Results for “SA Innovation Summit”

SA Innovation Summit: 2019 Winetech Pitching Den Winners

The top 15 Winetech Pitching Den finalists delivered their pitches at the 2019 SA Innovation Summit on Thursday 12 September. Attracting entrepreneurs from Afri

By Anton Pretorius · 3 min read

Winetech and SA Innovation Summit launch agritech startup competition

Wine industry body, Winetech and Africa’s biggest start-up event, the SA Innovation Summit, have launched a competition for agritech start-ups.

By Anton Pretorius · 3 min read

Winetech Pitching Den winner to compete in the Africa Cup

The SA Innovation Summit, Africa’s biggest start-up event, has announced that the winner of the Winetech Pitching Den will gain automatic entry to the finals of

By Anton Pretorius · 2 min read

South Africa Wine Summit 2025 | LEAD THE FUTURE | AFTER MOVIE

The South Africa Wine Summit 2025, held at the Stellenbosch University Conservatory, brought together industry leaders, experts, and innovators to shape the future of South African wine. With a focus on authentic storytelling, sustainability, and innovation, the summit addressed the evolving…

Future Agro Challenge

Securing Water for Food (SWFF) is a programme developed to help farmers around the world grow more food using less water, enhance water storage and improve the use of saline water and soil to produce food.

By Bernard Mocke · 2 min read

Ask-Jean victorious in first-ever SA Wine Industry Innovation Challenge

The winner of the inaugural South Africa Wine Industry Innovation Challenge is Jan Thomas and his team from Ask-Jean, with a winning concept of an app which inn

By Anton Pretorius · 4 min read

AfCFTA: Free trade game changer for Africa

Africa is quietly piecing together the world’s largest free trade zone, which could be a real gamechanger for the continent. But what does it mean for wine expo

By Anton Pretorius · 3 min read

Industry barometer: How producers really feel about the state of the grape wine industry

How do producers feel about the current state of the industry? Anton Pretorius spoke to leading grape producers to gauge their sentiment.

By Anton Pretorius · 6 min read

Winetech panel discussion: Tech key to beating climate change

The Innovation Summit, held at the Cape Town Stadium last month, provided the perfect platform for Winetech to host a panel discussion on the impact of climate

By Anton Pretorius · 7 min read

Winetech vine and wine innovation watch: Fighting vineyard pathogens with UV light

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By Lucinda Heyns · 4 min read

Make most of rising Chenin love, says Ken Forrester

“Many of the finest and (now) most admired South African wines are based on Chenin Blanc,” says influential UK critic Jancis Robinson MW. She also highlights th

By SA Wine Industry · 5 min read

Crop Science Innovation Summit 2023: Bayer sees more than doubling of accessible markets and potential to shape regenerative agriculture on more than 400 million acres

Bayer announced on 20 June that its Crop Science Division will capitalize on opportunities presented by the shift to regenerative agriculture to grow in adjacent markets in addition to its core business of seeds, traits, crop protection and digital.

By SA Wine Industry · 9 min read