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Multi-million Rand deal with international trading and distribution group
SRM Technologies, a supplier of relationship management systems and solutions, struck a groundbreaking deal with the Bidvest Group in Europe to develop an end-to-end integrated supply chain solution.
Innovative company leads the wave in digital media innovation
Digital media company MMB Service Providers is pioneering a revolution in broadband content and recently qualified as an emerging Technology Top 100 2006 Enterprise.
Empowering the 'little guy' with big computing power
Customised business management and communications systems provider, Universal Communication Services (UcomS), recently expanded their operations to The Innovation Hub from where they run their OctoCentre Distribution Hub.
Naledi3d Factory hosts W K Kellogg Foundation at the Hub
Hub tenant, the Naledi3d Factory, hosted the Vice President of the WK Kellogg Foundation, Dr Gail McClure, at the Hub to brief her on Kellogg-funded projects in Africa.
Pioneering bio-fuels company joins the Hub community
Newly resident at The Innovation Hub is pioneering bio-fuels technology company, Evergreen Biofuels. With almost three decades of experience in bio-diesel research, the company plans to establish the first industrial-size bio-diesel refinery in the country within the next six months.
The Hub welcomes new management team member
At the beginning of August this year, the Hub team welcomed on board Paul Bisogno as its new Business Development, Marketing and Value-Added Services Manager.
SARS visits the Hub
The South African Revenue Services (SARS) lived up to their publicised offer of providing support and advisory services to companies and individuals to complete their tax returns.
Celebrating women in the old fashioned way
In celebration of Women's Month in August this year, The Innovation Hub and Europa@Hub - the on site restaurant - treated the ladies at the precinct to a traditional 'tea party'.
An ode to our equestrian guardians
The Innovation Hub is one of the few precincts, if not the only one in Pretoria, that can boast the presence of equestrian security guards. In fact, it is not uncommon for visitors to be greeted and ushered to their destination by a guard on horseback.
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Entrepreneur organisation spurring South African success
Encouraging entrepreneurs, the lifeblood of economic growth and job creation, is an imperative in South Africa, which according to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) has one of the lowest level of entrepreneurial activity.
HP and ISETT SETA launch capacity building programme
HP South Africa is using the Accelerated Development and Graduate Learnership Programmes to boost staff development within the ICT sector.
South Africa's Red Five Labs raise $657000 in venture capital
Red Five Labs, a young entrepreneurial South African business, is leading the race to develop technology that allows all smartphones to 'speak the same language'. The company received substantial funding from HBD Venture Capital and the Innovation Fund.
New fund launched for early stage innovators
South African venture capital firm, HBD Venture Capital, has announced the launch of HBD Fund2 with funds available of R150-million. Over the next two years the fund will offer finance to young South African businesses which have developed products with global potential. It is expected to fill a pressing need in South Africa for finance which accelerates the growth of early stage businesses.
International Conference on Coal Ash – A valuable resource: 2 – 4 October @ CSIR Convention Centre, Pretoria. This conference aims to create an awareness of, and provide a platform for, the dissemination of information on scientific progress in coal ash in the broadest sense.
Design for Development Lekgotla and Exhibition: 13 – 22 September @ The Innovation Hub, Pretoria. The event will focus on the importance of dedicated design interventions to benefit the economic and social development on the African Continent.
TESIP Workshop: 3 October 2006, Tshwane University of Technology. The TESIP Workshop will highlight the benefits of incubation and the harnessing of innovation for commercial gain at universities, highlight case studies / success stories of university-based incubation, work towards developing an advisory body for the establishment, evaluation and monitoring of university-based incubation / commercialization programmes and set forth an action plan for the development and implementation of TESIP nationally.
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Deregulation and the rise of the MAN
The big ten Innovation killers and how to keep your innovation system alive and well
Post Office seeks to be technology-driven
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