Nov
08
2016
QSystems innovator Heinrich Williams received R150 000 seed fund and business support from the SAB Foundation Social Innovation Awards in recognition of his invention, QBell - an alternative nurse-call button. The Herald published an article on his accomplishment on...
Oct
01
2016
The latest Innovation Conversation that appeared in The Herald on 27 September 2016 and discusses the establishment of the Propella Business Incubator.
Read the full extract from The Herald below:
"Nelson Mandela Bay is home to many talented entrepreneurs, with hugely-innovative...
May
24
2016
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University’s Innovation Office won the DST-SARIMA* Award for Organisational Excellence in Innovation Management at the SARIMA gala dinner last week. Presented by the Deputy Director General of DST, Mr Mmboneni Muofhe, the award recognises an Innovation...
May
19
2016
Propella Business Incubator's innovative entrepreneurs will be able to connect to the rest of the world through a dedicated 100MB fibre link, the fastest business data line in the Eastern Cape, with the launch of the Telkom FutureMakers Hub...
Mar
02
2016
The NMMU’s Innovation Office Newsletter - Summer 2015/16, a brief summary of the activities of the Innovation Office can be read here. We hope you enjoy reading about some of the innovation projects at NMMU, some of our outreach activities and...
Dec
07
2015
NMMU Innovation Office Director Jaci Barnett discusses how we can assist innovators in transforming their ideas into commercial reality in The Herald supplement, Business in the Metro.
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Dec
07
2015
The WeldCore® friction taper hydro-pillar welding and repair process was featured in a supplement of The Herald, Business in the Metro on 30 November.
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Dec
07
2015
The research into finding alternative renewable energy solutions conducted by the Centre for Energy Research (CER) at NMMU was featured in Business in the Metro, supplement of The Herald.
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Dec
07
2015
Twerly, a streetlight that combines wind and solar to charge its batteries was featured in Business in the the Metro, a supplement of The Herald on 30 November. (more…)
Dec
07
2015
Rubber Nano Products, a spin-off company of the NMMU was featured in The Herald supplement Business in the Metro on 30 November.
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