Name | Time | About |
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30min | The Postgraduate Diploma in the field of Innovation and Entrepreneurship is tailored to enable researchers and aspirant entrepreneurs to innovate and fast-track ideas to market by teaching them how to plan, build, protect, and monetise innovation. In this dynamic programme, students will acquire all the essential skills to make a success of technical innovation within a university research context, combined with entrepreneurship. Led by the Wits Innovation Centre, and situated in a vibrant inter-disciplinary environment, the course is taught by leading experts from the Faculties of Science, Engineering, Wits Business School, and the Wits School of Business Sciences. | |
60min | The 𝐌𝐳𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 is tech startup support program in collaboration with the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA). See the top three projects battle it out for a cash prize! Tshimologong Precinct has worked with 10 tech start-ups who have a working prototype and a valid revenue model. The startups went through an intense 12-week acceleration program which prepared that the start-ups for investment. | |
60min | Digital Lab Africa (DLA) is the first mentorship and incubation program dedicated to innovative creative and digital content in Africa. The very idea of DLA is to offer emerging talents a springboard to fast-track their project’s development, with the support and expertise of DLA creative industries ecosystems in France and in Sub-Saharan African countries. It has incubated 48 projects since 2016. Digital Lab Africa has developed a large network in the French and Pan-African market and has continued to grow by offering an exclusive global mentorship programme that gives creatives access to experienced mentors, experts and studios from around the world. | |
30min | Our annual Video Game Jamz will showcase its top three projects for contention to win cash prizes and value in kind up to the value of over half a million rand. |
AFD Opening Pitches
Mzansi Tech (3 people)
- 2:00-2:05 INTRO
- Mzansi Tech (3 people)
- 2:30pm-3PM: DLA Acceleration Animation (4x)
- DLA Jury: Chloe (XR), Francis
- 3-4pm - WITS PGDip Pitches (in person) 3 people
- 3-4pm: JAMZ Video Game Pitches
- DLA Bootcamp - Animation / Video Games / XR
- DLA Acceleration + Bootcamp, RTA, DFM (Appoint production/producer for the pitches)