EPF in proud partnership with the South African Local Government Association hosted an open day for the Incubation Hub students on 30th of September
2022. Here the Incubation Hub students were given an opportunity to present their solutions to the SALGA board to examine market readiness and for
coaching and mentoring from the SALGA department heads.
This was also to assist the students in their entrepreneurial journey and to see if their solutions can be used in local municipalities.
1. Our first incubatee Mr. Karabo Masenyadiloana from team "What the Hack" opened the session for us. Karabo's team won the "Youth unemployment"
Hackathon hosted in June 2021 in proud partnership with the South African Local Government Association. Their solution is an integrated enterprise
solution for both private and government entities that allows for the posting, pre-adjudication, and application of tenders via an online portal. It also
serves as a document management system that negates the need to process printed applications.
2. The second team to present was team 'Synigency'. Team Synigency won second place in our inaugural "Global Healthcare" Hackathon hosted in August
2022 in proud partnership with Sweden-based Hack for Earth Their Solution provides a solution that will deliver medication efficiently and cost
effective with less risk of fraudulent activities and at the same time reduce queues in healthcare centers. Synigency digitize patient files, send alerts to
patients, and provide blind shipment. The solution will automate the process and streamline communication between doctors and patients.
3. Wrapping up the open day presentations was Alex from team "Kasi Army" Alex's team won the "Township SMME Development" Hackathon hosted in
June 2021 in proud partnership with SAtion Digital SA Nationand Microsoft The teams solutions is a WhatsApp Biz bot that collects and reports on
customer info (incl. demographics) and business transactional data, through scanning virtual and physical customer cards. Shoppers present the virtual
or physical card to the vendor to pay for goods and services whilst the vendors scan the card to document customer payments for goods and services
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The Empire Partner Foundation Tech Hub is a non-profit organisation that was started by a group of young South Africans. Our goal is to build South Africa, and eventually the continent of Africa, by solving key challenges through tech. The Empire Partner Foundation has launched multiple activities to achieve their goal in building Africa in Tech.
We have a wide range of technologies at EPF Tech Hub that support Africa’s progress and development. As a technology community, we promote innovative thinking. We bring people with similar interests, but with a focus on technology to create an environment that enables both individuals and businesses to thrive. We support the progress and development of Africa with technology.
The Incubation hub is an opportunity for the winning hackathon teams to build a tech start up around their winning solutions from the hackathons. We believe that the solutions our country needs lie in its youth, therefore we pride ourselves on developing young entrepreneurs with radical ideas and disruptive solutions that are innovative and sustainable
The EPF Tech Fund is a privately managed Venture Capital Company. The investors in the fund are companies that are committed to future-proofing Africa by investing in youth-led technology solutions that are scalable across the continent.We look for high-growth, high-impact businesses able to deliver exceptional returns along with sustained socio-economic impact.