Lesley Williams, CEO of Johannesburg’s Tshimologong Precinct digital innovation hub, has been selected as a member of the inaugural class of the Obama Foundation Leaders: Africa programme. She says South Africa has made progress through initiatives such as Tshimologong Precinct to improve their country and to build up the national skills base. Over the course […]
The SITA Air Transport Community Foundation, based in the UK, in conjunction with Wits University and the Tshimologong Precinct, has launched an innovation competition to address the question: What information, tools or technology will first-time air travellers in Africa need to make their journeys easy, successful and enjoyable? The SITA Air Transport Community Foundation Innovation […]
The Mine.D: Zero Harm hackathon, hosted by the Tshimologong Precinct and the Research Institute for Innovation and Sustainability (RIIS), has announced the three overall winners of the digitally-inspired hackathon. Focused on mixed-reality and Internet of Things (IoT) within the health and safety space of the mining sector, the teams that entered were exposed to the […]
The University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) and its partners in government, business and industry launched the Wits Tshimologong Digital Innovation Precinct in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, on 1 September 2016. Tshimologong will incubate start-ups, commercialise research and develop high-level digital skills for students, working professionals and unemployed youths. Through Wits’ Joburg Centre for Software Engineering (JCSE), Tshimologong […]
IBM opened its second research location on the African continent at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) Tshimologong Precinct in Braamfontein, Johannesburg on 25 August 2016. The two-level, 900 m2 lab has a DIY maker-space with electronic design equipment and a 3D printer. Agile work space provides a collaborative environment for IBM scientists to train […]
At the recent launch of the seventh consecutive skills trends survey in the South African ICT sector, Adrian Schofield, JCSE’s manager of Applied Research reported that South Africa continues to fall behind its African peers while the state of the local economy sees the sector’s clients cut back their own expenditure. The survey is […]
In October 2014 I interviewed Prof. Barry Dwolatzky for the “In conversation with …” feature in EngineerIT. At the time I wrote: “If I was allowed only two words to describe Prof. Barry Dwolatzky, director of the Joburg Centre for Software Engineering at Wits University (JCSE) it would be ‘dedication and passion’ – dedication […]
Wits University will be the home of the second IBM Research Laboratory to be built in Africa. The company already has twelve labs across the world, including one in Kenya, with this latest addition being part of a 10-year investment programme through the South African Department of Trade and Industry. The announcement was made […]
