GCIP-SA Gala Dinner 2015

Biomass.Market™ Investor Pitch

GCIP-SA 2015 Finalist Presentations

The SA chapter of the Global Cleantech Innovation Program offered the finalists (top ten cleantech innovations of 2015) an opportunity of a tech demo to dignitaries and invited guests from academia, finance, government and industry.

Rocket fuel was already made from a corncob in 1948! .. and the same process can be used today to turn biomass into fuels, chemicals, plastics, etc.!

Biomass.Market: Connecting Farmers and Biorefiners

HE Naledi Pandor (Minister of Science & Technology, South Africa)

Representatives of the The Top Ten South African Cleantech Innovation in 2015: with HE

2015 Exhibition

Presenting the business to the dignitaries and guests.

r-l: Dr. Mohamed Eisa (Director of UNIDO Regional Office, South Africa), HE Naledi Pandor (Minister of Science & Technology, South Africa), Philipp. Steiner (Cob.Trade Team: Biomass.Market Project) and Gerswynn Mckuur (National Project Manager at Technology Innovation Agency)

Cob.Trade Stand

The Decor & Event Organisation

The 2015 GCIP-SA Gala Dinner and Award Ceremony was a green and sustainable event.

Heritage Eco Events evaluate the environmental and sustainability elements and confirmed that GCIP-SA 2015 has achieved the prescribed standards for a Green Event (Gold Class). A total performance score of 89.6% has been achieved.

Click here for the program.

The Host

Cleantech SA (@CleantechSA) is a chapter of the Global Cleantech Innovation Programme (GCIP) for SMEs and start-ups. It is a global initiative with the goal of promoting clean technology innovation and supporting Small and Medium-size Enterprises (SMEs) and start-ups. The GCIP is a United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF) initiative, hosted and jointly implemented in South Africa by the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA).Based on the successful Cleantech Open Accelerator, the initiative aims to spur local innovations in energy efficiency, renewable energy, waste beneficiation, and water efficiency; maximising every participant’s chances of being successful in the programme and raising their probability of achieving sustainable commercial success.