30 NOVEMBER 2013

PARTNER REPORT

PARTNER REPORT

29 November 2013

ANNOUNCEMENT OF WINNERS & AWARDS EVENT

¡ 400 entries across seven sectors

¡ 160 people attended national awards event

¡ 42 expert judges from across South Africa

¡ 8 winners selected from 35 finalists

¡ Media coverage on CNBC Africa, DSTV, SAFM, online,

print, etc.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS

Phase 1: LAUNCH Launch Event Microsoft HO Bryanston, JHB 22 May 2013

Phase 2: CALL FOR ENTRY Online Partners Network Posters Media 22 May – 30 Sep

Phase 3: ADJUDICATION Online Judging 1 Oct to 30 Oct Panel Interviews Microsoft HO Bryanston, JHB 20 Nov

Phase 4: FINALISTS & WINNERS EVENT Awards Event CSIR, ICC Pretoria 21 Nov

Phase 5: ‘ESCALATOR PROGRAMME’ Winners Post-Competition Accelaration Program Dec 2013 to Mar 2014

22 May to Dec 2013

COMPLETION OF PHASES

¡  The Step-Up Escalator Commercial isation Programme, post competiton phase is focussed on the activation of the winner suppor t of ferings, made avai lable by each par tner.

¡  Where winners and runner-ups have indicated an interest, they are being

introduced to: §  TIA for investment funding aligned to existing programmes e.g Youth Technology

Innovation Fund §  SASOL ChemCity to explore linkages for possible enterprise development §  VC partners for possible investment partnerships §  Enablis and U-Start for annual membership programmes with access to

entreprenurial support and tools §  Microsoft Bizspark Plus for software support §  SAINe’s mentors where an individually customised, structured 6 month mentor

programme will begin §  SABLE for international commercialisation support §  SABTIA for placement at a sector appropriate business incubator

NEXT STEPS

AWARDS EVENT: 21 NOV, CSIR ICC

Registration & Arrival Drinks Programme Director: Tembisa Marele

Excellent Attendance Great Networking Event

CEO Traction: Martin Feinstein

Acting CEO TIA: MkhululiMazibuko SASOL Chemcity GM: Herman Berry

Christina Pinto: Dept. Sci. & Tech.

JUDGES: ONLINE & PANEL JUDGES

¡  Adam Mos te r t , Fe r t i l i ze r Soc i e t y SA ¡  An i ta B urg e r, Techno log y Innova t i on A g ency ¡  C a thy D w yer, S a s o l ¡  Dr Chamunor wa Togo , I nnova t i on Hub ¡  Dar r y l Rose , B us i ness Pa r tne r s ¡  Dr B o i tume lo Smete , I nnova t i on Hub ¡  Dr Dugmore , Ne l son Mande la Met ropo l i t an

Un i ve r s i t y ¡  Dr H C rocket , W i lbe fo rce Commun i t y Co l l ege ¡  Dr i es O e lo fse , Techno logy Innova t i on A gency ¡  Gare th Jane , M i c roso f t ¡  Grant G rey l i ng , Techno logy Innova t i on A gency ¡  Hecto r M ak g a to , Techno log y Innova t i on A g ency ¡  Hed ley M an i com, S aso l ¡  Herman B er r y, S aso l ¡  Joh n A rm st ron g , S aso l ¡  Karen Eks teen , Techno log y Innova t i on A g ency ¡  K h ath u M ash au , K N M C on su l t i n g ¡  L i anne Du To i t , U -S ta r t ¡  Lung i l e S hob a , Techno log y Innova t i on A g ency ¡  M a rc M a t th ew s , S i mp l y N a tu res ¡  M a rc e l Hun t , S a s o l

