Directorate of Innovation, Technology Transfer and Commercialisation

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