Posted on August 17, 2016
The first Innovation Camp hosted by the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology (EBIT) and organised by the Department of Informatics was a huge success. There were 32 groups enrolled for the event: eight for the Codeathon and 24 for a Business Idea. The event was sponsored by Buzznovation and Coca Cola. Buzznovation sponsored R60 000 worth of prizes for the two competitions, while Coca Cola sponsored drinks for the 15-hour night hackathon and for the prize-giving event. The Department of Informatics sponsored the operational costs of the function and the Informatorium provided security for the all-night event.
MIT (Information Systems) students Rendani Kruger and Jacques Brosens were responsible for all the arrangements. Earlier in the year they presented mobile development courses at the University and the interest these generated prompted the idea for the Innovation Camp.
Several very good business ideas came out of the sessions and the winners were selected based on the feasibility of their idea and the time it would take to bring it to market.
The results for the two competitions are as follows:
| Codeathon | |||
| Position | Group | Members | Prize |
| Joint first | Null Terminators | Ulrik de Muelenaere, Solly Lebelo, Andries du Plooy, Brent Walsh, Lethabo Phofa |
R4 000 per group member |
| Joint first | Over Under Achievers | Lesego Motea, Roy Motloutsi | |
| Third | Mean Machine | Andrew le Roux, Dewald de Jager | R2 000 |
| Business Idea | |||
| First | Matchers | Targo Dove, Joshua Antonizzi | R20 000 |
| Second | SAGE | Ruan Kruger, Francois Venter | R8 000 |
| Third | Transformation Hub | Kiara Chinniah, Yang Wade | R2 000 |
Special prizes were also given to participants in the following categories:
| Category | Group | Members | Prize |
| Codeathon Challenges | Over Under Achievers | Lesego Motea, Roy Motloutsi | Hamper |
| Presentation | Inspired You | Trinity Chauke | Hamper |
| Persistence | Dynamic Qubits | Hamper | |
| Visual Design | Alithium |
Nthabiseng Makena, Mark Dlamini |
Hamper |
| Community-based solution | Resolute | Pasungili Ramakrishnan, Diego Snayers | Hamper |
Prof Alta van der Merwe, Mr Theo Ferreira and Prof Sunil Maharaj, Dean of EBIT with some of the winners
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