Opportunities
Browse government tenders, quotations, vacancies and documents across South Africa.
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The CSIR makes high-quality science and technology available to markets and society in support of sustainable socio-economic development in South Africa.
- Who it is for:
- Markets and society
SANReN is a high-speed network intended to connect more than 200 research and tertiary sites with one another and with international research and education organisations.
- Who it is for:
- Research and tertiary sites
- How to act on it:
- Use the SANReN network through its connected sites; the network is operated by TENET.
An open-access online tool that municipalities can use to assess climate risks and growth pressures in human settlements and implement climate-change adaptation actions.
- Who it is for:
- Municipalities and local-government decision-makers across South Africa
- How to act on it:
- Use the open access, online Green Book tool.
The CSIR and Black Umbrellas are making technical and technological support available to small black-owned businesses, including access to CSIR-developed technologies and research and development infrastructure to improve their businesses.
- Who it is for:
- small black-owned businesses in South Africa
People can visit and use the permanent open-air centre to view full-scale sanitation products and technologies, learn about sanitation systems available in South Africa, and obtain information relevant to choosing sanitation options.
- Who it is for:
- Officials at local, provincial and national levels, engineering consultants, developers, non-governmental organisations and other sanitation stakeholders
- How to act on it:
- Visit the open-air demonstration centre on the Pretoria campus of the CSIR and use its displays and information sheets.
CSIR has launched uKESA as an online platform for sharing knowledge and supporting improved urban development and human settlement practice. It is intended to keep knowledge about sustainable and inclusive human settlements accessible to public, private and civil society stakeholders.
- Who it is for:
- Government, industry, the private sector, civil society and academic partners
- How to act on it:
- Use the online Urban Knowledge Exchange Southern Africa (uKESA) platform.
A strategic transformation framework for addressing obstacles to smart settlements and supporting planning, coordination and decision-making in human settlements.
- Who it is for:
- Human settlements planners, decision-makers and communities in South Africa
- How to act on it:
- The document states that the roadmap has been launched, but gives no separate access or application procedure.
A mobile application for Android smartphones that helps healthcare providers communicate with patients by translating English phrases into South African official languages and playing the translated phrase. It is available at no cost.
- Who it is for:
- Healthcare providers and patients needing communication support
- How to act on it:
- Download the application from the Play Store and use it on an Android smartphone.
A centre established to upscale and commercialise home-grown innovations on the African continent by connecting research and science capabilities with policy and implementation efforts.
- Who it is for:
- Home-grown innovators and organisations involved in African continental development priorities
- How to act on it:
- The article does not state an application, registration, contact or other access route.
A specialised facility for developing and testing photonics-based product prototypes, offering class 1 000 clean rooms and electronic, mechanical and diagnostic technical and optical equipment.
- Who it is for:
- South Africa’s photonics industry and local developers of photonics technologies and devices
A pilot project is accelerating the rollout of low-cost internet in South Africa through the CSIR’s Television White Spaces technology, in an effort to bridge the digital divide.
- Who it is for:
- People in South Africa affected by the digital divide
- How to act on it:
- The document does not state an application, registration or contact route.
The CSIR is making a graphene programme and platform available for industries to collaboratively explore and investigate graphene-based technologies, and to jointly develop graphene-based technologies and products.
- Who it is for:
- A wide range of industries and industry partners
- How to act on it:
- Collaboratively explore and investigate graphene-based technologies through the platform and work jointly with the CSIR to develop graphene-based technologies and products.