TIA Grassroots Innovation Programme
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The Technology Innovation Agency (TIA), a South African state entity established under the Technology Innovation Agency Act No. 26 of 2008 and operating under the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation, administers the Grassroots Innovation Programme (GIP) to support individual innovators who sit outside formal R&D institutions. The program targets South Africans with early-stage ideas a…
Idea development, prototype support, and business training for individual grassroots innovators in South Africa, with up to ZAR 200,000 for technology development and ZAR 60,000 per 12-month project fee.
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