The first annual Open House has outdoored four Small and Medium Scale Enterprises and their machines developed through the Design & Technology Institute (DTI) Community Innovation Project.
The Community Innovation Project is an acceleration program designed to provide student-led enterprises with the tools, funding, and support they need to bring their business ideas or products to market and scale in agriculture, water and sanitation, plastics recycling, e-waste, and other sectors of the economy.
The programme encourages participants to take a fresh look at problems in their community and identify new areas of business opportunity through coaching and market research. A portfolio of innovative start-ups is then created, incubated and supported with seed capital, business development services, market access, and a makerspace as the innovations progress from ideation to sustainable…
