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The Innovation Hub Management CompanyRef: https://www.theinnovationhub.com/index.php/2026/07/10/youth-innovation-summit-2025-2026-gap-innovation-competition-winners-empowering-south-african-entrepreneurs-to-solve-societal-challenges-2-2-2-2-2/

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Source domain: theinnovationhub.com

Collected on 15 July 2026

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What this means

This document is a media statement/news release from The Innovation Hub (Gauteng Provincial Government’s innovation agency) dated 10 July 2026. It reports on the Next Gen Youth Innovation Summit held in Tshwane under the theme “Reset@50: Innovation for Inclusive Growth,” describing discussions and networking between young innovators, investors, policymakers, and ecosystem partners. It also includes background information about The Innovation Hub and brief descriptions of its Demand-Led Open Innovation Programme and a co-creation model within cluster networks.

Facts

Places

City of Tshwane, Gauteng

Reference

https://www.theinnovationhub.com/index.php/2026/07/10/youth-innovation-summit-2025-2026-gap-innovation-competition-winners-empowering-south-african-entrepreneurs-to-solve-societal-challenges-2-2-2-2-2/

Parties

The Innovation Hub (innovation agency

Key Takeaways

  • Document type: media statement/news release
  • Date: 10 July 2026
  • Location: Tshwane, South Africa
  • Event: Next Gen Youth Innovation Summit
  • Theme: “Reset@50: Innovation for Inclusive Growth.”
  • Host: The Innovation Hub (innovation agency of the Gauteng Provincial Government; subsidiary of GGDA)
  • Partnership: Green Youth Network
  • Chairperson quoted: Adv Kgotso Maja, Chairperson of The Innovation Hub Management Company
  • Media contact: Linah Nematandani (Head of Marketing and Communications), The Innovation Hub
  • Programme description: Demand-Led Open Innovation Programme connects solution seekers (private companies, SOEs, government departments) with solution providers (startups, SMMEs, universities, research institutions, private companies)
  • Model description: Co-creation within cluster networks led by a cluster organisation connecting firms, startups, universities, service organisations, venture capital sponsors, and local authorities
  • The Innovation Hub
  • Gauteng Provincial Government
  • Gauteng Growth and Development Agency (GGDA)
  • Green Youth Network
  • Adv Kgotso Maja
  • Linah Nematandani
  • International Association of Science Parks (IASP)
  • Mark Shuttleworth Street (The Innovation Centre address)

Dates

Closing Date

10 July 2026