GREEN PITCH
Green Pitch June Outcomes
The African Sustainability Summit Green Pitch rewards and recognizes top African entrepreneurs that demonstrate the Net Positive Impact their product or service has on their industry, value chain, ecology or community.
The purpose is also to:
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Create broadened awareness of the holistic 6 Capitals Integration & Interdependence Strategy
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Provide collaboration opportunities that might lead to funding and match making
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Open up incubation possibilities
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Acceleration programmes
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Corporate challenges
On the 29th of June, the top seven businesses, selected from fifty entries pitched at the Summit even at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.
Pictured here from left to right…
Jovana Korac, Kgoshigadi | Shaheen Hoosen MC, Regional Manager, Chamber of Commerce | Sandile Nkosi, Protovate | Junie Sihlangu, Tshonga Pride | Roman Handt | Bronwyn Jones, Bokashi Bran | Emmie Jackson, Health risk assessor & care coordinator.
To read more about these finalists businesses, download the overview profile document here.
The finalists had the opportunity to do a dry-run session at the JSE on the 28th with a panel of mentor’s giving advise and tips.
The panel included:
Juliette Jenner (Dynamic Voice Company)
Raldu Nel (A-SDA & Resilience Capital)
Prof Sunette Pienaar (Emergence)
Mark Williams (VantagePoint)
Zanele Monakghotla (FreeWi)
The panel of judges at the final session where:
Pam Ramagaga (SANTAM: Niche Business Manager)
Shamiso Kumbirai (WEF Global Shaper, Civil Engineer)
Bertie Lourens (WastePlan: MD)
Dionne Kerr (Siyakha Consulting: CEO & Founder)
Tracey Cooper (Mining Dialogues 360: Founding Member & Executive Director)
ENTRIES ARE OPEN FOR THE NEXT GREEN PITCH
Final will take place in October 2017.
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS WHO KEEP ON SUPPORTING THESE ENTREPRENEURS THROUGH TRAINING AND EXPOSURE
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Acceleration programmes
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Corporate challenges
What is the Green Pitch?
The Green Pitch forms part of the African Sustainability Summit as an entrepreneurial pitching competition. The initiative gives entrepreneurs the opportunity to pitch their innovative business strategies for sustained business performance or showcase their existing businesses. The platform offers an opportunity to gain greater exposure, expand their network, polish their professional profile, make connections with corporates for potential collaboration, gain access to potential funding opportunities, and engage with mentors.
Green Pitch nominees have to measure upto a robust 6 Capitals scorecard to validate their net positive contribution towards a sustainable and inclusive economy. Finalists have the opportunity to go through a mentoring session with some of the top leaders of industry before their final pitching session at the end of the month at the Sustainability Summit.
This event is designed to showcase creativity and design-thinking to business leaders across industry and, in doing so, bridge the gap between formal industry and entrepreneurs. This is the key to Africa’s emerging economy.
Prizes Include:
MyBigStartup Prizes for Winners:
We would be ok to do about 3 video profiles of winning companies as content for them to promote their business or what they need next and embed it onto their sites. Valued at R15 000 per profile
Dynamic Voice – Seats on there Master Class - presentation skills and speaking with authority and clarity
Top female entrepreneur: Makeover and photo sessions
WILDFIRE: Brand Blaze workshop to the most promising brand
(Valued at R40 000)
VANTAGEPOINT:
1 x 3-hr Vantagepoint business simulation game session (to the Value of R 3 000)
- R500 Vantagepoint voucher to each of the top 4 entrepreneurs, to use against any one of:
o Purchase of a copy of Vantagepoint StartUp!;
o Another Vantagepoint game session;
o Any one of the half-day business skills courses offered by the Vantagepoint team
The way we work has changed, work spaces are changing too
OPEN creates environments for working, meeting and innovating. OPEN spaces are for getting things done – as an individual, team, company, and in a network.
WORK SPACES IN A COMMUNITY AT OPEN
Communities are entrepreneurial, creative and inspiring. It’s a mix of start-ups, experienced entrepreneurs, professionals, corporates, NGOs and policy makers. OPEN work spaces range from co-working and offices to events.
Flexibility is the future
What do you need to do your best work? Flexible membership plans include walk-in day use, nomadic workers, teams, SMMEs and larger companies.
OPEN's network is growing
In the next 3 years, OPEN will grow to multiple locations across South Africa. We have partnered with Growthpoint Properties for major business areas and Rhiza Babuyile for township settings
IN ON AFRICA
I would be happy to offer the winner of the Green Pitch free advertising space (double-page spread) in our Africa Country Benchmark Report (ACBR), scheduled for release end-July. We’ll also include a free copy of ACBR for the winner, totaling over R23,000 in value (ACBR full report = R13,000; double-page advert in ACBR = R10,400). Here is a link to the media pack with more info: