Award Criteria
How are award-winners assessed?
 

Innovativeness

The extent to which creative and new procedures have been developed to address poverty-related issues.

Effectiveness

The extent to which the Project has achieved or is on the way to achieving its stated objectves and other socially desirable outcomes.

Poverty Impact

The demonstrable effect of the Project in improving the quality of life of poor communities and individuals.

Sustainability

The viability and sound functioning of the Project within constraints that include funding and staffing.

Replicability

The value of the Project in teaching others new ideas and good practises for poverty-reduction programmes.

 
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The Impumelelo Innovations Awards

Unearthing & Rewarding African Solutions to African Problems.

More than 300 innovative projects have received Impumelelo Innovation Awards since 1999. Projects are awarded in the Social Entrepreneur (R50 000), Platinum (R50 000), Gold (R40 000), Silver (R20 000) categories, and runners up receive a Star merit certificate. 

National and international corporations and foundations sponsor Impumelelo awards. 

The monetary award must be used to share a project's success story with others to encourage the adaptation of their innovation in other contexts around South Africa.  

Support an organisation by providing an Impumelelo Innovations Award and promote home-grown innovation!

The Awards Cycle

Phase 1

Applications are invited from all government departments, civil society organisations, special interest groups,and the private sector. Submissions are screened and assessed against the award criteria, leading to the selection of finalists for evaluation. 

Phase 2

Professional teams are convened to assess finalists by means of site visits, interviews and relevant data gathering. A report is generated on each finalist and presented to Impumelelo's National Selection Committee. Exhibit materials are prepared by each project in anticipation of the next phase.

Phase 3

The National Selection Committee gathers for the screening and adjudication of the finalists. This meeting culminates in an gala awards ceremony, where the winning projects are announced. An Innovations Exhibition is also held to showcase past award-winners and current finalists. Other local and international projects may also be invited to display new ideas and exciting innovations.

Phase 4

Impumelelo partners with the award-winning projects to spread information using various media to disseminate their social innovation to the public in general and government in particular.

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