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Our Latest Dialogue

Webinar • Thursday, June 11, 2026

Prosthetic Design, Rehabilitation, and Real-World Challenges

An interactive discussion on improving mobility outcomes, localised fabrication, and engineering modular solutions for transfemoral amputees in developing healthcare ecosystems.

Panellists & speakers

Dr Luphiwo Mduzana
Clinical Lead
Allan Oates
Rehab Specialist
Dr Surona Visagie
Healthcare Advocate

Event poster: NAVU, Transforming Mobility

Latest milestones

Company Updates & Press

PressIMEA CPO

At 23, Amohetsoe Shale is building a South African prosthetic knee company around affordability

IMEA CPO profiles Amo Shale on building a prosthetic knee company around affordability.

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NewsRecent announcementNAVU Press

Winner of the Hult Prize South Africa 2026

NAVU secures a place in the Global Digital Incubator.

NAVU's win at the Hult Prize South Africa secures a place in the Global Digital Incubator, marking the next step towards the Global Finals for the Hult Prize.

Hult Prize newsletter feature announcing NAVU as the 2026 South Africa national winner, with the team holding the trophy

The NAVU team on stage at the Hult Prize South Africa national finals

NAVU team members at the Hult Prize welcome wall in Cape Town

NewsRecent announcementNAVU Press

EDHE: Entrepreneurship Development in Higher Education

Founder Amo Shale awarded Top Student Womanpreneur.

The award shines a light on the design problems within African healthcare. Amo's leadership continues to drive the alignment of clinical insight and scalable local manufacturing.

Amo Shale holding the EDHE Intervarsity trophy and an award cheque

Amo Shale smiling with the EDHE Innovation Challenge prize cheque

Amo Shale receiving the Top Student Woman Innovator award cheque

PressIOL

Stellenbosch studentpreneur Amohetsoe Shale is a girl on fire, winning top awards in innovation

IOL Business Report covers Amo Shale run of innovation awards.

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10 Faces Changing Africa: South Africa Edition (opens in new tab)StArfrica
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A student built a prosthetic knee that could transform mobility in South Africa (opens in new tab)The Good Things Guy
Women in health innovation: The first South African knee prosthetic (opens in new tab)The Citizen
SU student takes African prosthetics innovation to global stage (opens in new tab)Stellenbosch University
NAVU among Stellenbosch University spin-out companies (opens in new tab)Stellenbosch University
Amo wins the regional EDHE Intervarsity competition and gets ready for Nationals (opens in new tab)Stellenbosch University
Amohetsoe Shale is engineering a future with fewer barriers (opens in new tab)Stellenbosch University
How one woman is changing the prosthetics game (opens in new tab)MoneyWeb
Studentpreneur Amohetsoe Shale is a Girl on Fire; she won the Top Student Womanpreneur Award (opens in new tab)EDHE
Pursuing a more affordable functional knee (opens in new tab)Rolling Inspiration
Local engineer launches affordable, effective prosthetic knee (opens in new tab)Juta Medical Brief
Young powerhouse academic dream of changing lives through prosthetics (opens in new tab)SMF News