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INNOVATION SUMMIT SUMMIT OUR SA INNOVATION SELECTION INVENTORS GARAGE FOR YOUR VOTES. IS IN AND READY

The SA Innovation Summit is the annual flagship event on South Africa’s innovation calendar and serves as a platform for nurturing, developing and showcasing of African innovation while at the same time facilitating innovation thoughtleadership. It was first created to support and promote innovation and facilitate collaboration within its own ecosystem, bringing together corporates, academics thought leaders, inventors, entrepreneurs and policy makers to help amplify South Africa’s renowned competitive edge, and inspire sustained economic growth across Africa. You can help change one of these entrepreneurs’ lives with your vote. We’ve partnered with the SA Innovation Summit and are offering a POPULAR MECHANICS Reader’s Choice award at Inventors Garage. To cast your vote for one of these projects, head over to popularmechanics.co.za right now! The idea:

A hygienic odour extraction system for use in commercial and residential bathrooms. How it works:

The Hygizone system works by extracting air directly from toilet bowls and urinals. It captures and removes odour causing bacteria before it can escape and contaminate the toilet environment.

Hygizone eliminates the need for costly air fresheners that are often overpowering and only serve to mask odour problems, not eliminate them.

Hygizone transforms the toilet experience, keeping tenants and customers happy. In commercial applications, Hygizone has been shown to use less energy than the traditional extraction systems that consume large amounts of costly air- conditioned air in an attempt to dilute harmful toilet odour. Less air wasted equals reduced capital and running costs. The Hygizone urinal system can convert water- f lushing urinals to waterless urinals, saving thousands of litres of water per urinal per year. Who is it for:

Commercial and residential projects. It’s currently being pitched at architects, property developers and plumbers. European expansion looms, thanks to an agent who has already secured two pilots at NHS hospitals in the UK. There seems to be little direct competition in the market, with just one cistern producer incorporating analogous technologies into its systems. Opportunities exist within SAPS- and Prasa stations.