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MARTI TB Diagnostic - Effective Tuberculosis Test
“The MARTI test is the only diagnostic in the world that uses a single drop of blood to detect tuberculosis early on, provide a result in under an hour, at the point of care, at current market prices or lower.”
Carl Baumeister, MARTI development team
MABU Casing Soils - Sustainable Mushroom Farming
“MABU Casing Soils produces a cost-effective, eco-friendly casing soil to the mushroom industry of South Africa. Currently peat soil is used, but that needs to be imported at high cost. It’s also a non-renewable fossil fuel that is mined from very vulnerable ecosystems.”
Linda Meyer, MABU development team
SynBo Beverage - Probiotic Beverage
“Probiotics are mainly found in upmarket dairy-based beverages. The developed technology optimizes the growth and viability of probiotics in a maize-based beverage.”
Richard Nyanzi, SynBo development team