Cape Town Social Innovation Bootcamp

Solve a local problem in South Africa

Join our next cohort accelerating innovation towards the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals by solving a social, health or environmental problem in South Africa. Learn to apply a proven social entrepreneurship framework alongside a cohort of innovators. Receive 1-1 mentorship to design your solution and pitch, and receive initial investor feedback.

Teams that validate interest for their solution will be eligible to receive an investment offer from our partner fund.

Key Features

Social Entrepreneurship Framework

Apply MIT's "Disciplined Entrepreneurship", Google Venture's "Sprint", HubSpot's "Flywheel" and "Theory of Change" frameworks to design and test your solution. Startupbootcamp AfriTech has sourced several innovation challenges from the local community.

Expert
Mentorship

Expert Mentors from Startupbootcamp AfriTech and BonBillo provide guidance to design your solution and pitch. Learn from successful local entrepreneurs and corporate innovation leaders.

Co-Working Space and
Accommodation

Work alongside local entrepreneurs in a vibrant environment with office space and amenities at the Old Foundry, Ideas Cartel, Greenpoint. Accommodation with a single room is included at a guest house in Observatory, managed by our award-winning local hosts VA Corps.

South Africa
Excursions and Safari

Understand and appreciate South Africa through excursions to the Townships, Robben Island, Table Mountain, Cape Point and Boulders Beach. Experience the Aquila Safari with the Big Five on show.

Cape Town Impact Bootcamp January 2020 Demo Day

Visit to Robben Island where Nelson Mandela spent 18 of his 27 years in prison before the fall of apartheid

Old Foundry at Ideas Cartel, Green Point, Cape Town

Teams working at Ideas Cartels

Site visit to Yoco, a leading Fintech startup, with Bradley Wattrus, Co-Founder and CFO, sharing his learnings

Matthew Smith, Co-Founder at Pineapple, a leading Insure-tech startup, sharing his journey

Experience the Aquila Safari with the Big Five on show

Excursion to Cape Point

Trek up Lions Head

Visit to Boulders Beach

Dinner at Green Point, Cape Town

Day 1 - 2 - Participants arrive

Participants arrive and check in to their residence.

Day 3 - 4 - Program Introduction, Visit to the Constantia Vineyards

Program orientation and introduction.

Excursion to the stunning Constantia Vineyards.

Day 5 - 6 - Select a Problem and Identify your Target Customer

Apply “Disciplined Entrepreneurship” and “Sprint” frameworks to Select a Problem and Identify your Target Customer.

Day 7 - 8 - Design your Solution

Apply “Sprint” to design and test your solutions with customers and “Disciplined Entrepreneurship” to define your value proposition, core and competitive positioning.

Day 9 - Design your Customer Acquisition Strategy

Design your go-to-market and customer acquisition strategy.

Day 10 - 11 - Tours of Robben Island, Cape Point, Boulders Beach and Table Mountain

Excursion to Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela spent 18 of his 27 years in prison before the fall of apartheid.

Tour of Cape Town’s stunning attractions including Cape Point, Boulders Beach with its colony of African Penguins and Table Mountain.

Day 12 - 13 - Design your Business Model, Social Impact and Pitch

Design your business model to maximize value creation for customers and align timing of value creation to your payouts.

Develop your Theory of Change with clear impact metrics to communicate your social impact with all stakeholders.

Design your pitch to the local innovation community.

Day 14 - Demo Day Pitches

Pitch your solution to the local innovation community in Cape Town.

Day 15 - Aquila Safari

The Aquila Safari, a two-hour drive from Cape Town, is an incredible experience with the Big Five on show.

What participants say?

Jabulani Kunene
Software Engineer, ParkUpp

The one thing I took away from Bonbillos incredible program is my new found confidence in global thinking... Throughout the whole program I was constantly surprised at how much I was learning. Proof that there is no one standard way to become a successful entrepreneur.