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On 3 November 2022, researchers from South Africa’s first Industrial Biocatalysis Hub (IBH), hosted at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), will brief the media on the progress made in driving the uptake of biocatalysis, an environmentally friendly and cost- effective technology that South Africa’s biomanufacturing industry can leverage to reduce its carbon footprint.
The two-day conference will bring together scientific experts, academia and industry leaders from around the world, and members of the public to evaluate how research, development and innovation (RD&I) can be harnessed to build a robust South African economy.
This year’s conference will be held under the theme: ‘Harnessing research, development and innovation for a robust South African economy’.
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The strategy gives effect to the national agenda of accelerating the development of human capital (HC) that underpins entrepreneurship and builds a competitive digital economy that links the public, private and academic sectors of the country. Download this document for more information.
Not only is South Africa marked by several distinct ecosystems, but also by richness in the wealth of languages that is spoken here. We believe that by sharing the phenomenal work done at the CSIR in some of our official languages, this illustrates our commitment to living our heritage. Please click here to watch Lydia Kwange give an overview of her work as a transport technologist in Sesotho and click here to watch Rofhiwa Netshiya give an overview of his work as a cybersecurity specialist in Tshivenda.
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Members of the media are invited to attend the official opening ceremony of the Global Monitoring for the Environment and Security for Africa (GMES and Africa) Southern Africa Regional Stakeholder Workshop on the impact of Earth observation services and technologies on regional socioeconomic, environmental and security activities and targets in Southern Africa.
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The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is developing a C-Band phased array synthetic aperture radar (SAR) payload with support from the Department of Science and Innovation. This payload has been developed in collaboration with South African space industry players, SCS Space and Dragonfly Aerospace.
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The National Cleaner Production Centre South Africa (NCPC-SA) hosts a colloquium on Friday, 2 September 2022 at the Pretoria National Botanical Gardens and online. The colloquium will unpack the progress made in South Africa and Africa on sustainable industrial development since the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) hosted in Joburg exactly 20 years ago this week.
The Joburg WSSD resulted in numerous sustainable development commitments by South Africa, including the establishment of the NCPC-SA.