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It has been a very busy year for the young Kaveto Tjatjara, founder of Worldview Technologies a social enterprise that is working on providing innovative solutions for sanitation problems in Namibia.

One year down the line, we catch up with Phillip Sellwe, of Bayon Holdings, who is the brain behind the invention of a Pollution Free Power Generator.

SAIS 2 aims to be a platform connecting innovation ecosystems and harnessing the power of open knowledge-sharing among organizations supporting entrepreneurship in Southern Africa.

Connected Hubs is a network of Southern African innovation support organisations from Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, the broader SADC region and beyond. With linkages to international innovation ecosystems and a shared goal to enable and facilitate the development of early stage entrepreneurs, the network has embarked upon a journey to collaborate to share best practises.

Innovation is increasingly recognised as a key driver socio-economic development and countries across the globe have or are developing specific innovation policies that span international, regional and national borders.

The Botswana Innovation Hub,’s (BIH) First Steps Venture Technology Incubator (FSVC) traveled to Windhoek, for the Namibian Start-Up Festival on the invitation of the Southern Africa Innovation Support Programme (SAIS) & FabLab Namibia

SAIS in partnership with Slush will be working on bridging Southern African and Finnish ecosystems.

SAIS and Connected Hubs is excited to host a dynamic event at the SA Innovation Summit on 12 September 2018 - save the date!

organisations, five Southern African countries. What could happen if true collaboration existed across borders?