May
31
2017
Congratulations to Jaci Barnett, Director of the Innovation Office, who was appointed as the President of the Southern African Research and Innovation Management Association (SARIMA) at the annual conference Gala Dinner held in Windhoek last week.
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May
29
2017
Innovation Office’s Ms Naazlene Patel won the DST-SARIMA* Award for Early Career Excellence in Innovation Management at the SARIMA gala dinner last week.
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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...
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...
Sep
30
2015
The Innovation Office at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University held their first Innovators’ Evening last night to honour and celebrate NMMU’s innovators and inventors. Staff and students who have invented, developed or commercialised innovations were recognised for their contributions and...
May
20
2015
Ms Jacqueline Barnett, Director of the Innovation Office, received the inaugural award for “Distinguished Contribution to the Innovation Management Profession” at the Southern African Research and Innovation Management Association (SARIMA) conference Gala Dinner held last week in Fourways, Johannesburg.
Presented...
Feb
04
2015
The inaugural Innovation Bridge event took place on 2 and 3 February 2015 at the CSIR International Conference Centre in Pretoria. Hosted and organised by the Department of Science and Technology, the event featured a Technology Matchmaking Showcase to...
Sep
08
2014
The winner of the annual Innovation Award is the Govan Mbeki Mathematics Development Unit led by Prof Werner Olivier.
Their innovation focuses on the improvement of maths and science education.
At the annual Research, Teaching and Engagement Awards evening held in...