Opportunities
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A voice-enabled local mobile application intended to help healthcare professionals and patients communicate across language barriers and understand COVID-19 safety protocols and other vital information.
- Who it is for:
- Healthcare professionals and patients who do not share a common language
- How to act on it:
- Use the voice-enabled AwezaMed app; the document does not state a download link or other access instructions.
The project makes technical support and capacity building available to small business rural wireless network operators seeking to establish profitable, sustainable business models and maintain rural internet connectivity.
- Who it is for:
- Small business rural wireless network operators
- How to act on it:
- Participate in the project and receive technical support and capacity building; the document does not state an application route or contact.
The CSIR makes available early findings from its circular-economy project, including an introductory note and seven short think pieces about social, economic and environmental opportunities and possible responses across identified sectors.
- Who it is for:
- Public and private sector stakeholders interested in circular-economy opportunities in South Africa
- How to act on it:
- Read the findings on the CSIR webpage at https://www.csir.co.za/findings-circular-economy-south-africa
The CSIR offers outreach programmes intended to help realise the potential of bright young minds by nurturing and developing expertise in STEMI fields.
- Who it is for:
- Bright young minds interested in STEMI fields
Two lighter, faster, quieter and more energy-efficient rock drills are being showcased as new technology that South African mines could adopt. The drills were tested underground and demonstrated that they could be used in the harsh underground mining environment.
- Who it is for:
- South African mines
- How to act on it:
- Mines can consider uptake of the showcased rock drills; the document provides no application, ordering or contact procedure.
The programme offers financial support to local Gauteng SMEs for installing energy-efficient and renewable-energy technologies. Support is limited, awarded on a first-come-first-served basis, and subject to pre-qualification and technical criteria.
- Who it is for:
- Local Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Gauteng, particularly firms affected by the economic downturn
- How to act on it:
- Apply for the Green Support Incentive Programme and meet the stated pre-qualification and technical criteria.
The CSIR is making its commemorative book about the organisation’s first 75 years available online. A print edition is expected to become available soon.
- Who it is for:
- People interested in the CSIR’s history and achievements
- How to act on it:
- Access the book online through the CSIR commemorative book webpage.
The CSIR’s laboratory can test and verify imported or locally produced products promoted as biodegradable, establishing the conditions and timeframes in which materials biodegrade under aerobic or anaerobic conditions.
- Who it is for:
- Importers and local producers of products promoted as biodegradable
The initiative promotes enhanced science diplomacy partnerships and provides a platform to use international partners' expertise and resources to develop and start new cooperation addressing African societal challenges.
- Who it is for:
- African and international science-diplomacy partners
- How to act on it:
- Participate through the science diplomacy partnerships and cooperation platform; no application, registration or contact route is stated.
The CSIR identifies urgent public-private partnerships as a way to accelerate technology development and improve wastewater management in South Africa.
- Who it is for:
- Public and private-sector partners involved in water and wastewater management
- How to act on it:
- The text does not state an application process, contact person or submission route.
Gauteng motorists and other members of the public can use the PotholeFixGP app to detect and report potholes, helping roads authorities improve accountability and road network management.
- Who it is for:
- Gauteng motorists and members of the public
- How to act on it:
- Download and use the PotholeFixGP app, available through the Google Play Store, to report potholes.
The CSIR provides this programme as part of its efforts to strengthen capabilities, build high-end skills and support transformation.
- Who it is for:
- Researchers, as implied by the programme name