Innovation & Technology
To evolve is to change or develop into a better, more advanced state. Each innovation building on the previous to create continuous improvement and better outcomes for those we serve.
In our industry, innovation can range from the most simplistic explanation of financial planning that improves savings or a member’s experience, to apps that improve engagement, to products and technology that challenges and changes thinking or doing.
Evolutionaries are those creative thinkers who challenge the status quo to improve outcomes for fund members and individual investors. They move the dial in a way that has meaningful impact for those they serve.
We appreciate that even the most humble spark can be a detonator for growth, efficiency or upliftment.
EBnet acknowledges these improvements and the way they move us all forward, evolving into a better future for South Africans.
The Annual EBnet Evolutionaries Virtual Conference.
The EBnet Evolutionaries Conference is an annual 3-D virtual conference, an event that has historically attracted between 700 – 1 000 attendees from a wide range of funds and service providers in the retirement and investment industry.
The conference showcases relevant innovation and technology that is improving the retirement fund industry in South Africa i.e. evolutions. From a Speaker’s Auditorium covering relevant thought leadership and new solutions, to a range of Evolutionary Rooms where new innovations compete to be the Evolutionary Award winners. The conference brings you quality content in a user-friendly format – the only conference where you can come and go as you please, and not miss a thing!
We believe the conference has a unique place in the market given its virtual nature and we have seen this borne out in the statistics gathered from the 2024 event – click here.
- The conference being open over a full week and for a full 24 hours a day adds to this convenience,
- Attendees are able to consume the content that they want, not having to sit through talks that don’t interest or pertain to them,
- All conference content (speakers and award entries) is made available through www.ebnet.co.za once the conference has closed, giving longevity to the talks and additional value to the speakers/entries,
- Verified CPD hours – the 2024 conference boasted 19 verified CPD hours, at no cost,
- A virtual conference is free of charge for attendees and less costly for sponsors, and
- In person conferences cannot provide the analytics that a virtual conference can. Online analytics measure deliberate interaction with sponsors’ brands and speakers’ content – in other words, deliberate attention rather than arbitrary attendance.
The 2025 Evolutionaries Conference.
This year’s EBnet Evolutionaries Conference will take place from 6-10 October 2025.
In a world of continuous improvements, we recognise the evolutionaries at our annual EBnet virtual conference by way of a peoples’ choice voting system. To evolve is to change or develop slowly into a better, more advanced state. Each innovation building on the previous to create continuous improvement and better outcomes.
The categories for the Annual EBnet Evolutionary Awards are:
1. Evolution in improving member outcomes
2. Evolution in employee benefits and advice
3. Evolution in investments
4. Most promising new women-led initiatives
5. Most promising new black-owned initiatives
6. The Greatest Impact
Click here for definition of categories
Any idea, process or technology that you have implemented that you believe betters outcomes for industry stakeholders is worthy of considering.
Winners will receive:
– Full spec placement ad on our Innovation and Technology page for 12 months;
– Personal profiling of the Evolution by the Editor; and
– A space on our notice board on EBnet’s landing page for the next 12 months.
(Total worth: approximately R200,000)
To evolve is to change or develop into a better, more advanced state. Each innovation building on the previous to create continuous improvement and better outcomes for those we serve.
In our industry, innovation can range from the most simplistic explanation of financial planning that improves savings or a member’s experience, to apps that improve engagement, to products and technology that challenges and changes thinking or doing.
Evolutionaries are those creative thinkers who challenge the status quo to improve outcomes for fund members and individual investors. They move the dial in a way that has meaningful impact for those they serve.
We appreciate that even the most humble spark can be a detonator for growth, efficiency or upliftment.
EBnet acknowledges these improvements and the way they move us all forward, evolving into a better future for South Africans.
The Annual EBnet Evolutionaries Virtual Conference.
The EBnet Evolutionaries Conference is an annual 3-D virtual conference, an event that has historically attracted between 700 – 1 000 attendees from a wide range of funds and service providers in the retirement and investment industry.
The conference showcases relevant innovation and technology that is improving the retirement fund industry in South Africa i.e. evolutions. From a Speaker’s Auditorium covering relevant thought leadership and new solutions, to a range of Evolutionary Rooms where new innovations compete to be the Evolutionary Award winners. The conference brings you quality content in a user-friendly format – the only conference where you can come and go as you please, and not miss a thing!
We believe the conference has a unique place in the market given its virtual nature and we have seen this borne out in the statistics gathered from the 2024 event – click here.
- The conference being open over a full week and for a full 24 hours a day adds to this convenience,Attendees are able to consume the content that they want, not having to sit through talks that don’t interest or pertain to them,
- All conference content (speakers and award entries) is made available through www.ebnet.co.za once the conference has closed, giving longevity to the talks and additional value to the speakers/entries,
- Verified CPD hours – the 2024 conference boasted 19 verified CPD hours, at no cost,
- A virtual conference is free of charge for attendees and less costly for sponsors, and
- In person conferences cannot provide the analytics that a virtual conference can. Online analytics measure deliberate interaction with sponsors’ brands and speakers’ content – in other words, deliberate attention rather than arbitrary attendance.
The 2025 Evolutionaries Conference.
This year’s EBnet Evolutionaries Conference will take place from 6-10 October 2025.
In a world of continuous improvements, we recognise the evolutionaries at our annual EBnet virtual conference by way of a peoples’ choice voting system. To evolve is to change or develop slowly into a better, more advanced state. Each innovation building on the previous to create continuous improvement and better outcomes.
The categories for the Annual EBnet Evolutionary Awards are:
1. Evolution in improving member outcomes
2. Evolution in employee benefits and advice
3. Evolution in investments
4. Most promising new women-led initiatives
5. Most promising new black-owned initiatives
6. The Greatest Impact
Click here for definition of categories
Any idea, process or technology that you have implemented that you believe betters outcomes for industry stakeholders is worthy of considering.
Winners will receive:
– Full spec placement ad on our Innovation and Technology page for 12 months;
– Personal profiling of the Evolution by the Editor; and
– A space on our notice board on EBnet’s landing page for 2 weeks during a 12 month cycle.
(Total worth: approximately R200,000)