¡  M a r i n us du P l es s i s , E x x a ro ¡  M i a n a N a ude , M i c ros o f t ¡  M uh a m m ed Ka ra n i , S a s o l ¡  N d i v h uh o R a p h u l u , C S I R ¡  N e l i s h a N a i doo , Tec h n o l og y I n n ova t i on A g en c y ¡  N en a P ruz l j a n i n , S a s o l ¡  N qa n g i M j i m b a , Tec h n o l og y I n n ova t i on A g en c y ¡  Ot to Pep le r O2 , Coach i ng and Consu l t i ng ¡  Pa l es a M a ka n da , E n deavour S A ¡  Pa u l P l a t i n g a , I n n ova t i on Hub ¡  Pawe l Wuz y k , S a s o l ¡  P h em el o B a h o l o , Tec h n o l og y I n n ova t i on A g en c y ¡  Ronn i e Zachar i ah Georg e , U -S ta r t ¡  S ab er i M ara i s , Tech n o l og y I n n ova t i on A g en cy ¡  S ean M oo l m an , C S I R ¡  S h aun C l a rk , Food an d Trees S A ¡  S i ya B ace l a , S as o l ¡  S o l B uz u i den h out , Has s o P l a t tn e r Ven tu res

A f r i ca ¡  T i m N ew m an , Tech n o l og y I n n ova t i on A g en cy ¡  Tony M a l l am , C ap e Ven tu re Pa r tn e r s ¡  Warren La rk i n , M i c roso f t

Panel Judges Deliberating

Panel Judges Briefing Panel Interview in Progress

Outside Demonstration

THE 2013 STEP-UP FINALISTS

¡  In tota l there were 36 entr ies , 1 more than the p lanned 35 ¡  Fol lowing a screening of test and dupl icate entr ies the tota l numbers of entr ies

avai lab le for ad judicat ion was 367 entr ies . ¡  A fa i r l y even d ist r ibut ion of the 3 entr y categor ies were received. ¡  Almost ha l f o f the the f ina l is ts were f rom the Western Cape and a quar ter f rom

Gauteng ¡  The major i ty of the f ina l is ts were male at 87%

FINALIST STATISTICS

Sector!

Chem

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Ener

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Food

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Gre

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Hea

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Bio!

ICT !

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%!

Raw idea 3 1 2 1 1 0 2 10 28%

Idea in Development 2 1 1 3 4 1 2 14 39%

Existing Innovation 0 3 2 1 0 4 2 12 33%

Western Cape" 17 47%

Gauteng" 9 25%

KwaZulu-Natal" 6 17%

Eastern Cape" 1 3%

Mpumalanga" 1 3%

Free State 1 3%

North West 1 3%

Entry breakdown according to sector Provincial Breakdown

C HE M I C AL S : K raa l b os B i o - Hea l th P roduc ts ( Je remy K l aasen ) ¡  K B HP i s deve l op i n g th e p a ten ted Ga l en i a A f r i cana ( k raa lbos ) ex t rac t as a

un i que , m u l t i - f un c t i on a l cosm et i c i n g red i en t comp osed o f a un i que b l en d o f na tu ra l i ng red i en ts tha t de l i ve r s he rba l a t t r i bu tes to pe r sona l ca re p roduc ts as we l l as a b road spec t rum o f an t i m i c rob i a l ac t i v i t y. Deve lop i ng new cosmet i c fo rmu la t i ons by rep lac i ng chemi ca l p rese r va t i ves w i th i ng red i en ts w i th b ota n i c a l a n t i m i c rob i a l p rop er t i es i s b ec om i n g a l s o a key rou te to deve lop se l f - p rese r v i ng cosmet i cs . T he k raa lb os ex t rac t the re fo re p rov i des i nnova t i ve func t i ona l i ng red i en ts w i th sub s tan t i a l b ene f i t s to manufac tu re r s and to end -use r s when compared w i th ex i s t i ng i ng red i en ts . Ga len i a A f r i cana g row s p redom i n a n t l y on c om m un a l l a n d i n th e S uc c u l en t Ka roo b i om e i n th e N or th e rn a n d Wes te rn C a p e . I t c a n p rov i de a va l ua b l e s up p l em en t to fa rm er i ncomes .

  ENERGY: De l ta S team Sys tems ( B r yan Ander son & Jacques Ve r wey ) ¡  T h e De l ta Ven tu r i S team Trap i s a techno log i ca l l y advanced dev i ce tha t i s

ab le to remove wate r f rom a s team sys tem wh i l e keep i ng the h i gh -p ressu re s team i n the s ys tem, w i thou t the use o f mov i ng pa r t s . T he De l ta uses the en erg y i n th e h ot wa te r th a t i t i s e j ec t i n g , as i t ' f l ash es ' i n to s team , to res t r i c t the s team f rom escap i ng and a l l ow i ng the s ys tem to rema i n d r y and e f f i c i en t . T h e D e l ta s team t rap i s m ore comp ac t th an conven t i on a l s team t rap s and , w i th a l i fe exp ec tancy i n excess o f 2 0 yea r s , the De l ta s team t rap o f fe r s d i s t i n c t advan tag es .

