Innovation and mobile phone usage is surging in Africa. For many Africans the mobile phone is the one and only portal to the internet that they know about, and their usage of the handsets are surging with new ways of improving their situations. When I visited the incubators at the Innovation Hubs in Pretoria in… Continue reading Africa’s Applied Tech Innovations
Category: Technology park
IASP African Division Conference 2014
Science and Technology Parks expanding economic frontiers in Africa During two days last week my colleague Jörgen Eriksson and I were invited to the IASP African Division conference in Gaborone, hosted by the Botswana. Botswana Innovation Hub (BIH) in association with the Southern Africa Innovation Support programme (SAIS) hosted the conference from the 9th to… Continue reading IASP African Division Conference 2014
Science and Technology Park models for Africa
At the IASP African Division conference in Gaborone, Botswana this week, Dr. Neville Comins gave an interesting speech about innovation environments in Africa. Comins knows what he is talking about, being the former National Innovation Advisor of South Africa and having held positions as CEO of The Innovation Hub and Director of the CSIR. Comins… Continue reading Science and Technology Park models for Africa
Partnership between Bearing and The Innovation Hub in Pretoria
Across Africa, we witness explosive economic growth. Aggregated real GDP increased by 4.9 percent a year since 2000, which is more than twice its pace in the 1980s and 1990s. Telecom, banking, and retail are flourishing. Construction and infra structure development is booming and private sector investment inflows are surging. Developing from a level of… Continue reading Partnership between Bearing and The Innovation Hub in Pretoria
McLean Sibanda speech at the IASP African Division conference
At the opening of the IASP African Division conference 2014 today, McLean Sibanda, the CEO of The Innovation Hub in Pretoria, South Africa and President of the IASP African Division gave a clear and interesting speech on the need for innovation and the development of science parks and areas of innovation in Africa. Please find… Continue reading McLean Sibanda speech at the IASP African Division conference
EBN TECH CAMP 2013
On the 4th to 6th December 2013, the Bearing team attended the successful EBN (European Business Network) Tech Camp 2013 event in Rovereto, northern Italy. The three day event was organised by EBN for Business & Innovation Centres, Incubators, Accelerators and similar organisations whose clients are new or early-stage companies growing innovative businesses. Providing innovation… Continue reading EBN TECH CAMP 2013
IASP World Conference 2013
The 30th IASP World Conference took place in Recife in Brazil from the 14th to the 17th of October. The theme of the conference was “Science parks shaping new cities”, which is crucial for the future of science and technology parks (STPs) and other areas of innovation. Below is a brief documentary about the event.… Continue reading IASP World Conference 2013
International Association of Science Parks conference in Tallinn 2012
This year the annual conference of the International Association of Science Parks is held in Tallinn, Estonia. Today, participants from a multitude of countries have assembled at the conference center in Swissotel, for a pre-programme seminar. I counted people from 28 countries in the well-attended seminar, whereof a number of people from seven African frontier… Continue reading International Association of Science Parks conference in Tallinn 2012
Third Generation (3G) Innovation Environment
Bearing has gained vast experience from projects world-wide within the area of open innovation environments. The reward for us in this arena is that we are able to contribute to sustainable growth and globalization of both regions, corporations and SMEs. By practicing our well-proven Open Innovation Framework Methodology we help our clients increase their efficiency… Continue reading Third Generation (3G) Innovation Environment