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.
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.
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.
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.
A strategic transformation framework for addressing obstacles to smart settlements and supporting planning, coordination and decision-making in human settlements.
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.
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.
Opportunityprototyping facility and technical support
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.
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
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.
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
Municipalities and local-government decision-makers across South Africa
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.
Collaboratively explore and investigate graphene-based technologies through the platform and work jointly with the CSIR to develop graphene-based technologies and products.