WINNER: CHEMICALS & ENERGY

HEALT H AN D B IOT EC HN OLOGY – JO IN T W IN N ERS : Advanced A f fo rdab le P ros th et i c s ( D rew va n de r R i e t ) ¡  T h i s con cep t seek s to b r i n g th e l a tes t i n n ova t i on s i n research to th e f i e l d

o f up p er l i m b e l ec t romyog rap hy ( EM G ) p ros th et i cs . N ew sen sor y feedb ack tech n o l og y i s un der deve l op m en t th a t w i l l r es to re th e sen se o f touch to th e weare r o f the p ros thes i s . Sensor y res to ra t i on i s l ack i ng i n con tempora r y p ros th et i c s a n d c a n g rea t l y i mp rove th e p ros th et i c ex p er i en c e o f th e amputees . W i th a sense o f touch , the amputee can ho ld de l i ca te ob jec ts more ca re fu l l y, w i thou t b reak i ng o r d ropp i ng them. A new con t ro l s ys tem i s a l so under deve lopment wh i ch w i l l i mprove the amputee ’s ab i l i t y to use the EMG con t ro l l ed p ros thes i s . Advances i n manufac tu r i ng techno logy a l l ow ou r p rop os ed up p er l i m b p ros th es es to b e m a n ufa c tu red fo r l es s , w h i l e g rea t l y en h an c i n g b od i l y fun c t i on a l i t y an d m ob i l i t y.

  HEALT H AN D B IOT EC HN OLOGY – JO IN T W IN N ERS : B B Unb ra i d S p ray ( Xo l i swa M a l i n g a & M a l eg o l a M oh l a l a ) ¡  T h e Un b ra i d S p ray b i och em i ca l l y b reak s dow n th e sy n th et i c p o l y m er used to

manufac tu re a r t i f i c i a l ha i r used fo r b ra i d i ng o f ha i r. Unbra i d Sp ray de tang les b ra i ds f rom your ha i r w i th i n m i nu tes , sav i ng t i me , p a i n and cos ts . T he ac t i ve i ng red i en t man i pu la tes the p roper t i es o f the s yn thet i c p o l y m er c a us i n g i t to ex p a n d ; th i s ex p a n s i on deta n g l es th e s y n th et i c p o l y m er f rom on e ’ s n a tu ra l h a i r, w h i c h en a b l es on e to l i te ra l l y p u l l dow n the b ra i ds away f rom ones ha i r. B B Unb ra i d S p ray has b een fo rmu la ted w i th a p ro tec t i ve l aye r wh i ch cove r s the s t rands o f you r na tu ra l ha i r, p reven t i ng b i oc h em i c a l da m a g e . B B Un b ra i d s p ray b r i n g s a s o l u t i on to h our s s p en t manua l l y tak i ng o f f b ra i ds .

WINNER: HEALTH & BIOTECHNOLOGY

GREEN ENV IRONMENT: I n te r l oop G loba l ( M i chae l Su t tne r ) ¡  T h e L i g h t i e™ i s an ex t reme l y e f f i c i en t p a ten t -p end i ng tes t - tub e shap ed

so la r powered l i gh t bu lb tha t has been des i gned to f i t i n to a s tandard PET soda bot t l e , conve r t i ng the bot t l e i n to a mu l t i - f unc t i ona l so la r powered lan te rn/ task l i gh t . The L i gh t i e™ a i ms to be a comp le te rep lacement so lu t i on to pa ra f f i n based l i gh t i ng i n A f r i ca and the deve lop i ng wor ld , w h ere eve r y yea r f um es a n d f i res f rom p a ra f f i n l a mp s a n d s toves k i l l app rox i mate l y 1 .5 m i l l i on peop le . T he L i gh t i e™ o f fe r s the same a f fo rdab i l i t y and ava i l ab i l i t y as pa ra f f i n , bu t has c lea r bene f i t s ; l ess shack f i r es , no ca rbon emi ss i ons , be t te r hea l th , i mproved educa t i on , and sav i ngs o f up to 2 0 % o r m ore p e r m on th . T h e L i g h t i e™ w i l l l i g h t up h om es , sch oo l s & h ea l th c l i n i cs w i th c lean , a f fo rdab le and f ree l y ava i l ab le l i gh t f rom the sun .

