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From startup to standout
25 September 2025 SMME Cluster

From startup to standout
Picture shows: MC and panel moderator Fred Roed of Heavy Chef speaks with Andrew Smith, one of the co-founders of Yuppiechef and, more recently Brave Hardy; and Arie Fabian of...
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What customers really want
15 September 2025 SMME Cluster

What customers really want
Picture shows (l to r): Hannah Lavery of the Hannah Lavery brand; Erica Elk of CDI, Henry Mathys of the V&A; Elektra Georgiadis of Earth Age; Harmonie Mbunga of UDO...
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Zero waste: how might we get there (or thereabouts)?
21 August 2025 Featured Posts, Ocean Cluster

Zero waste: how might we get there (or thereabouts)?
[Picture shows, left to right: Roberto de Carvalho, Petro Myburgh, Zukiswa Pikoli, Melanie Ludwig and Alison Evans on the podium at Maker’s Landing] This is human nature: we see “free”...
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Putting the ‘oh’ into Zero Waste
7 August 2025 Featured Posts, Food Cluster

Putting the ‘oh’ into Zero Waste
Zero waste sounds daunting. What, for example, can you do with your olds sports kit when it wears thin? The shell after you’ve squeezed an orange? The cork from your...
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Sustainable seafood: looking square at the barriers (and finding solutions)
7 July 2025 Featured Posts, Food Cluster, Ocean Cluster

Sustainable seafood: looking square at the barriers (and finding solutions)
In South Africa’s waters, says Dr Judy Mann of the Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation, more than 2 000 species of marine fish can be found. Around 320 of these (16%)...
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CIRCULAR INNOVATION CHALLENGE 2025
3 July 2025 Uncategorized

CIRCULAR INNOVATION CHALLENGE 2025
With the support of the V&A Waterfront,  SOLVE@Waterfront is calling for innovative solutions to address waste challenges in Southern Africa through circular principles.  The Circular Innovation Challenge 2025 seeks to promote...
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27 November 2024 Featured Posts, Food Cluster

Sustainable seafood: making things possible
There are, after all, not so many fish in the sea, says Michael Farquar, CEO of the Two Oceans Aquarium. We have hopelessly mismanaged the ocean and its resources. But...
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4 November 2024 Uncategorized

Meet the winner of our Circular Innovation Challenge
We are pleased to announce that eWaste Africa is the winner of our Circular Innovation Challenge for 2024. EWaste Africa is a 10-year-old Maritzburg-based business which provides solutions for difficult-to-dispose-of...
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CIRCULAR INNOVATION CHALLENGE 2024
8 August 2024 Uncategorized

CIRCULAR INNOVATION CHALLENGE 2024
With the support of the V&A Waterfront,  SOLVE@Waterfront and the Vikāra Institute, we are calling for innovative solutions to address waste challenges in Southern Africa through circular principles.  The Circular...
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LET US MESMERISE YOU
17 April 2024 Ocean Cluster

LET US MESMERISE YOU
“The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science.” – Albert Einstein, from...
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