Economic expert to judge renewal energy pitches during the Tshwane Youth Innovation Challenge
As part of the 2025 Unisa Innovation Festival, Dr Lardo Stander, an economic entrepreneur and CEO of the Tshwane Economic Development Agency, will judge renewable energy pitches by Unisa students who are finalists in the Tshwane Youth Innovation Challenge. Read more
Research and innovation ecosystem practitioner to speak at the Innovation Festival
Shanna Nienaber, Programme Manager at the Water Research Commission, will speak on "Innovating and commercialising within the parameters of legislation", at the 2025 Unisa Innovation Festival. Read more
Turning waste into power – The Archaea Eco story
Iviwe Notununu, a Unisa Innovation Challenge winner from the previous #UnisaInnovationFestival, has been making strides and effecting change through his startup, Archaea Eco, turning organic waste into clean cooking biogas and fertiliser. Read more
Visionary youth champion to address Unisa’s Innovation Festival
Join Noxolo Fani, a passionate and award-winning entrepreneur dedicated to business excellence and empowering South Africa's youth, as she presents her unique take on young entrepreneurship and innovation during the Unisa Innovation Festival. Read more
Managerial, leadership and innovation specialist to speak at Unisa's Innovation Festival
Prof Benjamin Anderson, Co-founder and Executive Director of the Da Vinci Institute, will discuss bridging academic theory with real-world business practice at the formal opening of the Unisa Innovation Festival on 18 November. Read more
Unisa Innovation Festival 2024 ends on a high note
On the final day of a highly vibrant and successful festival, Innovation Challenge winners were announced and celebrated as exceptional talent dedicated to reclaiming Africa's intellectual futures. Read more
Chronicle of a serial innovator and entrepreneur
Rapelang Rabana, the CEO and founder of Rekindle Learning, recently shared invaluable insights into the role of technology in breaking constraints at the Unisa Innovation Festival 2024. Read more
“A celebration of creativity, ambition, and the power of ideas”
The third day of the Unisa Innovation festival 2024 continued to see upbeat students showcasing their creative ideas to a panel of adjudicators and a live audience, with Professor Les Labuschagne describing them as bold concepts that promise to shape the future. Read more
"Transformation requires intention"
Speaking at the first day of Unisa's much-anticipated Innovation Festival 2024, Dr Nasiphi Moya, Executive Mayor of the City of Tshwane, highlighted the critical role that partnerships with higher institutions and student-led initiatives could play in tackling societal issues such as unemployment and poverty. Read more
Black industrialist and founding CEO of Capebio to deliver keynote address at Innovation Festival
Daniel Ndima, a structural biologist of infectious diseases who strongly advocates for scientific innovation that creates jobs, improves the quality of ordinary lives and contributes to social development and the economy, will be speaking at the upcoming Unisa Innovation Festival. Read more