South Africa's first national business idea competition, aimed specifically at inventors and innovators, has announced its 2013 winners. The winners and runners-up include a unique spray to rapidly detach braids from natural hair, a cattle "breathalyzer" that can diagnose diseases and eliminate the need for lengthy blood tests, and a South African "drone" used for aerial firefighting. The 2013 Step-Up Technology Innovation Competition, which is sponsored by Sasol and the Technology …
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Last call for South African tech innovators to Step Up
The path to successful commercialization is almost never straightforward or simple. If it was, we would all be wealthy entrepreneurs. The Step-Up Technology Innovation Competition gives individuals, groups and small businesses the opportunity to have their technology innovations evaluated and assisted with access to support programmes. These include introductions to investors and venture capital funds; consideration for TIA innovation and business support funding and non-financial support; …