FOOD AN D AGRICULT URE : B i o Research and Deve lop ment C C ( Ame l i a Ramper sad ) ¡  F l ypot i s a f l y t rap equ i pped w i th spec i a l b i o -eng i neered ba i t des i gned to

a t t rac t f l y spec i es ( spec i f i ca l l y the fema le f l y ) common i n ag r i cu l tu ra l a reas , i nc lud i ng house f l i es , fa l se s tab le f l i es , b low f l i es , b lue and g reen b ot t l e f l i es , f l es h f l i es , fa c e f l i es a n d m a ny o th e r s . T h e t ra p h a s a f u l l y sea lab le mechan i sm fo r hyg i en i c d i sposa l . I t con ta i ns a spec i a l l y fo rmu la ted , non - tox i c g ranu la r b i o log i ca l a t t rac tan t tha t i s ac t i va ted by warm wate r. Lu red by the scen t , f l i es en te r th rough the pa ten ted sea lab le tu r re t / cap . W hen i ns i de the t rap , the f l i es b ecome con ta i ned and cannot escap e . On ce th e t rap i s fu l l , t h e tu r re t i s t i g h t l y sea l ed an d th e t rap d i sp osed on re fuse remova l day.

WINNERS: GREEN AND FOOD & AGRI

M I N I N G AN D M AN U FAC T U R I N G: C S R- A f r i c a Ta n k Rep a i r s C C ( I s m a e l Ha s s en & Rashaad Musa ) ¡  T h e B i tu -B ox i s a mob i l e s to rage o r t ranspor t un i t fo r bu lk b i tumen w i th an

i n teg ra ted hea t i ng s ys tem tha t o f fe r s d i s t i nc t advan tag es ove r the conven t i ona l d rum. T h i s des i gn a l so has a l i fe span o f 7 yea r s ve r sus d rums tha t can on l y b e used once -o f f , and i t a l l ow s fo r fas te r dep ot tu rna round t i mes w i th l ess l ab our. I t a l so e l i m i na tes env i ronmenta l a i r p o l l u t i on due to h a z a rdous f um es . T h i s un i t c a n a l s o b e us ed a s temp ora r y s to rage fac i l i t y fo r pe t ro leum o r l og i s t i c compan i es to a l l ow them eas i e r access to . T he un i t s have been approved to be t ranspor ted by sea , road and ra i l . I t was des i gned to comp l y w i th i n te rna t i ona l des i gn codes IMDG, ADR and AS M E V I I I d i v 1 .

  INFORMAT ION AND COMMUNICAT ION TECHNOLOGIES : S tead i d ron e ( P t y ) L td ( Duran & A lexa de V i l l i e r s ) ¡  S tead i D ron e i s an un m an n ed ae r i a l veh i c l e m an ufac tu re r s p ec i a l i z i n g i n

advanced ae r i a l photog raphy, HD f i lm i ng and ae r i a l i mag i ng p la t fo rms fo r the commerc i a l , i ndus t r i a l and f i lm i ndus t r i es . T he “d rones” comb i ne i nnova t i ve des i g n , con t ro l techno log y and ve r sa t i l i t y, i nc lud i ng b e i ng supp l i ed i n k i t fo rm, and we a re a l ready expo r t i ng to seve ra l i n te rna t i ona l markets .

WINNERS: MIN. & MAN AND ICT

PUBLICITY AS AT 29 NOV 2013 #" Date! Venue! Media Item! Show / Publication!

