Professional, scientific and technical activities

ASSAf was inaugurated in May 1996. It was formed in response to the need for an Academy of Science consonant with the dawn of democracy in South Africa: activist in its mission of using science and scholarship for the benefit of society, with a mandate encompassing all scholarly disciplines that use an open-minded and evidence-based approach to build knowledge. ASSAf thus adopted in its name the term 'science' in the singular as reflecting a common way of enquiring rather than an aggregation of different disciplines. Its Members are elected on the basis of a combination of two principal

Esivinini Media Solution has different sectors from Print Media( whereby we write about Science, Technology and Health in the indigenous languages in South Africa). We also translate documents to 11 official languages. We have a good knowledgeable team when it comes to media space.

Smit & Van Wyk is a specialist Intellectual Property (IP) law firm that deals exclusively with IP law in South Africa and across Africa as a whole. The qualified attorneys have the knowledge, experience and resources to give expert legal advice regarding IP portfolio’s and can assist with the filing, registration, prosecution and enforcement thereof.

The firm serves as a portal to the African continent for many foreign associates and multinational corporations. We file patent, trade mark, and registered design applications for our South African clients into foreign markets, while also

The National Advisory Council on Innovation (NACI) has been created by legislation and the NACI Council is appointed by the Minister for Science and Innovation to advise him/her, and through the Minister, the Cabinet, on the role and contribution of science, mathematics, innovation, and technology, including indigenous technologies, in promoting and achieving national objectives, namely to:

• Improve and sustain the quality of life of all South Africans Develop human resources for science and technology
• Build the economy and strengthen the country’s competitiveness in the international

The purpose of the platform is to ensure that North West province becomes a knowledge-driven economy by introducing broad measures to improve performance in areas like ICT, R&D, education, entrepreneurial activity, innovation and knowledge flows- all of which are key determinants for innovative activity. The platform answers the provincial innovation and economic agenda as outlined in the Provincial Economic Strategy 2018 and PDP 2030. The platform objectives will be as follows:

• To enhance and promote innovation and technology transfer through structured support to create jobs while

The Centre for Proteomic & Genomic Research (CPGR) is a non-profit company located in Cape Town, South Africa, based on an initiative by the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI), and financially supported by the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA). The CPGR combines state-of-the-art information-rich genomic and proteomic ('omics') technologies with bio-computational pipelines to render services and support projects in the life science and biomedical arena in South Africa, all run in an ISO 9001:2015 certified and ISO 17025 compliant quality management system.

Among others, the CPGR has

eGolibio is a South African life science incubator supporting SMEs with products and business development. It supports enterprises in the life science sector with product refinement, market access, networking, training and access to funding.

Its activities are aligned with the Department of Science and innovation (DSI) National Biotechnology Strategy (NBS) in the development of the bioeconomy.

The NBS reflects the government's commitment to biotechnology as an important source of future economic growth and is aligned with many developing and developed countries which invest heavily in

Southern Africa Innovation Support Programme (SAIS) 2 is a regional initiative that supports the growth of new businesses through strengthening innovation ecosystems and the promotion of cross-border collaboration between innovation role-players in Southern Africa. The Programme focuses on strengthening early-stage enterprises and young entrepreneurs, connecting innovation ecosystems, and promoting innovations serving socially or economically disadvantaged populations. The overall objective of SAIS 2 is enhanced regional innovation cooperation and national innovation systems contributing to

Founded in 2008, The Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) is a non-profit program established by Meltwater with the goal of equipping high potential young Africans with the skills required to launch globally successful software companies, enabling them to create jobs and wealth locally to stimulate economic growth across the African economy. Every year, aspiring entrepreneurs with a strong interest in technology & entrepreneurship from Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, and recently Cote d'Ivoire, apply and compete for 60 open spots in the program. MEST entrepreneurs have

LNK Innovations, is an innovation company, established in 2012. LNK is a product development company with headquarters based in Los Angeles, California. LNK Innovations products cover a range of industries including hotel/leisure, hardware, fashion, phone chargers, automotive, and GPS. LNK Innovations launched its first product Label-Label Key Caps - the all-in-one stretchy key cap and tag. This launched in January 2014 throughout the U.S. LNK Innovations is now finalizing 2 more innovative keycap designs to the product line that will be due for launch in mid-2015. Our other products are in