We Invest Early In Young Lives & inventive ideas.
Because the earliest years forge the foundation for the future
We Invest Early In Young Lives & inventive ideas.
Because the earliest years forge the foundation for the future
Visit South Africa’s official Covid-19 Resource Portal here.
Innovation Edge Covid-19 Early Childhood Rapid Response Fund.
We have recently launched a two million rand Rapid Response Fund aimed at supporting organisations that are undertaking extraordinary measures, as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, to safeguard South African children and their caregivers.
Free Parenting Resources.
Access a collection of free resources, which we hope will be useful to anyone caring for young children during this particularly challenging moment in time.
Innovation Edge is an innovation catalyst and social impact investor.
We take a hands-on approach to supporting unconventional ideas that aim to transform early life experiences for children, aged 0 to 6, living in poverty.
Our Approach.
We act as a catalytic connector and provide financial, strategic and implementation support to individuals, non-profit and for profit organisations from any field of expertise, to effect meaningful change for young children.
Our Focus Areas.
Our investment areas are focused on enabling the type of early life experiences that children need to thrive
Daily Brain-Building Interactions
A child who has daily brain-building interactions right from birth develops strong learning foundations
Quality Preschool Programmes
A child who attends a quality preschool programme
for at least 2 years performs better at school
Early Health Care & Nutrition
A child who receives nourishing food and good healthcare is able to grow to their full potential
Safety and Protection
A child who feels safe and is protected from toxic levels of stress is free to thrive
Our featured investments.
With social impact as our primary concern, all of our investments yield a social return related to one or more of our focus areas.
We use a number of investment instruments including grants, convertible loans and equity investments.
Latest news & resources.
Up to 30,000 ECD operators could close as a result of Covid-19
Two weeks ago, ilifa Labantwana asked ECD operators to participate in a survey to understand the impact of the lockdown on their operations and future sustainability. The response was overwhelming with close to 8500 responses, 65% of them coming in the first four...
What comes next? Flourishing Futures in the Pandemic and Beyond
Originally published by Capita, an ideas lab harnessing the power of big ideas to ensure that all children and their families flourish. Listen to the complete panel discussion on their website here. Hosted by Innovation Edge's Head of Marketing and Communications,...
Work, Play, Food and Care: Creating a More Equitable Future for all Children
At last year’s World Forum on Early Care in Education in Macau, China, we showed the audience a photograph of “PARO,” a soft and cuddly baby seal that is actually a therapeutic robot used in more than 30 countries as emotional support therapy for adults with dementia...
Our Investors.
