annual SAB Foundation Social Innovation Awards and the eighth annual Disability Empowerment Awards are now open for applications. Prizes range from R200 000 to R1.3 million in grant funding and each award winner will receive valuable business skills development coaching, mentorship, and technical support.are aimed at innovators, entrepreneurs, institutions and social enterprises with prototypes or early-stage businesses that can solve social issues in our country.
“We are excited about the 2023 applications and look forward to meeting our finalists this year,” says Itumeleng Dhlamini, Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Manager at the SAB Foundation. “Over the years we have been so inspired by ordinary individuals doing extraordinary things.” Some of the award winning social innovations we have awarded include a solution developed by Lemo Motshwane that provides customers with motorbike drivers, motorbikes and provides free training for unemployed youth. Another innovative business founded by Oxolo Mofokeng is one that empowers emerging farmers to grow bulbine destined for export that will be used for cosmetic products.