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Author: Innovus
Published: 09/02/2021
SharkSafe Barrier™, an Innovus spinout company from Stellenbosch University, was recognised by the World Economic Forum s (WEF) digital platform UpLink as one of its top ocean innovators.
UpLink, the WEF s digital platform for scaling innovation and driving progress toward sustainable development goals, unveiled its second cohort of ocean innovators on 22 January 2021. The platform aims to identify and highlight businesses such as SharkSafe PTY as a company with great potential to accelerate the United Nations goals for sustainable development. This recognition was bestowed during the second Ocean Solutions Sprint supported by The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN); The Nature Conservancy (TNC); the International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI); and the Seychelles Conservation and Climate Adaptation Trust (SeyCCAT).