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Ride green, ride easy, ride matie: Celebrating World Bicycle Day with Matie Bike

Stellenbosch University’s (SU’s) Transport Services Department continues to contribute to this global focus through the Matie Bike initiative, which supports...
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CEO - Nirode - Testimonial

Leading Through Challenges and Innovation: Nirode Bramdaw and African Sun Media’s Journey

African Sun Media is rooted in Africa, where it has grown into an integrated media group with three subdivisions: Create, Print and Publish. Managing Director...

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CEO - Anna-mart - Testimonial

Phytopharmaceutical Spin-out aims to Provide Affordable Healthcare to Local Communities

Prof. Anna-Mart Engelbrecht, CEO and Co-founder of Phyenti, established the company in March 2022, with a group of other female researchers at SU. Prior to...

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CEO - Ranel - Testimonial

Banzifeet – Embracing Barefoot Culture for Healthy Foot Development

Banzifeet is a novel South African company that is focused on improving the foot development of school-shoe wearing scholars by collaborating with school shoe...

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CEO - Adriaan - Testimonial

From Academia to Entrepreneurship: The Journey of GeoSmart Space Pty. Ltd.

What would motivate a full-time professor to start a university spinout company? For Prof. Adriaan van Niekerk, Director of the Centre for Geographical Analysis...

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CEO - Riaan - Testimonial

The Role of SU’s GeoSun in Advancing South Africa’s Solar Industry

In 2011, the South African government launched the Renewable Energy Independent Power Procurement Programme (RE-IPPP) which propelled the development of various...

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CEO - Tara Southey - Testimonial

Innovation and entrepreneurship

SU Researcher is Pioneering Sustainable Agriculture through Climate Mitigation

CEO and founder of Terraclim, Dr Tara Southey has combined her love for nature, wine typicity, and research to build a career path that supports the...

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