• Land development for The Innovation Hub approved
• New company aims to challenge, train and excite young engineers
• A smart address for smart people
• Is Virtual Reality becoming a popular educational tool in Africa?
• Electrosoft joins technology design company
• Pub@Hub networking event
• Welcome on board

• Kickstart to science park in city
• The Innovation Hub to go ahead in Pretoria
• The Innovation Hub moves into full swing
• Tegnologiepark goedgekeur

The Hub Team
The Hub Board

Chief Executive Officer
Dr Neville Comins
Business Development & Marketing
Thibi Matshele
Enterprise Support & Networking
Martin Yuill
Incubation & Entrepreneurship
Jill Sawers
Empowerment Initiatives
Tsietsi Maleho

Tel: +27 12 349 0376 / 70
Fax: +27 12 349 0322
Physical Address: Bld 46, CSIR site, Meiring Naude Rd, Lynnwood, Pretoria, South Africa
Postal Address: PostNet Suite 213, Private Bag X844, Silverton 0127, Pretoria, South Africa
Website: www.theinnovationhub.com
Directors: NL Moikangoa (Chairman),
J Hattingh, AJ Jordaan, Ms S Lowitt, Prof NC Manganyi, P Maharaj, I Naidoo, JSJ Nel

The Innovation Hub is a strategic partnership between the Gauteng Provincial Government's Blue IQ initiative, and SERA, the Southern Education and Research Alliance, a partnership between the CSIR and the University of Pretoria

NewsBits wishes all its readers a challenging and rewarding 2003. We certainly look forward to keeping you informed about the many activities and exciting developments at The Innovation Hub!

Land development for The Innovation Hub approved
The Development Facilitation Act (DFA) Tribunal Report, released recently, recorded a Record of Decision approving the development of The Innovation Hub as a science and technology park on a part of the University of Pretoria's experimental farm adjacent to the N1 highway. The existing land use on the rest of the experimental farm is not in any way affected by this application and will remain exactly as it is currently being utilised. Read more

New company aims to challenge, train and excite young engineers
A consulting engineering services company that develops specialist products is the latest addition to The Innovation Hub's family of pre-incubator companies. Africa South Technologies develops new materials and products and optimises and improves new products for local use. Read more

A smart address for smart people
Local high-tech companies and potential world-class small companies wishing to benefit from relocation to the smartest address south of the Sahara, forms the backbone of The Innovation Hub's tenant sourcing strategy. Read more

Is Virtual Reality becoming a popular educational tool in Africa?
Representatives from The Naledi3d Factory recently visited Ethiopia to collect material for a virtual reality HIV/AIDS awareness project and Uganda to conduct surveys to promote virtual reality as an educational tool. Read more

Electrosoft joins technology design company
ElectroSoft, one of the first companies to join the pilot business incubator at The Innovation Hub, recently joined Des-Pro Technology and retains its association with the Hub. Read more

Pub@Hub networking event
Members of the Hub's "INNOV8" community recently attended the first "Pub@Hub" networking event aimed at bringing together leading lights of the local Innovation, Knowledge and Expertise Economy. Read more

Welcome on board
Meet Sophie Maboa, who has joined the catering team at The Innovation Hub. Read more

New directory will help with innovative public service delivery
Developers and providers of mobile technology solutions in South Africa are invited to participate in a new directory being compiled to help stimulate a more innovative delivery of public services. Read more

Making BEE a win-win business proposition
An executive forum run by ITWeb and Wipcapital to look at the status of black economic empowerment (BEE) in the South African IT industry will be held in Johannesburg on 26 February 2003. The forum will identify strategies to embrace BEE and help IT companies understand the rules of transformation. It will also help new BEE companies to understand the partnership requirements of major IT players. Read more

Brainstorm 2003 - IT is Business
The Brainstorm 2003 is a top-level IT business conference that was introduced as a new IT/business forum to facilitate a top-level discussion of fundamental technology and business forces shaping the strategic relationships between business and IT. Read more

New on-line magazine with high-tech gadgets
Read more about South Africa's leading online magazine on consumer technology, office hi-tech and general gadgetry that makes our lives both easier and more complicated.

Our earth as Art
View our planet from space through the beautiful images taken by the Landsat-7 satellite. Brilliant, colourful patches of Earth, as seen in photographs snapped by the Landsat-7 satellite.