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The Cape Peninsula University of Technology is at the heart of technology education and innovation in Africa. An internationally acclaimed institution, it is the only university of technology in the Western Cape and is the largest university in the region with an enrolment of more than 30 000 students. The university has six faculties offering a wide range of accredited undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the fields of Applied Sciences, Business, Education and Social Sciences, Engineering, Informatics and Design as well as Health and Wellness Sciences.

Wits Commercial Enterprise (Pty) Ltd is a private company, wholly owned by the University of the Witwatersrand, focused on the marketing and commercialisation of the University's intellectual capital through short course management, research support, and Intellectual Property management and Technology Transfer. We are focused on facilitating the identification, protection, and utilisation of intellectual property created through research, for social and/or economic benefit.

The Department of Science of Innovation (DSI), in collaboration with Water Research Commission (WRC), established the Water Technologies Demonstration Programme (WADER) to pull together applied research and development and pre- commercialisation stages of the water innovation continuum. Acting as an innovation intermediary, the Programme’s mission is to facilitate cluster-aligned, demand-driven, collaborative technology demonstrators from the public and private sectors to maximise the potential of the water innovation value chain. WADER promotes the early adoption of promising technologies and

A higher education institution duly established in terms of the Higher Education Act, 1997 (Act No. 101 of 1997), as amended, established under the laws of South Africa and with its principal place of business at Andries Potgieter Blvd, Vanderbijlpark, South Africa.

VUT seeks to be a university that leads in innovative knowledge and quality technology education and produce employable graduates who can make an impact on society by:

• Adopting cutting-edge technology and teaching methods,
• Creating a scholarly environment conducive to knowledge creation, learning and innovation; and,
• Developi

The University is a value-based, research-intensive university that equips its students to succeed in a rapidly changing world by providing students with inquiry-led training and learning opportunities. The University of Pretoria's long-term Strategic Plan, UP 2025, captures the essence of shared vision, aiming to sustain UP's quality and relevance as a university that is firmly rooted in Africa and to harness its existing and future potential for diversity. UP strives to ensure that it is recognised in the global market-place of knowledge production.

The University of Venda  (Univen) is committed to quality and excellence, we offer a diverse range of academic, professional and career-focused programmes with an emphasis on job market relevance. Our programmes range from Agriculture, Health Sciences, Mathematical and Natural Sciences, Law, Human and Social Sciences, Management Sciences, Environmental Sciences and Education. We are mandated by the government to become more comprehensive and thus are re-engineering our core processes to engender innovation.

Unisa is the largest open distance learning institution in Africa and the longest standing dedicated distance education university in the world. We enrol nearly one-third of all South African students.

The University of Johannesburg (UJ) is a public university located in Johannesburg. It is one of the largest comprehensive contact universities in South Africa, with 9 faculties, having more than 90 departments and an enrollment of approximately 48 000 students spreading over four different campuses. UJ's Commercialisation and Technology Transfer Office (CTTO) assists entrepreneurs and inventors with the commercial implementation of innovative technologies or business processes especially in developing strategies for the protection IP.

The University of the Free State (UFS) is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in South Africa. It opened its doors in 1904 on the Bloemfontein Campus with a mere six students in the Humanities. Since then, our institution has grown to more than 37 851 students, spread across seven faculties over three campuses. Inspiring excellence. Transforming lives. These objectives are the driving forces at the heart of the UFS. Through our Human and Academic Projects, we are a university internationally recognised for human reconciliation and compassion as well as for excellence in academic

The Innovation Hub, the innovation agency of the Gauteng Province is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Gauteng Growth and Development Agency.  It was established by the Gauteng Provincial Government through its Department of Economic Development to promote economic development and competitiveness of Gauteng through fostering innovation and entrepreneurship.

The Innovation Hub offers a number of incubation programmes in the Bioeconomy (agro-processing and pharmaceutical), Smart Industries (ICT and advanced manufacturing) and Green Economy (Water purification, waste management and renewable