Saldanha Bay, A Zone Dedicated to Serving The Oil & Gas Industry in South Africa
The largest and deepest natural port in the Southern Hemisphere.
Wines of South Africa (WOSA) – Strategy
“Our strategy is to go into these markets and highlight these higher-tier wines, showing the unique styles and varietals we have to offer,” says Siobhan Thompson, CEO of Wines of South Africa (WOSA).
Wines of South Africa: Exports of South African Higher-tier Wines
“Exports actually spiked in 2013 because South Africa had a lot of wine to offer the world at a time when it had low supplies due to various factors such as droughts and fires,” explains Siobhan Thompson, CEO of Wines of South Africa (WOSA).
National Health Insurance Scheme in South Africa – Commentary by CapeRay
“I think the government’s biggest challenge is going to be funding it adequately. Do we have the tax base in this country to fund such a program?” asks Dr Kit Vaughan, CEO of CapeRay.
Medical Technology in South Africa: Competitive Advantages
“There are people with good ideas; here in the Western Cape we have four institutions of higher learning, each of which has an engineering faculty and two of them have medical faculties and so in the medical device space there is every opportunity for new products to be developed,” says Dr Kit Vaughan, CEO of CapeRay.
Medical Equipment Manufacturing in South Africa
“I write a weekly blog about various activities in my field including more generally about medical devices and I have compared the Western Cape as a medical device destination with other areas in the world,” says Dr Kit Vaughan, CEO of CapeRay.
PantoScanner: Technology for the Detection of Breast Cancer
“The revolutionary part is the ability to combine the two technologies. Traditional mammography relies on x-rays and that has been around for forty or fifty years, while ultrasound has also been around for forty or fifty years,” explains Dr Kit Vaughan, CEO of CapeRay.
CapeRay – Mammography Devices Manufacturer from South Africa
“CapeRay is a spin out company from the University of Cape Town. It spun out 6 years ago. The focus of the company is the detection of breast cancer; we have developed imaging products that are specifically geared towards women who have dense breast tissue,” says Dr Kit Vaughan, CEO of CapeRay.
“Declining Rand is Boosting Tourism in South Africa” – One & Only Cape Town
“Tourism is a brilliant business. Even with the declining Rand at the moment, it is actually boosting tourism,” notes Richard Lyon, GM of One & Only, the most vibrant resort in the heart of the dynamic Cape Town.
Success of Start-up Incubators in Cape Town, Africa’s Most Innovative City
“A big part of the reason why we are seen as a hotbed for innovation has been the success of start-up incubators. Start-up incubators are quite well supported in this region,” says Ryan Ravens, CEO of Accelerate Cape Town.