For the students of the Faculty of Informatics and Design at CPUT who entered the Sanlam Creativity for Progress Competition, Wednesday,15 October was one nail-biting day. After a morning and afternoon of presenting their business proposals to a judging panel, they received the news of who had won the R10 000 prize money.
The annual Creativity for Progress Competition, sponsored by Sanlam, is open to South Africa's foremost academic institutions and this year’s theme was “A better life for people in informal settlements"". Student teams of up to four members were required to conceptualise and present a project or business proposal that provides innovative solutions leading to improvement such as better living conditions, better medical facilities, access to water and access to electricity. The solutions had to be practical and possible to implement.