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Course: SAFIPA ICT and Mobile Business Building Programme MODULE 2

SAFIPA is presenting the 2nd module of the ICT and mobile Business Building Programme for SMME’s and role players in the ICT and mobile sector. Only a limited number of applicants can be accommodated. REGISTER online for MODULE 2 presented on 1 & 2 December 2010 in Pretoria.

Course: SAFIPA ICT and Mobile Business Building Programme MODULE 2

SAFIPA is presenting the 2nd module of the ICT and mobile Business Building Programme for SMME’s and role players in the ICT and mobile sector. Only a limited number of applicants can be accommodated. REGISTER online for MODULE 2 presented on 1 & 2 December 2010 in Pretoria.

SAFIPA ICT and Mobile Business Building Programme News Update: Jan 2011

Module 1 and 2 was a great success. Module 1 was presented on 8 and 9 November 2010 and it was attended by 42 individuals. The theme was ‘Planning, strategy and technology trends’.

Crowdsourcing – Logo Design Competition for SA Solution Exchange

The logo should be: Creative. Original. Memorable. Crisp. Clear. Corporate, but funky. Should be easy to work with when designing stationary such as business cards, letterheads, newsletters, PowerPoint templates etc.

Course: ICT and Mobile Business Building Programme: Module 4 – Mobile Technologies

SAFIPA is sponsoring a module on mobile technologies for ICT SMME’s and entrepreneurs. The course are coordinated by the Research Institute for Innovation and Sustainability (RIIS) and mLabs.

SAFIPA ICT and Mobile Business Building Programme Module 3: Marketing, Branding and Communication

We are pleased to invite you to the 3rd MODULE of the ‘ICT and Mobile Business Building Programme’ on 1 February 2011. This module is about Marketing, Branding and Communication. Please read more to register online.

1st SA NineSigma RFP: Geospacial Positioning for Underground Environments – Response due 6 Dec 2010

NineSigma, representing Anglo American invites proposals for the development of a reliable, single pervasive technology that allows for instantaneous and highly accurate 3-dimensional geospacial positional and orientation information in an underground mining environment.

SA Solution Exchange: Register as a South African Solution Provider

The SA Solution Exchange came to life recently and is a partner of NineSigma through RIIS. Do you have a great invention? Register as a local solution provider online on the SA Solution Exchange Website, connect and get a deal.

Conference: Keeping the COFISA Communities Alive – 23 March 2011

COFISA was designed to be a pilot programme − a catalyst that would challenge our thinking and approaches to innovation systems development. The ‘Keeping the COFISA Communities Alive Converance’ is a post-COFISA event taking place on 23 March 2011 in Midrand.

ESKOM Challenge #1 Towards a 10% reduction in residential energy consumption

Eskom Holdings SOC Limited invites proposals for smart technologies that will reduce domestic energy consumption (40 000 GWh) by 700 MW permanently.

4th SA Innovation Summit – Call for Papers

The annual SA Innovation summit has engaged the top echelon of SA’s leading minds in academia, industry and government to support innovation in South African the past three years.

ESKOM Challenge #4 Seek expertise and systems for intergrated Water and Waste Management

Eskom Holdings SOC Limited, a large scale electrical utility, seeks consultants and/or technology to address improved water utilization and management for industrial processes.

ESKOM Challenge #2 Proactive detection of fallen electrical (power line) conductors

Eskom Holdings SOC Limited invites proposals for technologies that will provide early detection of sagging, slipping, or fallen overhead conductors used for electricity distribution and delivery.

Press Release: Expect the unexpected at this year’s SA Innovation Summit

Anyone lucky enough to be going to this year’s eagerly awaited Innovation Summit may never think the same way again.

ESKOM and NineSigma Seeking Expertise and Systems for Integrated Water and Waste Management

Eskom Holdings SOC Limited, a large scale electrical utility, seeks consultants and/or technology to address improved water utilization and management for industrial processes.

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Workshop: The ESKOM Open Innovation Pilot Project – 8 July 2011

You are cordially invited to the introduction of the ESKOM Open Innovation Pilot Project taking place on the 8th of July 2011 at the Innovation Hub Auditorium in Pretoria.

Invitation: The ESKOM Open Innovation Pilot Project, Durban, 22 July 2011

Invitation to the ‘Co-Innovate with ESKOM Workshop’ in DURBAN at the Durban University of Technology on 22 July 2011.

Workshop: Open Innovation, Crowdsourcing and Social Media, 30 September 2011

Attention all Innovation, R&D, technology, market research managers, inventors, innovators and solution seekers! You are invited to attend an Open Innovation (OI), Crowd sourcing and Social media Workshop at the Innovation Hub in Pretoria on 30 September 2011.

