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Directors: Ms S Lowitt, Dr N Comins,
Mr P Maharaj, Mr I Naidoo

A year of challenges and rewards

2003 has certainly been a challenging year, yet with significant rewards for The Innovation Hub.


Sappi turns soil at The Innovation Hub

The Hub's first anchor tenant, Sappi Ltd, recently held a sod turning ceremony at the Hub site to mark the start of construction of its Technology Centre and Paper Academy.


Innovative, futuristic approach to a very traditional activity

Innovation certainly knew no boundaries when the students in the ITCoachLab at the Hub built an automated braai that is based on the OSGi (Open Services Gateway initiative) framework for Internet-based services.

Novel document delivery service set for European market

A document delivery service already adopted by leading companies in South Africa, which provides cost-effective delivery of documents, will soon be available to the European market.

Smart people connecting at the Hub

Enthusiastic and animated members of The Innovation Hub's INNOV8 networked high-tech community congregated in November for yet another lively Pub@Hub business networking evening.

Chinese delegation visits Hub to explore opportunities for cooperation

The Innovation Hub recently hosted a delegation of government and business leaders from Dongguan City in the Peoples Republic of China to discuss opportunities for cooperation.

Associated Activities

Stringent adjudication process for African ICT Achievers Awards
Tsietsi Maleho, the Hub's Stakeholder Manager, is one of the adjudicators for this award.


Biotechnology capacity to help sustain the economy
The Cape Biotech initiative aims to develop and promote biotechnology capacity in the Western Cape to help create significant and sustainable economic and social value for South Africa.

Document delivery solutions the
EDD way

The Enterprise Document Delivery (EDD) service, jointly developed by Actnet and CS Holdings, offers businesses a cost-effective, robust, scalable solution to efficient document delivery.

Hot Links

SAVANT - South African Technology Vanguard
Supported by leading industry partners and the ICT Development Council, SAVANT brands and markets applied South African innovation locally and abroad.

African Technology Policy Studies Network [ATPS]
ATPS is a network of researchers, policy-makers and all those interested in advancing the course of technology policy making in Africa.

Science Development on the net
Access a science and development network that gives news, views and information about science, technology and the developing world.

 
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Volume 2 Number 10, December 2003