How waste can be a valuable commodity thanks to innovation
“Africa is the continent where the big challenges facing the world will be solved. This is also the continent where the destiny of humankind will be resolved as the Global North has pretty much ...
New competition aims to turn waste into opportunity and something of value
South Africa generates between 110 to 125 million tonnes of waste annually, of which 2.5 million tonnes is plastic waste, with a mere 10% recycled or recovered. A first-of-its-kind Mr Price Foundation x EDHE ...
Entrepreneurship high performers excel as universities’ senior leaders
At the annual Entrepreneurship Development in Higher Education (EDHE) National Awards event on 26 November, 2025, the EDHE Director, Dr Edwell Gumbo, paid tribute to university Vice Chancellors (VCs), Deputy Vice Chancellors (DVCs), Executive ...
BizYouth – It starts with a seed
At Nelson Mandela University, tertiary education, employability and entrepreneurship go hand in hand to prepare all students with the self-starter mindset that defines entrepreneurialism. The Mandela University Africa Hub was established in 2024 to ...
The 2024 Studentpreneur of the Year’s life one year on – he’s now a CEO with global collaborations
The last time Emmanuel Kiyonga was on the EDHE Entrepreneurship Intervarsity Awards stage, he was a student. Now the dynamic 29-year-old is the CEO of his own company, Emmaceutics, taking the pharmaceutical world by ...
The SA Innovator of the Year is set to save the lives of HIV-infected children
An estimated 75,000 children (aged 0-14) died from AIDS-related causes in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2024, according to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) statistics. The figures show that ...