SOUTH AFRICA MAKES

22/07/2022

Congratulations to our co-founder and CEO, Dr Riyad Domingo, for successfully completing the Program for Leadership Development at Harvard Business School.

As he graduates today, it is with much enthusiasm that we look forward to pushing beyond the conventional limits in healthcare and innovation.

We continue to be inspired by our phenomenal leadership.

Congratulations, Dr Domingo! We are eager to put your vision into action! 👏🏽

20/06/2022

Our co-founder Dr Cherise Dunn will be speaking tomorrow at the Manufacturing Indaba in Sandton. She's set to share insights and explore strategies to grow and develop innovative biotechnology and pharmaceutical manufacturing operations and policies in South Africa and the continent.

01/03/2022

Our co-founder Dr Cherise Dunn was recently selected by Wesgro (the Western Cape's tourism, trade and investment promotion agency) as one of the leading Healthtech entrepreneurs in the region for 2021. 🙌🏾 

The Wesgro team recently met with Dr Dunn. Check out her interview 👆🏾🔥

The South Africa Makes team is dedicated to facilitating the adoption of digital manufacturing, and ultimately enhancing healthcare infrastructure in resource-limited environments - something only possible through collaboration with great partners and support from , , and the Kingdom of the Netherlands' Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
 

01/03/2022

Our co-founder Dr Cherise Dunn was recently selected by Wesgro (the Western Cape's tourism, trade and investment promotion agency) as one of the leading Healthtech entrepreneurs in the region. 🙌🏾
The Wesgro team recently met with Dr Dunn. Check out her interview below.👇🏽🔥
The South Africa Makes team is dedicated to facilitating the adoption of digital manufacturing, and ultimately enhancing healthcare infrastructure in resource-limited environments - something only possible through collaboration with great partners like Formlabs and Autodesk.
Inospace

11/06/2021

The team is hard at work preparing our nasopharyngeal swabs for the next waves of the pandemic in .

29/04/2021

Catch our founder, Dr Riyad Domingo today at the Creative Exchange in partnership with as a panelist discussing Healthcare by Design.

The theme of this year's festival is Accelerating Digital Inclusion - a much-needed topic of discussion and one of Dr Domingo's many passions as a pioneer driving digital manufacturing of healthcare solutions in Africa.

Get your ticket to hear Dr Domingo's insight on the state of the biotech ecosystem in South Africa, what is needed to allow for greater diversity in the industry as well as some of the creative healthcare innovations currently being driven by our company and others.

21/04/2021

SOUTH AFRICA MAKES is one of Fast Company South Africa's Most Innovative Companies of 2021!

Since 2008, Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies has been the definitive source for recognizing the organizations that are transforming industries and shaping societies.

This amazing achievement would not be possible without our amazing team members (past and present), unwavering supporters and cheerleaders, and the inspiring mentors who have supported us on this journey.

12/04/2021

Our founder, Dr Cherise Dunn, was recently featured by CSIS | Center for Strategic & International Studies in Washington, D.C. for their webinar on "Digital Technologies and the Post-Pandemic Development Challenge."

As an expert, she provided her insight on how developing countries can drive ambitious, competitive, and comprehensive digital transformation plans to achieve their development goals in the post-pandemic world.

Ask Live Questions Here The event will be webcast live from this page. Covid-19 is undoubtedly disrupting traditional institutions and economic markets. Not only has it disrupted supply chains and slowed down global economic growth, but it has also exposed and exacerbated the digital divide. For ins...

27/01/2021

“Technical, Engineering Talent Is Not Limited To White Males” - Glynn Fletcher, President of North America and Vice Chairman of EOS Global.

EOS has the following initiatives in place to help with achieving gender equality:

- Makergirl Sponsorship: a non-profit that educates girls 7-10 through 3D printing sessions. This non-profit Introduces young girls to STEM in order to show them the endless possibilities that exist within these fields.

- Girl Scouts: EOS is engaged with the Girls Scouts of America, providing venues & workshops designed to encourage involvement in 3D Printing.

- “Lean In”: a voluntary group of EOS women who get together on a monthly basis to discuss matters surrounding various work-related issues.

25/01/2021

has partnered with Tech to commercialize its new OrthoMag bone graft product - an implant which consists of magnesium plates and screws that, during facial graft , are dissolved into a patient’s skin, reducing any risk of complications.

3D printed implant developer Osteopore has partnered with the National University of Singapore (NUS) spin-off Magloy Tech to commercialize its new OrthoMag bone graft product. The novel implant cons

22/01/2021

Land a job in the 3D printing industry (with certificate programmes, university degrees and job boards)

3D printing technology is growing faster than professionals are upskilling to cover specific 3D printing roles. This means that there is a demand for people with the and in the 3D printing industry. Welcome to the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

Here is an article on the available certificate programmes, universities which offer Additive Manufacturing , and job boards and openings - https://all3dp.com/1/how-to-get-a-job-in-3d-printing/

Job boards, plus 3D printing certificate programs, university degrees in additive manufacturing, and free online self-study ops round out our guide to gaining 3D printing expertise and putting it to work.

21/01/2021

from the Pohang University of Science and Technology have 3D printed stents that ease the symptoms of in patients.

Radiation esophagitis is a side effect of that leads to throat pain and inflammation in patients, and in the most acute cases, even death.

The devices reduced the inflammation caused by radioactive cancer therapies.

Researchers from the Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) have developed 3D printed stents that could ease the symptoms of esophagitis in radiotherapy patients. Based on a throat cel