IK-BASED RESEARCH, DEVELOMENT AND INNOVATION(The Journey Towards Bio-Economy)

Dr Aunkh H Chabalala, Dr A Grootboom,

Ms M Tang, Ms M Montoedi

IK-Based Bio-Innovation Consortium

Technology Innovation [Bio-Innovation]

09 March 2018

Let the Ancestors Speak

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African Natural Medicine Platform

IK-Based Cosmeceuticals Platform

IK-Based Nutraceuticals Platform

Health Beverages Platform

Technology Transfer and Manufacturing

Marketing (BD) and Commercialisation

IK-Based Bio-Innovation Programme

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R200 000 000.00 RDI Investment (DST Alone)(R4.8 000 000.00)

60 Commercial Products (Services and Processes)

24 Rural and Urban SMME’s and Cooperatives

300-500 Actual Jobs (Seasonal) per Annum

250 Honors, Masters and PhD Students

40 PR Articles, Chapters and (6 Patents)

30 Production/Commercialisation Agreements

IK-Based Research, Development and Innovation Output(A 12-Year Journey)

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Land Restitution and Redistribution

Wealth (Job) and Abundance Creation

Empowerment, Equality and Dignity

Thriving Societies/Sustainable Livelihood

Improving Quality of Life for All Citizens

IK-Based RDI Outcomes and Impact

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HIV/AIDS

(4)

Tuberculosis

(1)

Diabetes

(2)

Cancers

(2)

Remedies

(5)

African Natural Medicines

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Early Commercialisation TRL(Immune Modulators)

Early Commercialisation TRL(Health Remedies)

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Medical Cannabis Research and Discovery

Vitamins Minerals Functional Ingredients I-Food

IK-Based Nutraceuticals

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Early Commercialisation TRL

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Anti-Aging

(4)

Hair Loss

(3)

Anti-Eczema

(1)

Skin-Tone

(1)

Anti-Acne

(1)

IK-Based Cosmeceuticals

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Early Commercialisation TRL

Honeybush

(3)

I-Infusions

(6)

Coffees

(5)

Setsong

(2)

Tonics

(2)

IK-Based Health Beverages and Infusion

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Early Commercialisation TRL

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Medicines

(8)

Nutra’

(6)

Cosme’

(6)

Infusions

(10)

Experiment

(1)

Technology Transfer and Incubation

Technology Transfer and Incubation(Skills Development)

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Plant Propagation and Conservation

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Pre-Processing/Agro-Processing Pilot Facilities

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Appropriate Infrastructure and Equipment

Towards Small-Scale Manufacturing

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Branding and Advertisement

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Promotion and Marketing

Honors, Masters and PhDs

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Stolen Legacy and Misappropriated Heritage

Africa has fragmented mathematical, medical,astro-physics, engineering; documented in rockarts, pyramids, temples, coffins, papyri and artifacts

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African Origins of Scientific Methods

Discern All the Correct Methods of Reckoning What is True and

Discover Systematic Processes of Revealing the Unknown then

All Things Mysterious, Secret and Concealed will be Mastered

Mathematical Papyrus of Ahmose – 1 500 B.C.E

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Ontology

(Be)

Cosmology

(View)

Axiology

(Do)

Epistemology

(Know)

Teleology

(Purposeful)

The Way of Ntu and Science of Knowing

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National Development PlanImplementation Plans - Vision 2030

Health

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IKS Policy and Bio-Economy Strategy

The African Experiment

South Africa is the 3rd Most Biodiverse country with 5 000/24 000Medicinal Plant Species that offer enormous Competitive Advantage

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o To promote and support IK-based applied research anddevelopment initiatives for knowledge generation andtechnology innovation;

o To facilitate and enhance IK-based and inclusive innovationand product development programmes for social andeconomic development;

o To create and support community-based technology transferand local manufacturing processes for competitivecommercialisation; and

o To develop and implement Ubuntu-based commercialisationand business models for thriving societies and improvedquality of life.

Strategic Imperatives[Mainstream and Interface IKS within the NSI]

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Ubuntu-Based Bio-Innovation Model(Science of Ubuntu and Ubuntu of Science)

IK-BasedConcept

Generation

HolisticResearch

and Discovery

InclusiveInnovation

LocalTechnology

Transfer and Production

HumaneBusiness

Models and Marketing

ConsciousCommerceand Benefit

Sharing

Science of

Ubuntu

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Deep Appreciation

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MIPFA project

uMenzi

uSodume

uMhlaba

uMamkhulu

uNomkhubulwane

uQili

uNomdende

uMlenzengamunye uNgozi

uBuntu

uSomandla

uNomhoyi

Ba-Ntu African Primordial Cosmology (Amathongo)

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“Poverty is not an accident. Like slavery, (colonialism)and apartheid, it is man-made and can be removedby the actions of human-beings”

NR Mandela

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Lets Consider this Truth

hlupheka.chabalala@dst.gov.za

012 843 6552

www.dst.gov.za

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We Give Thanks for its an Honor to Serve