Igniting the Next Era: South Africa’s Innovation Imperative

Honourable Deputy Minister Nomalungelo Gina: Deputy Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation

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Why Digital Trust Is Foundational to Sustainable Innovation

Innovation Going Global

Owning South Africa’s Technological Future

How Industry, Academia, Government and Communities can co-create scale

Using the Responsible Technology Toolkit

Building Support Systems for Inclusive Innovation

1. Translating research into industry-ready pilots
2. What Successful Founders Do Differently: Lessons from African Business Heroes
3. Building Innovation in Hard Markets: Lessons from South Africa’s Mobility Economy

Capital, Risk & Readiness

1. HealthTech: How digital tools are transforming health systems
2. FinTech Disruption: Startups improving financial access or transparency
3. SpaceTech for Development: Satellites, earth observation, and local innovation

1. Africa’s continental innovation momentum

Current state of innovation funding

Designing Ventures for Scale from Day One

Can SETAs Power South Africa’s Innovation Economy?

Pathways to Impact with Industry

(15 pitches)

1. Cyber Alliance: Digital Trust as Economic Infrastructure
2. GOOGLE Lightning Talk

Building Opportunity Through Technology, Entrepreneurship and Impact Capital

1. Digital Inclusion: Bridging the technology gap for underserved communities
2. From Support to Scale: What Women Founders Actually Need
3. From Grant to Growth: Funding Innovation that Delivers Social Impact

Digital Trust Signal Brief

(10 pitches)

1. Innovation for Public Value
2. Beyond Silicon Valley: How Emerging Economies Are Building World-Class Innovation Ecosystems

Delivering on South Africa’s Innovation Ambition