South Africa’s first radio telescope array, the seven dish KAT-7 located in the Karoo, which was originally intended to be a prototype for the much larger MeerKAT array, has now established itself as an effective scientific instrument. The first scientific paper produced from research using KAT-7 was released online on May 16 by the UK journal Monthly Notices of the...
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South Africa is further advancing its strategy of developing commercial activities in hydrogen and fuel cell technologies with the launch of the Hydrogen South African (HySA) Centre of Competence (CoC) in the North West province. The HySA Infrastructure CoC is co-hosted by the North-West University and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research at the university’s...
France is actively supporting the development of high-end science, technology and engineering skills in South Africa. “We are active in several fields,” reports French Embassy science attaché Pierre Lemonde. “One of our flagship cooperation programmes is FSATI – the French/South African Technology Institute. This operates basically like a French engineering school,...
“You have a good social project, but it is not an investable company”, I heard fellow judge and technology activist Mariéme Jamme say to a South African entrepreneur who had just given his best business pitch. He was taking part in the Dragons’ Den at the 5th Global Forum on Innovation and Technology Entrepreneurship, a fantastic 3-day learning and networking...
