Innovators

Sol Plaatje University (SPU) opened in 2014, the first of two new universities to be established in post-apartheid South Africa. It is also the first university to be established in the Northern Cape Province.

Positioning itself as a niche university, SPU offers academic programmes of a high

Akili Labs is an award-winning biotechnology company specialising in molecular diagnostic systems development, founded by Charles Faul and Lucas Lotter in 2017, with Dr Farhan Pervaiz joining as a co-founder in 2018.

Based in South Africa with international affiliates, Akili Labs was established

Avril Biopharma, Inc. uses the latest biotechnologies to design, test and manufacture medicines on demand. We address the need for rapid development and production of vaccines, therapeutic and diagnostic products at affordable cost. Our opportunities are in two arenas –Global Health and Personalized

Innovation Highway is a development initiative by the Technology Transfer and Innovation Support Office of the North-West University (NWU), to volunteer the commercialization skills of its team members in order to help establish start-up companies for entrepreneurs outside of academia. It is housed

Amrue leverages technological innovation to reduce the environmental harm on the only planet we all call home. Our goal is to eliminate the use of paper receipts.

National University of Lesotho is a growing institution striving to meet the needs of the nation, by producing competent and skilled graduates who can easily take up the call to assist in the development of Lesotho. The 80-hectare University site is situated at Roma (pop. 8,000) some 34 kilometers

LNK Innovations, is an innovation company, established in 2012. LNK is a product development company with headquarters based in Los Angeles, California. LNK Innovations products cover a range of industries including hotel/leisure, hardware, fashion, phone chargers, automotive, and GPS. LNK

Rubber Nano Products (RNP) holds technology that allows for the creation of chemically specific activators vulcanisation with sulfur. These accelerator classes are based on the chemical species forming the active portion of the accelerator. RNP technology allows for variation of the substrate used

Directech is a mechatronics innovation and development company that specializes in building industrial automated machines, robotics solutions, nut running solutions, automated guided vehicles, and aluminium kit building solutions.

Specialities;

• Mechatronics Systems
• Software Designing
• Automatio

A South African startup that has developed roof-tiles made of 99.4% waste material. Made from recycled High-density polyethylene (HDPE), one of the most commonly used plastics, the green roof tiles are twice as strong as traditional concrete tiles and 75% lighter. Theia's selling price yields an 8

Named to honour the late Walter Sisulu, a much-admired leader of the struggle for democracy in South Africa, Walter Sisulu University (WSU) focuses on quality academic, technological and career-oriented programmes. WSU places special emphasis on the development of entrepreneurship. WSU is

The University of the Western Cape (UWC) is a national university, alert to its African and international context. It strives to be a place of quality, a place to grow. It is committed to excellence in teaching, learning and research, to nurturing the cultural diversity of South Africa, and to