Innovus Newsletter 50th Edition

Innovus Newsletter 50th Edition

News from the editor’s desk:

Innovation takes centre stage at Innovus Excellence Awards

Every year Innovus celebrates the outstanding work the Chief Executive Officers and staff of Stellenbosch University’s group of companies do. This year’s event was even more special as people could also celebrate in person, as people were allowed to attend functions after the COVID-pandemic period.

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Gary Muizenhemier wants to help built a sustainable Stellenbosch University

Every year Innovus celebrates the outstanding work the Chief Executive Officers and staff of Stellenbosch University’s group of companies do. This year’s event was even more special as people could also celebrate in person, as people were allowed to attend functions after the COVID-pandemic period.

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Stellenbosch Network celebrating three years of building bridges

Three years ago, Stellenbosch University's Innovus had a vision to establish a cross-sector and interdisciplinary membership organization to support local innovation and entrepreneurship in the Stellenbosch region. In November 2019, Stellenbosch Network (SN) was launched.

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Gradlinc: addressing South Africa's graduate unemployment crisis with a simple solution

Gradlinc Address

An innovative graduate career development platform — Gradlinc — was launched at the beginning of Stellenbosch University's 2022 graduation week on 5 December 2022.

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News from our USE Group of Companies:

Cybarete (Pty) Ltd

Cybarete is a spin-out company of US Enterprises (Pty) Ltd, the holding company of Stellenbosch University. They specialise in the integration of systems for operational environments.

The company has developed the BASE IoT engine, a revolutionary backbone for your organisation’s data and management infrastructure. Sensors, equipment, products, and people are seamlessly integrated with existing management systems for superior decision making.  Each decision maker, activity and resource is linked in a way that contextualises data and instructions for custom dashboards, actions, alerts, and integration with ERP and management systems. BASE gives a place for third parties to apply their analytics, machine learning and other value adding technology in an already integrated information logistics infrastructure.

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Stellenbosch University Technologies:

Technology: The BASE architecture

BASE lowers the barrier to entry and increases the competitiveness of companies in the fourth industrial revolution. The BASE platform is built on a proprietary architecture enabling a cost-effective, customizable and scalable solution to automate, optimize, schedule, keep track of, and get timely feedback on activities and processes in a wide variety of industries, including manufacturing, agriculture, and even healthcare. Additionally, the BASE architecture allows the seamless integration of human workers into the digital environment.

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Technology: Gestational Age Measurement (GAME) device

Gestational age (GA) is frequently unknown or inaccurate in pregnancies especially in low Income countries. Most preterm infants are born in and die because gestational age (GA) is unknown or inaccurate. Early identification neonates or preterm infants may help link them to potentially Life-saving interventions.

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Technology: PepTrap™ Enzyme Immobilization Platform

Enzymes as industrial biocatalysts offer many advantages over traditional chemical processes regarding sustainability and efficiency. The use of enzyme immobilization technologies has greatly improved the scale-up potential of bio-catalytic processes within industrial applications. However, despite the advantages of enzyme immobilization technologies, enzyme immobilization must drastically improve the economics of existing industrial processes.

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Please visit our portfolio of technologies here.
 

Stellenbosch Network x Smart Township Challenge

The response to the #IdeasForChange Smart Township Challenge has been so incredible, the closing date for the applications has been extended to 22 January 2023. During this time, we will actively work to support individuals with formulating and submitting their ideas to ensure that everyone, including residents of Kayamandi have a fair change to enter.

Submit your Smart Kayamandi idea here.