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BioCiTi’s incubatee, Biotikum is sustainably improving the agricultural industry in South Africa!

CiTi sees enormous potential in biotechnology as a technology that is able to do good and make a positive impact on people’s lives. The African continent has experienced nascent activity in biotech, but not many of the ideas or products are coming to fruition in a commercial sense and from a perspective of being able to take it to market or to scale. BioCiTi, established by CiTi in 2019, is a specialised biotech incubator that provides African entrepreneurs with a platform where science, business and investment can come together.

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BioCiTi Labs is proud to announce that one of our incubatees, Biotikum, has been nominated as a Falling Walls Venture Finalist.

The Cape Innovation and Technology Initiative in partnership with BioCiTi would like to congratulate Biotikum for being nominated as a Falling Walls Venture finalist. Falling Walls Venture is a global platform for the most promising science start-ups nominated by academic institutions from across the world. The format provides a stage for pioneering founders who have successfully turned science into business, proving how entrepreneurial solutions can help solve today’s most pressing challenges.

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Stellenbosch University churns out tech-based spinout companies

During 2020, and despite the lockdown period, Stellenbosch University’s (SU’s) technology transfer team, Innovus, established and welcomed five new spinout companies.

The team also raised a total investment of R26 million for Stellenbosch University projects and spinout companies during the lockdown period, with all staff members operating from their virtual offices.

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Five new spinouts in lockdown for SU Enterprises

During 2020, and despite the lockdown period, Stellenbosch University’s (SU) technology transfer team, Innovus, established and welcomed five new spinout companies. The team also raised a total investment of R26 million for Stellenbosch University projects and spinout companies during the lockdown period with all staff members operating from their virtual offices

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Swapping probiotics for antibiotics: how it could be a game changer for chickens, and us

In 1928, microbiologist Alexander Fleming’s discovery of penicillin was hailed as a scientific breakthrough. In the nearly 100 years since then, scientists have discovered numerous other antibiotics that have saved billions of lives. However, bacteria have become increasingly resistant to these treatments. There are two reasons for this: the overuse and misuse of antibiotics by humans, and the introduction of antibiotics to agriculture.

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