Space Science is not just about exploring other worlds, it’s also about observing our own world so that we can make it a better place for mankind. South African National Space Agency provides access to products and services that include earth observation, space science, communication, and navigation. These services are used by multiple stakeholders across a wide variety of sectors. Our data applications assist in forecasting, informing policymaking, enabling decision-making that supports socio-economic growth in South Africa.

A wide range of sectors can benefit from this work, including the public and private sectors in communication, navigation, aviation, weather forecasting, human settlement, agriculture, energy, and security.

The National Integrated Cyber Infrastructure System, or NICIS, offers super computing capabilities that ensure participation in the global economy and the ability to remain competitive in key industries.

Through their facilities, they are able to offer businesses and science institutes with high-performance computing capability, high-speed network capacity and a national research data infrastructure that shortens the time of innovation and provides more accurate results. Their high-speed broadband connects research institutions, and their data intensive research services include data analytics and curation that transforms big data into a valuable asset.

Data impacts sectors across the board. Are you in either the science and engineering community, from universities, science councils, or in industries such as engineering, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, mining and telecommunications? Then, click here to find out more.

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The Department of Science and Innovation partners with Stone Three to improve workplace productivity with the power of machine learning technology and process optimisation, with a focus on occupational health & safety in complex mining environments.

Stone Three is an industrial 4.0 IoT company that combines expert services with the power of advanced machine learning technology, to help businesses increase their operational productivity, and keep their people safer, happier, and healthier. The company leverages its extensive domain knowledge, data science and enterprise software expertise, and device capabilities to develop sustainable solutions for repeating problems in key global industries such as mining, manufacturing, and healthcare.

Industries that are looking to improve operational productivity, health & safety and enhance employee performance click here to find out more.

Reliable, convenient access to the internet is a crucial part of life and work in the modern world. But accessing isolated areas is challenging. Television white spaces (TVWS) is an ideal technology for delivering long-range, affordable broadband wireless Internet connectivity to underserved, unserved and hard-to-reach communities. It can offer Internet speeds of up to 100 Mbit/s and can also enable deployment of Internet of Things (IoT) networks and applications. The Spectrum Switch, which facilitates the use of this technology, was developed in a collaboration between the Department of Science and Innovation, ICASA and the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA). The deployment of this technology in rural locations has the ability to stimulate employment and small business development.

This technology is ideal for SMME’s in the telecommunication industry.