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Hub in the news

Our events

View our calendar of business networking and other events.

Annual Report

Download and read the 2005 Annual Report in pdf format. Print copies are available from Lindsay Prescott.

Meet our people

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The Hub Management Team Tel: +27 12 884-0000
Fax: +27 12 844-1107
Physical Address: Ground floor, the Innovation Centre, Mark Shuttleworth Street at The Innovation Hub, Pretoria, South Africa [map available]
Postal Address: P O Box 1, The Innovation Hub 0087, Pretoria, South Africa
Website: www.theinnovationhub.com
Directors: Ms N Canca, Dr N Comins

Expertron wins award for innovative vending solution

The Eskom-sponsored 2006 Prepayment Innovation Award for the most innovative prepayment metering or vending solution was awarded to the Expertron Group for their Cell Power phone vending system.

South African first - new technology personal locator improves safety

Edge Risk Management Solutions (EdgeRMS™) has brought to market the S-911™ Personal Locator - a handheld, compact tracking device that can pin-point an individual's position while alerting a 24/7 call centre to deploy emergency response services.

Hub signs cooperation agreement with Science Park in Finland

The Innovation Hub has signed a sister-park cooperation agreement with Technopolis Plc, a leading Science Park in Finland, during May this year.

New patent toolkit launched for local inventors
Local inventors and the intellectual property community stand to benefit from The Patent Toolkit™ - a newly launched set of e-tools for inventors to ensure that their ideas and intellectual property are properly protected from the start.

maxum Business Incubator participates in Futurex/Equip exhibition

For the third year running, The Innovation Hub and Exhibitions for Africa partnered at the Futurex/Equip 2006 Exhibition held at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg.
SkillsTrac launches HR management tool at the Hub

An online Performance and Competence Management solution, designed and developed by SkillsTrac was launched at the Hub recently.
ICT developments in the spotlight at 2006 Tshwane Business Week

Hub CEO, Dr Neville Comins, and Corporate Affairs Manager, Tsietsi Maleho, attended the 4th Annual Tshwane Business Week Conference, held at the South African Reserve Bank in Pretoria.


Aluvi Guest House becomes a Hub Product Partner

The Hub's new Product Partner, Aluvi Boutique Guest House, was recently awarded as a runner-up in the "Best Guest House" category of the Tshwane Tourism Awards.
The Hub wins tender bid for the Botswana Innovation Hub

The Hub and its partners responded as a consortium to an international tender issued by the Botswana Ministry of Communications and Science and Technology and were awarded the bid.


Introductory visit by members of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature

The Innovation Hub and Blue IQ Investment Holdings recently hosted members of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature Committee at the Hub in Pretoria to look at developments at the Science Park and the progress that has been made.

Entrepreneurs share learning at Hub's P•O•W•E•R Breakfast

In collaboration with TT100, the INNOV8 community welcomed the insights from two companies who where recently awarded the "Most Promising Emerging Technology Top 100 Enterprises" for 2005.

Hub showcases careers to "Take a Girl Child to Work" visitors

As part of the "Take a Girl Child to Work" initiative, 20 girls from the David-Hellen Peta High School in Atteridgeville, Pretoria, visited the Hub on
25 May. Sponsored by Cell C, the initiative aims to expose young women to career options.



How to avoid sharks & surf in peace

A monthly column of practical advice for entrepreneurs and owners of small and medium-sized businesses. Proudly sponsored by HP in the interest of SME development in SA.

Associated activities

Report explores responsibility issues in nanotechnology R&D
The International Dialogue in Responsible Research and Development of Nanotechnology report discusses the benefits, risks and socio-economic and ethical implications of nanotechnology, and special consideration necessary in developing countries.

Integrated Provincial Support Programmes - an overview
The IPSP is moving towards its closure in June 2006. Some of the projects in 2005 attest to good inroads made into provincial development.

First all Africa Technology Diffusion Conference 2006
From 12-14 June 2006 the focus will be on how research and innovation in Government-funded academic institutions could provide solutions for SMMEs to be more competitive to meet pressing economic and societal needs.

Entrepreneurship lacking in SA
The recently released 2005 Entrepreneurship Monitor reveals that SA is falling behind in cultivating a culture of entrepreneurship in the country.

Hot links

New eVenturing™ website

TT100 qualifying enterprises

Tech-based Economic Development Resource Center research reports, strategic plans and other papers

SOA and Wed Services 2006 Conference: Call for Papers

Our knowledge partners

Our product partners

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