Every year Stellenbosch University’s (SU) Responsibility Centre (RC) for Operations and Finance hosts an awards event to celebrate the accomplishments of its staff. This year, two exceptional staff members from the Innovation and Commercialisation Division (Innovus) have been honoured for…

Africa’s median age is currently 19,7 years, and closer to home, 63 percent of South Africa’s population is under the age of 35. This demographic presents both a challenge and an opportunity, specifically for the youth, to drive and sustain…

Stellenbosch University’s (SU) official business incubator, LaunchLab, held its annual Data Science Hackathon this month, welcoming over 50 students across various faculties to compete for the coveted first place. The event, now in its sixth year, challenges students to tackle…

Immobazyme, a biotech company that launched in 2020 from SU LaunchLab, recently announced a new investment round! Read more about this success here!

The Entrepreneurship Development in Higher Education (EDHE) Entrepreneurship Intervarsity competition is an annual event that aims to identify the brightest and most promising student entrepreneurs from South Africa’s 26 public universities. Students are invited to submit their entries in one…

The inaugural Cape Agritech Connect brought together over a hundred attendees representing the diverse sectors within the Western Cape agriculture industry. Set against the picturesque backdrop of Boschendal estate, the event formed the “sweet spot” for innovation by identifying pressing…

Copyright 2024: BizNewsTv video CubeSpace, a Stellenbosch-based tech company, has recently secured R47 million in venture capital funding to broaden its operations globally. The South Africa University Technology Fund is among its investors. Mike-Alec Kearney, the founder and CEO of CubeSpace, told…

What started as an initiative to inspire students towards entrepreneurship became the leading university incubator in Africa within 4 years of its founding and has continued to go from strength to strength in its impact and contribution to the startup…

Updated: Apr 5, 2022 When FG Adriaanse designed a solution to a problem on the family farm while doing his Masters in Logistics at Stellenbosch University, little did he know the project would develop into what is now a fully-fledged…

Updated: Apr 5, 2022 Imagine how many lives could be saved if we were able to easily identify cancer and cardiovascular disease during the early stages, or determine a person’s risk for the development of these diseases before it has…

Updated: Apr 5, 2022 Stellenbosch University LaunchLab and the Faculty of AgriSciences present a webinar: “From University Research to Startup: The Revolute Systems Journey” Jacobus Els and Berno Greyling met at Stellenbosch University where they identified and collaborated to assist…

Updated: Apr 5, 2022 Stellenbosch University LaunchLab and the USB presented a webinar: In conversation with Steve Blank – A fireside chat hosted by Josh Romisher, CEO of SU LaunchLab. Steve is the Father of Modern Entrepreneurship, creator of the Lean…