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i-Gym Activities 2021:

Entrepreneurship Development Programme

(EDP) 2021

The i-GYM invites you to the following 2021 EDP workshops.

Students, staff and entrepreneurs and members of the community who sign up for this opportunity, will receive guidance, advice and mentoring from experts.

i-GYM EDP Workshop 6

You are invited to a Zoom meeting.

Topic: Workshop 6: Legal Aspects to Comply with

Date: Friday 23 July 2021at 11:00am - 1pm SA Standard Time

https://protect-za.mimecast.com/s/k7eDCj2JgKCYWjmjIW_PMf?domain=cut-fs.zoom.us

i-GYM EDP Workshop 7

You are invited to a Zoom meeting.

Topic: Workshop 7: Legal Management

Date: Friday 30 July 2021at 11:00am - 1pm SA Standard Time

https://cut-fs.zoom.us/j/98857082604?pwd=MXBKQnlrT28vRmRsc1NnZ2dsUE5DZz09

i-GYM EDP Workshop 8

You are invited to a Zoom meeting.

Topic: Workshop 8: Strategic Management (How to Strategize and Outrun your Competitory)

Date: Friday 13 August 2021at 11:00am - 1pm SA Standard Time

https://cut-fs.zoom.us/j/91877600491?pwd=VU5wUXpzaCtGYjkrRHFkQ3Q4N3c0dz09 

i-GYM EDP Workshop 5

Topic: Workshop 5: Financial Management (Cash Projections)

Date: Friday 25 June 2021at 11:00am - 1pm SA Standard Time

i-GYM EDP Workshop 4

When: May 21, 2021 11:00 Harare, Pretoria

Topic: Workshop 4: Management (include all facets of management for a small business)

i-GYM EDP Workshop 3

When: 7 May 2021, 2021 11:00 Harare, Pretoria

Topic: Environment Scan (Macro, Market & Micro)

i-GYM EDP Workshop 2

When: Apr 16, 2021 11:00 Harare, Pretoria

Topic: EDP Workshop 2

 i-GYM EDP Workshop 1 Repeat

When: Apr 23, 2021 11:00 Harare, Pretoria

Topic: Workshop 1 Repeat

                                                                              i-GYM and CUT Faculty Ideation  

                                                                    Training Workshop - 31 March 2021

                                                                     Facilitated by PDTS

Topic: i-GYM Ideation Training Workshop

When: Mar 31, 2021 10:00 Harare, Pretoria

 Program

10:00 am - 10.10: Introduction - Presentation: Interfaculty Ideation & Virtual reality tools - Company EON  - Dr Ben Kotze

10.10 am - 11.00 Training - Facilitator: Mr Allan Kinnear: What is Ideation?

Innovations for those living with Special Needs

Innovate a service or product that will contribute towards improving the quality of life of those living with special needs:

There are four major types of special needs: Physical – muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, chronic asthma, epilepsy, etc.

        Developmental – down syndrome, autism, dyslexia, processing disorders

        Behavioral/Emotional – ADD, bi-polar, oppositional defiance disorder, etc.

        Sensory Impaired – Blind, visually impaired, deaf, limited hearing

11.00 – 11.10 FabLab (Makerspace), CUTis

11.10 – 11.20 Assignments & launch of i-GYM Challenge - Drs Erasmus & Conradie

11.20 - 12.40 Practical ideation session in breakaway groups - Facilitator Mr Allan Kinnear

12.40 – 13.00 Q & A session & Photo Opportunity & Note of Thanks

CUT: turning job seekers into job creators

Education in innovation and entrepreneurship has become part of Universities of Technologies (UoTs) with the aim of turning more graduates from job seekers into job creators.

The Idea Generator was officially launched on 31 March 2017, with the intention of introducing a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship among the CUT community.

The Idea Generator offers a developmental hub where students, staff as well as the public, with the assistance of experts and lecturers develop their innovative ideas, projects and products into products that can be commercialised.

Innovative Ideas are the pipeline to CUT units such as PDTS, CRPM, FabLab, CUTis and the Technology Transfer Office, who are leaders in prototyping, research and business development.

The IdeaGym supports Research Unit for Evolvable and Manumation Systems (RGEMS) in their Sasol Solar Challenge.

     Information on the specialized services that CUTis has to offer:

The Idea Generator Unit, known as i-GYM, offers a developmental hub where students, staff as well as the public, with the assistance of experts and lecturers developed their innovative ideas & projects with aim to commercialize. Innovative ideas, advanced and posted at the i-GYM via hosted challenges and events, where networking is also facilitated with industry, are pipelined for concretization at FabLab, PDTS, CRPM and TTO. The training component of i-GYM functions are done with workshops, webinars and entrepreneurship development programs collaborating with faculties and units. On campus infrastructure comprise of an i-GYM or idea-GYM (a converted gymnasium hall) equipped to host events with state-of-the-art audio- visual equipment, suitable to host workshops and events. https://www.cut.ac.za/idea-generator.

PDTS: https://www.cut.ac.za/pdts

Technology Transfer Office (TTO): https://www.cut.ac.za/tto

FabLab (Makers Space): https://www.cut.ac.za/fablab

CUT Innovation Services https://www.cut.ac.za/cutis:

Other CUT Services Offered:

CRPM Centre for Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing (CRPM).

CRPM: https://www.cut.ac.za/crpm

Information Share

South Africa’s Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Map

A survey of the support available for entrepreneurs in South Africa was undertaken by the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) South Africa chapter in 2015. This infographic below highlights the updated 2017 version of the key findings with interactive buttons to provide a more detailed overview of the support available.

Success Stories

• Through its i-GYM facility, the Central University of Technology has created an entrepreneurial buzz on campus
• CUT Masters student flourish as dedicated start-up entrepreneur in Hydro-IT

Contact us

E-mail us your ideas: ideagenerator@cut.ac.za