Nextgen Enterprises And Institutions

KZN’s rural Ixopo community receives a massive broadband internet boost

AdNotes , in partnership with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in South Africa, are launching a groundbreaking initiative to transform the digital connectivity landscape in the Harry Gwala District by expanding affordabl...

Qfrency TTS: Technological symphony crafting connections and changing lives

Step into the world of Qfrency text-to-speech (TTS), a symphony of technology orchestrated by the CSIR Voice Computing Research Group. Qfrency TTS is the first commercial text-to-speech engine that can synthesise speech in all eleven officially spoken languages of South Africa, with South African...

CSIR to receive TVWS telecoms equipment to boost broadband internet connectivity in rural communities

Broadband internet connectivity in rural communities On Thursday, 16 November 2023, the Korean Government through the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency and Innonet Co. Ltd, an equipment manufacturer based in South Korea will handover over 24 Television White Space (TVWS) gateway equipment t...

CSIR hosts its inaugural data driven modelling and simulation workshop

Data driven modelling and simulation workshop On Wednesday, 23 August 2023, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) collaborated with the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) to host a workshop on data-driven modelling and simulation. This event brought together more than ...

CSIR hosts Ga-Rankuwa-based students interested in STEMI opportunities

STEMI opportunities On Friday, 29 September 2023, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) hosted students from the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) and Leap School of Science and Maths from Ga-Rankuwa. The CSIR NextGen Enterprises and Institutions cluster’s Spectrum Access...

CSIR appoints industry advisory panel to help steer digital transformation

The CSIR has announced the appointment of an industry advisory panel in the digital transformation space. This signifies the organisation’s efforts to align with industry-specific priorities in the quest to achieve digitalisation for greater societal and industrial impact. Utilising its robust sc...