Knowledge Centre

Innovate UK Global Alliance Africa recently partnered with Kenya Airways (KQ) to develop innovative solutions for improving accessibility and navigation at airports. The cutting-edge technologies will enhance and simplify the airport experience for travellers and bring the future of travel to life.

Bringing together communities interested in biorefineries research and innovation and developing consortia.

The Scaling Out For Impact -2 (SOFI 2) programme supports and accelerates the development and deployment of affordable, accessible innovative solutions around last mile delivery of the food, energy and water nexus through UK-South African partnerships. The primary focus is on scaling out impact of these solutions by ensuring wide reach to have far reaching impact for communities. In April 2024, two cohorts of UK and South African Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMMEs) were selected to attend an in-person workshop in Limpopo to facilitate direct brokerage of future partnerships.

Apply now to be part of the Faraday Battery Challenge Investment Readiness Programme for 2024. Innovate UK Business Connect will select up to 15 SMEs to join the programme to accelerate their investment journey.

Through the Innovate UK BridgeAI programme, Box O Fun worked with the STFC Hartree Centre to develop a tool that will help ceramicists easily find alternative glazes that reduce costs and waste while maintaining the desired glaze properties.

Discover how Dunbia is spearheading innovation with the support of the Innovate UK Business Connect AgriFood team. Hear how Dunbia, a major player in the AgriFood sector, collaborates with cross-sector networks and communities to overcome significant industry challenges.

Discover how SPG Innovation has taken advantage of multiple funding and networking mechanisms to develop healthy, sustainable plant protein with Innovate UK Business Connect support.

Follow the journey of ARRevolution as they develop autonomous agro-ecological robots to support diverse cropping systems, made possible through help from the Innovate UK Business Connect AgriFood team and grant funding from Defra’s Farming Innovation Programme, delivered by Innovate UK.

Anthony Gallego, Knowledge Transfer Manager – Automated Mobility at Innovate UK Business Connect, outlines the low-hanging fruits in the commercialising of Connected Automated Mobility (CAM) and the value it could deliver to the UK economy.

Innovate UK exhibited at Advanced Engineering 2024 on the 30-31 October 2024 at the NEC, Birmingham where Driving the Electric Revolution showcased industry-leading electrification technology companies.