IDEA to MARKET Workshop: Intellectual Property & Technology Transfer, 28 Oct 2011

by Pria Chetty & Katherine Thompson (Technology and Innovation Law at PwC) and Dr Zenia Barnard (Gradnet)

IDEA TO MARKET Workshop: Funding and Commercialisation – 18 Nov 2011

by Alexandra Fraser (Invenfin) & Thys Pretorius

RIIS is hosting an Innovation Value Chain Workshop on Funding and Commercialisation Workshop, as part of the RIIS Innovation Management Workshop Series 2011

Innovation – the key to South Africa’s development

Featuring in this video is Skip Davis (Vice President of NineSigma USA), Itha Taljaard (CEO of Sense2Solve), Zanele Monakgotla (IDC Head of Innovation) and Bridgette Backman (MD of Sasol ChemCity). Look and learn.

Open Innovation Video – A South African perspective

What is Open Innovation? Is Open Innovation for everyone? Implementing an Open Innovation Strategy. The benefits and challenges of Open Innovation. Watch and learn. This video was shot at the 2nd SA Innovation Summit in 2009.

Interview with Steve Vosloo, mLabs on supporting SA mobile innovation

Russell Southwood’s, CEO from the Balancing Act Africa, interview with Steve Vosloo of Mobile Labs (mLabs) in August 2011. Steve elaborates on the opening of an mLabs network in South Africa to encourage mobile innovation.

The Southern Africa Innovation Support Programme (SAIS)

The SAIS programme was launched in Windhoek, Namibia on 13 May 2011. The launch was covered by the Namibia Broadcasting Corporation (NBC). Copyright NBC. SAIS inclose corporation with SADC countries and innovation institutions in member states.

Grow business through technology-based intelligence – Dr Audrey Verhaeghe

Have you considered the incredible value-add of having access to a landscape of new, emerging technologies to support a variety of business decisions and actions?

NineSigma Press Release 13 July 2010

NineSigma and The Research Institute for Innovation and Sustainability Partner to Advance Open Innovation across Southern Africa – RIIS NineSigma PR – 13 July 2010

What do we really want from Innovation? Jac Spies and Rishab Rao

What do our customers really want? Who are the customers we should concern ourselves with? How do we get the right voice of the customer? Do our customers really know what they want? Have these questions ever sparked debate within your organizations?

NineSigma WhitePaper – Selling Your Innovation

If you build a better mousetrap, the world won’t know about it unless you tell them. The greatest technology in the world can go unnoticed.

The South African Innovation Landscape 2010 – Henra Mayer

Innovation and its role in the business environment is not new. Despite many pitfalls, initial slow starts and spectacular failures, organisations are now seriously planning and strategically implementing innovation policies, processes and other relevant action plans on the topic…

Birth of the South African Innovation Network (SAINe) – Henra Mayer

The main aim of the activities associated with the innovation network is to remedy the current lack of reliable data on innovation related topics as well as contribute to information on progress made in South Africa on innovation.

Innovation Champions: An Awareness Creation Intervention At Eskom – Henra Mayer

The success of innovation initiatives in an organisation is often difficult to measure and quantify. It is, however, imperative to evaluate the impact of such efforts in order to assess its value to the organisation.

Learning from the brave – Henra Mayer

Talking about innovation is easy. It is managing and supporting innovation and ensuring sustainable growth that is the difficult part.

Innovation in motion: The art of innovation management – Henra Mayer

Are you managing innovation in your organisation? Think about it for a second. Managing innovation does
not refer to mentioning it at staff gatherings every now and again or having innovation listed as one of your organisation’s focus areas in the strategy.

Deconstructing Innovation Reward – Henra Mayer

Rewarding innovation is a complex task, but one that needs to be addressed by every organisation that
is serious about effective innovation implementation.

How management can improve throughput by understanding the flow – Awie Vlok

The cause and effect relationships between management practices and innovation excellence are an area of managerial endeavour where managers still have more questions than answers.

Mistakes Innovation Leaders Make – Henra Mayer

Many executives have jumped on the innovation band-wagon with high expectations, only to be scorned by huge investments in technology – and apart from confused and irritated staff, have no results to show for it. A project that in retrospect seems to have been a huge mistake.

Real Growth Does Not Happen By Itself – Henra Mayer

Maybe you have been one of the lucky ones. A fairly stable operating environment in your industry, a general downward trend in interest rates the last year or two and customers that still like your product or service…. you think.

Innovating Despite Red Tape – Henra Mayer

Innovate or die! You have heard it somewhere, maybe even received some training on the topic, but you still do not know how to make innovation relevant to your own working environment.

The Innovation Landscape 2009 – Henra Mayer

The second annual Innovation Summit held in August this year was once again a resounding success. Approximately a 100 people representing the triple helix (being academia, government and business) attended. With your continuous input and support I am sure it is going to grow from strength to strength.

Innovation Develops our Nation: The Story of Tsilitwa – Audrey Verhaeghe

Fervent, passionate and inspirational, but also steady, soft spoken and humble – the truth is that innovators come in different shapes and sizes and from all walks of life.

Lessons Learnt from Innovators – Audrey Verhaeghe

Fervent, passionate and inspirational, but also steady, soft spoken and humble – the truth is that innovators come in different shapes and sizes and from all walks of life.