PRE-EVENT INTERVIEWS COMPLETED"

1" 20-Nov" Live broadcast" Interviewed Acublot (Johan) and Flypot (Amelia) telephonically" Safm Afternoon Drive - Khanyi Magubane"

2" 21-Nov" Online article published" Interviewed Martin & published pre-Award article" itWeb"

EVENT ATTENDANCE & INTERVIEWS"3" 21-Nov" Attended" Interviewed various & winners SteadiDrone for focus story to include U-Start sponsorship" Engineering IT "

4" 21-Nov" Attended" Interviewed 2 judges, organisers, winners & 12 finalists (producer, presenter & 3-man crew) " Good Morning Africa (DSTV 154: 7-8am & 12:30-13:30)"

5" 21-Nov" Attended" Interviewed sponsors" World Wide Worx"

6" 21-Nov" Attended" Interviewed winners, judges & Desi (presenter & cameraman)" ABN Digital Tech @ Work Show (DSTV Channel 410) "

7" 21-Nov" Attended" Interviewed sponsors and 2-3 winners" Engineering News "

8" 21-Nov" Attended" Interviewed Todpod (Jared); Deskbag (Yusuf); i-fileme (Jannes); Brilliant Skincare (Wendy); Solar Incidence (Deon) & a judge"

Beeld; Die Burger; Volksblad (Art, Leisure & Lifestyle)"

9" 21-Nov" Attended" Interviewed sponsors and 2-3 winners" EE Publishers / Vector"POST-EVENT COVERAGE CONFIRMED"

10"22-Nov" IT-online Article published" http://www.it-online.co.za/2013/11/22/innovators-step-up-to-the-challenge/" IT-Online"

11"22-Nov" Itweb Article published"

http://www.itweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=69198:Tech-winners-announced-today&catid=106 " Article will remain on itWeb online."

12"22-Nov" SUASnews Article published"

http://www.suasnews.com/2013/11/26128/steadidrone-wins-2013-step-up-technology-innovation-awards/"

Article will remain on Suasnews online before archiving for 1 month."

13"22-Nov" MyPR Article published" http://mypr.co.za/2013/11/sas-innovative-tech-innovators-2013-announced/" Article will remain on MyPR nationally

online before archiving for 1 month."

14"22-Nov" Live broadcast! In-studio interview for 2 BB Un-braid Spray partners on Siki Mgabadeli's Show (they will thank sponsors)" Power FM"

15"26-Nov" Live broadcast! Interview with Martin Feinstein: Grooming Young Entrepreneurs / Step-Up Cape Town studio link-up w Awards footage"

CNBC Africa Innovate Africa Show (Channel 410)"

16"26-Nov" Gadget Article published" http://www.gadget.co.za/pebble.asp?relid=7337 " Article will remain on Gadget online."

17"26-Nov" MSN Article published"

http://gadget.tech.howzit.msn.com/pebble.asp?relid=7337&p=4&Local%20drone%20wins%20big%20in%20%91Innovation%20Idols%92%20contest"

Article will remain on MSN Search web site before archiving for 1 month."

18"21-27 Nov" In studio" 21 Finalist interviews set up - all will be broadcast (Soji will send us a schedule!)" DSTV (Good Morning Africa)"19"27-Nov" Live telephonic" Interview with Martin Feinstein" Kovsie FM (UFS) Brunch Show"20"28-Nov" Live telephonic" Interview with Desi Nair, Johan Nortje (Acublot) & Xoliswa Malinga (BB Un-Braid Spray)" UNISA Radio"21"25-Nov" Print article" Requested embargoed winners' release" Business Day"22"27-Nov" Online article" Post-Award article to be published " biz-community.com"23"Dec'13" Print article" Post-Award interviews with winners" Brainstorm"24"Dec'13" Print article" Lifestyle feature: selected finalist profiles" You/Huisgenoot magazines"25"Dec'13" Print article" Post-Award article to be published - release & photo from Awards" Popular Mechanics"

AWARDS PUBLICITY ROUND-UP AS AT 29 NOV 2013

FET College Partner Lead Sponsors

Venture Capital Partners

Online Partner South African Network Partner

Software Enabing Partner

Mentorship Partner

SPONSORS AND PARTNERS

Global Knowledge Partner

Prize Partner

Incubation Linkage Partner

ICT Prize Partner

Business Development Partner

Piloting the Step-Up Technology Innovation Competition was not possible without supportive sponsors and par tners like yourselves. We thank you for the par tnering on the 2013 Step-Up in 2013 to bring this competition to life. We will be engaging each partner individually to introduce winners and finalists and activate the Step-Up par tner of ferings. 2014 promises to be bigger and better together.

THANK YOU

For more competition information, finalist profiles, awards programme, photographs from the awards, press realease, etc. go to: www.step-up.org.za