, markets, partnerships and connections that can move their businesses forward.

Entrepreneurs, funders, investors, corporate partners and ecosystem leaders, your place in this journey starts here!

📅 16–22 November 2026
🔗 The official Pitch Power link is now live:
https://www.empowaentrepreneurs.co.za/pitch-power

Get connected. Get funded. Get ready to pitch.

DAY 2: PARTNERSHIP IS HOW ECONOMIES MOVE FORWARD.As Day 2 of GEC+Africa 2026 draws to a close, one message is clear: no ...
17/09/2026

DAY 2: PARTNERSHIP IS HOW ECONOMIES MOVE FORWARD.

As Day 2 of GEC+Africa 2026 draws to a close, one message is clear: no entrepreneur, organisation or institution can drive economic growth alone.

For Thulisa Bianca Sosibo, Lead: EmpowaEntrepreneurs, today has been about building purposeful partnerships with funders, investors, corporate leaders and ecosystem stakeholders. These relationships are critical to unlocking funding, opening markets and creating opportunities for entrepreneurs to build sustainable businesses and meaningful employment.

This is the work that moves beyond conversation. When the right partners align around entrepreneurs, businesses grow, jobs are created and economies move forward.

The journey continues towards the EmpowaEntrepreneurs Pitch Festival, taking place from 16 to 22 November 2026.

Ready to pitch, fund, invest or partner?

📩 [email protected]

FORGING AFRICA’S NEXT HIGH-GROWTH PATHWAYSEmpowaEntrepreneurs is represented at GEC+Africa 2026 by our Managing Executiv...
17/09/2026

FORGING AFRICA’S NEXT HIGH-GROWTH PATHWAYS

EmpowaEntrepreneurs is represented at GEC+Africa 2026 by our Managing Executive, Thulisa Bianca Sosibo, who will moderate a critical conversation on forging high-growth pathways through public-private partnerships for skills development, trade and MSME growth across Africa.

She will be joined by:

• Hon. Toby Chance, MP, Member of Parliament, Democratic Alliance
• Hon. Khusela Lwandlekazi Nobatembu Sangoni, MP, Chairperson, Portfolio Committee on Communications and Digital Technologies
• Dr Nneka Okekearu, Director: Enterprise Development Centre, Pan-Atlantic University
• Tshepo Phetla, Head: Business Development, Telkom Group

Together, they will explore how government, academia and the private sector can collaborate to connect African entrepreneurs to the skills, markets, partnerships and opportunities they need to scale.

This is the work EmpowaEntrepreneurs is committed to: building an ecosystem that moves African enterprises from potential to sustainable growth.

📍EmpowaEntrepreneurs is at GEC+Africa 2026, Stand E22, building the funding and growth connections that will shape the E...
16/09/2026

📍EmpowaEntrepreneurs is at GEC+Africa 2026, Stand E22, building the funding and growth connections that will shape the EmpowaEntrepreneurs Pitch Festival, taking place from 16 to 22 November 2026.

We want to connect with:

🎤 Entrepreneurs with scalable businesses ready to pitch for funding

💰 Funders, investors and corporate partners looking to identify and support high-potential SMEs

🤝 Ecosystem partners with relevant funding, market access and business growth opportunities

📢 Exhibitors and solution providers seeking exposure to qualified SMEs and business decision-makers

If you are seeking funding, deploying capital, creating opportunities or looking to reach growing businesses, meet Thulisa Bianca Sosibo, Lead: EmpowaEntrepreneurs, at Stand E22.

📩 [email protected]

The funding conversations begin in Cape Town. The businesses pitch in November.

In partnership with
Global Entrepreneurship Network South Africa 🇿🇦 | 22OnSloane

📍THE CAPITAL IS IN THE ROOM. THE OPPORTUNITY IS ON THE TABLE.The EmpowaEntrepreneurs Pitching Festival Week 2026 brings ...
14/09/2026

📍THE CAPITAL IS IN THE ROOM. THE OPPORTUNITY IS ON THE TABLE.

The EmpowaEntrepreneurs Pitching Festival Week 2026 brings entrepreneurs face-to-face with the funders, investors, corporate partners, procurement opportunities and markets that can move their businesses forward.

From 16 to 22 November, each day will spotlight investment opportunities across key sectors, connecting credible businesses with the people and institutions positioned to back their growth.

We are inviting funders, investors, corporate partners and market-access partners to join us in building the next chapter of African enterprise.

📍 16 to 22 November 2026
📍 EmpowaWorx House, Randburg
📩 Partnership enquiries: [email protected]

Get connected. Get funded. Get your business in the room.

14/09/2026

📍THE ROAD TO NOVEMBER STARTS IN CAPE TOWN.

Thulisa Bianca Sosibo, Lead: EmpowaEntrepreneurs, heads to GEC+Africa 2026 with a clear focus: building the relationships that can unlock what comes next for entrepreneurs.

As we build towards the EmpowaEntrepreneurs Pitch Festival, 16 to 22 November 2026, we are looking to connect with funders, investors, corporate partners, enterprise development leaders, ecosystem partners and entrepreneurs ready to pitch and grow.

If you are looking to fund, invest, partner, open markets or put your business in the room, connect with us.

The connections start now. The pitch comes in November.

📩 Reach out directly to Thulisa:

[[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])

CONNECTING AFRICA 🌍Thulisa Bianca Sosibo, Managing Executive of EmpowaEntrepreneurs, is joining the speaker line-up at 2...
14/09/2026

CONNECTING AFRICA 🌍

Thulisa Bianca Sosibo, Managing Executive of EmpowaEntrepreneurs, is joining the speaker line-up at 22OnSloane GEC+Africa 2026, contributing to the conversations at one of Africa’s largest entrepreneurship gatherings.

Under the theme “Connecting Africa,” GEC+Africa brings entrepreneurs, funders, investors and ecosystem leaders into one room to strengthen the networks shaping Africa’s entrepreneurial future.

🔗For EmpowaEntrepreneurs, there is a direct line between being in these rooms and what comes next.

As we build towards the EmpowaEntrepreneurs Pitch Festival 2026, 16–22 November, our focus is on closing the distance between entrepreneurs and funding by creating greater access to capital, funders and investment networks.

GEC+Africa gives us an opportunity to strengthen those relationships now and carry them forward into a platform designed to help more entrepreneurs become visible, fundable and ready for growth.

From Connecting Africa to connecting entrepreneurs to capital. Cape Town is part of the journey to November.

📍 Cape Town | 16–17 September 2026

27/07/2026

Brand South Africa exists to manage South Africa’s reputation, own our story and tell it to the world. But as Tony Gumede reminded us at the EmpowaEntrepreneurs Funding Summit, that story is shaped by the people building businesses, creating jobs and strengthening the country’s economy.

“Entrepreneurship is really at the heartbeat of what resilience looks like and what the future of jobs in this country looks like.”

For Brand South Africa, supporting platforms like the EmpowaEntrepreneurs Funding Summit is about more than visibility. It is about helping entrepreneurs understand what it takes to become funding ready, connect with organisations that can support their growth and build businesses that contribute to South Africa’s future.

Every entrepreneur has a role to play in shaping the country’s story. Every opportunity to learn, connect and grow strengthens that story.

Get Connected. Get Funded.

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