Directorate of Innovation, Technology Transfer and Commercialisation
Unisa student creates app to connect tech talent with the tech industry labour market
Innovative Unisan, Xola dos Santos has developed software to address the struggle that technically skilled students go through when searching for employment online. Read more
Unisa innovators awarded European patent for ground-breaking invention
The College of Science, Engineering and Technology’s Prof Vijaya Vallabhapurapu from the Department of Physics and Prof Patrice Umenne from the Department of Electrical Engineering were recently granted a European patent for their invention which will have a significant impact in the fields of quantum computing and medical imaging. Read more
Innovator in the service of humanity earns a training opportunity in Switzerland
Mbuso Ngcongo, a Bachelor of Science in Computing student, is one of the winning innovators earmarked to attend a training programme in Switzerland, in September of this year. Read more
CAES explores biotech research partnership
The College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences recently hosted a team from 54gene, a precision medicine and genomics company that is based in Africa and managed mainly by Africans, with a view to future collaboration. Read more
The Forge — “Insimbi ilola insimbi” — Where iron sharpens iron
Unisa’s innovative minds are set to be mentored and seed-funded in 2022 to develop innovative solutions addressing urgent societal challenges. Read more
Tshwane innovation wins set to bring bright sparks’ ideas to reality
The Tshwane InterUniversity Innovation Challenge 2020 finally came to a spectacular close on 27 November with an awards ceremony to announce and celebrate the top innovators. Read more
Photonic professor heads prolific awards
"There is nothing more rewarding than to observe that 'aha' moment when new theoretical discoveries are made or when a product or process is made to work for the first time," says Unisa's Lukas Snyman. Read more
A most prolific innovator at Unisa in 2019
Prof Malik Maaza, nanoscientist and distinguished scholar, scooped three awards at the 2020 Research & Innovation Awards for advancing world-class research. Read more
CSET internationalisation pays off
An Australian patent and a joint research lab with the Zhejiang University of Technology were acknowledged at the Research & Innovation 2020 Awards. Read more
#SciComm through FameLab SA
Science with clarity and charisma is what it's all about, and Trevor Simbayi and Karabo Mashiloane from CSET impressed the judges at the Unisa Regional Heat. Read more