The Innovation Lab is designed for the USSAVI incubator program winners to advance their venture ideas further.
It begins with five months of online knowledge and venture building with mentor support and a series of webinars. Following that is a face-to-face BootCamp event, culminating in a pitch to investors.
The USSAVI alumni who completed the main incubator in 2024 are also being invited to participate in all the activities. In so doing, they may continue learning and stay in touch with the winning team's activities. We are also anticipating that the two winning teams may look to boost their team structure at some stage, and we hope that they will consider the USSAVI alumni as possible new team members.
The United States – South Africa Virtual Incubator (USSAVI) is an entrepreneurship development program that was initiated through a diverse network of influential organizations and advisors. The project is supported by the United States Embassy in South Africa, is part of the United States-South Africa Higher Education Network, is based at Guilford College, and is being developed in partnership with Mashauri.
Further details of the program may be found at https://ussavi.org
Further details of the program may be found at https://ussavi.org
USSAVI is a virtual entrepreneurship incubator where students work in multi-university teams from South Africa in partnership with universities in the the United States to develop high impact ventures that address big societal challenges affecting South Africa and the African continent at large.
The initiative is sponsored by the US Embassy in South Africa.
Video link (in case it is not renderable on your device)
The presentation below gives further information about the overall program. If for some reason you are viewing this in a device that does not allow you to view the presentation, you can view it at this link: https://bit.ly/USSAVIINFO
(Note: presentation best viewed in fll screen mode by clicking on 3 vertical dots alongside page number change).
For further information, contact simon.gifford@mashauri.org
USSAVI is a virtual entrepreneurship incubator where students work in multi-university teams from South Africa in partnership with universities in the the United States to develop high impact ventures that address big societal challenges affecting South Africa and the African continent at large.
The initiative is sponsored by the US Embassy in South Africa.
Video link (in case it is not renderable on your device)
The presentation below gives further information about the overall program. If for some reason you are viewing this in a device that does not allow you to view the presentation, you can view it at this link: https://bit.ly/USSAVIINFO
(Note: presentation best viewed in fll screen mode by clicking on 3 vertical dots alongside page number change).
For further information, contact Lana Franks at lfranks@uwc.ac.za
When you attempt to enrol for the program, if you are not already a registered Mashauri user, you will be taken to the registration page. Click the grey box"Create a new account" and then follow the simple instructions. Return here and enrol (as a Problem Owner or Team Member).