Often innovation is associated with technology and the “for-profit” sector. However, in the ACTIVATE! Network there are many young people (Activators), who use innovative approaches in addressing South Africa’s most pressing challenges. ACTIVATE! Change Drivers, in partnership with the SA…
The Southern Africa Innovation Support Programme (SAIS 2) and Connected Hubs is excited to host a dynamic event at the SA Innovation Summit on 12 September 2018! Join us as we celebrate opportunities in the Southern African innovation landscape and…
The SA Innovation Summit is excited will once again be hosting the regional event for the FEMBioBiz Acceleration Programme for 2018. 24 female entrepreneurs from across Southern Africa will pitch their businesses to a panel of judges, comprising of Venture…
Prof. Mugendi K. M’Rithaa –President Emeritus: World Design Organization Engr. Abbas Jamie – Community Liaison Africa: World Design Organization “Until lions have their own historians, tales of the hunt will always glorify the hunter” – Chinua Achebe Keywords Afrika; Co-Design;…
For the first time in South African history, the SA Innovation Summit has partnered with ACTIVATE! Change Drivers to launch the Social Innovation Summit. Members of the ACTIVATE! Network have developed innovative solutions to tackle various social issues in their…
We have recently launched our first Ideas Programme of 2018, and are doing things a bit differently this time around. We are looking to do more industry specific engagements later in the year, and to meet those requirements we…
The SA Innovation Summit Inventors Garage competition affords SA innovators and inventors – from kitchen and garage inventors, to seasoned innovators and engineering students with a demo, working prototype or product from proven concept to early commercialisation stage – the…
Global Entrepreneurship Network Botswana, under the leadership of Mooketsi Bennedict Tekere who runs a ed-tech start-up based in Botswana has been at the forefront of taking Botswana’ entrepreneurship ecosystem to be part of joining Africa’s growing scene of tech ecosystem…
The SA Innovation summit is proud to announce that its Chairperson, Dr Audrey Verhaeghe was awarded the Women in Leadership Award by the Premier of Gauteng, David Makhura last week. The Women Excellence Awards took place on Wednesday 8th of March,…