Directorate of Innovation, Technology Transfer and Commercialisation

Entrepreneurs shine during Unisa’s Start-Up Day

During the Unisa Research and Innovation Week, the Directorate of Innovation, Technology Transfer and Commercialisation hosted a Start-Up Day which showcased 12 start-ups who participated in the inaugural Unisa Catalyst Programme. Read more

Unisa innovators making global waves in Switzerland

A Unisa delegation of staff and student innovators has set off to Switzerland for an international exchange programme to explore and connect with the country’s globally acclaimed innovation ecosystem. Read more

Innovators and entrepreneurs training – From ideation to the market

Is there a gap in the market, and is there a market in that gap? Unisa’s Directorate of Innovation, Technology Transfer and Commercialisation has been training staff and students to evaluate whether their proposed solution addresses a real market need. Read more

Unisa student innovator accepted into the UK Future Female Business School

Caroline Matenchi, Unisa’s Biomedical Science student and inventor of an Agricultural Smart Sensor, has been accepted into the UK Future Female Business School Accelerator Programme. The programme aims to empower women in start-up, inter-median and functioning businesses to improve their target market and to be different in the Green-Tech solutions industry. Read more

Unisa exhibits its technologies at the 5th Annual Bio Africa Convention

Unisa technologies, created for the benefit of society and humanity, were exhibited at the 2022 Bio Africa Convention. The convention attracted stakeholders from the public and private sectors and served as a showcase platform for commercialisation opportunities. Read more

Unlocking Unisa's innovative ideas

Unisa, as an entrepreneurial university, launched the Directorate of Innovation, Technology Transfer and Commercialisation's (DITTC) Pre-Incubation Programme in 2020. The programme was born from a need to support the innovative ideas emerging from the university and guide these to deliver a minimum viable product. Read more

Student exchange opens students’ eyes to international entrepreneurship trends

Unisa students promoted their research and innovation and participated in innovation and business plan competitions by presenting projects geared toward addressing some of Africa's societal and socio-economic challenges at three international universities. Read more

Unisa scholar secures seed fund to design pilot production plant

Prof Alex Kuvarega, thematic area leader for Nanostructured Materials at the Institute of Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability, was recently recognised with a Half Million Rand Club award for being granted a seed fund to design an innovative pilot plant. Read more

Unisa professor granted his first South African patent for a clean-energy invention

Prof Xinying Liu of the Institute for the Development of Energy for African Sustainability in the College of Science, Engineering and Technology was recently granted a South African patent for his ground-breaking method to manufacture high-performance lithium-ion batteries. Read more