Government’s push to growth SA’s tech startup ecosystem

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Government’s push to growth SA’s tech startup ecosystem is the focus of this edition of Business Day Spotlight.

Host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Vusi Skosana, head technology stations and manager of GCIP at TIA, and Mogale Maleka from AB Farms.

Topics of discussion include: government’s roles in growing SA’s tech ecosystem; structure of the GCIP-SA program; AB Farms’s business model; and issues holding back entrepreneurship in SA.

Since 2014, more than 200 businesses have been supported through GCIP-SA. Skosana says these technologies are vital to addressing climate change, creating economic opportunities, and building a sustainable future.

Business Day Spotlight is a MultimediaLIVE Production. Producer is Demi Buzo.
14 Apr English South Africa Business News · News

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