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Globalstars Call with Japan (EUREKA Network)

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Globalstars is a multilateral funding initiative enabling international research and development collaboration. The current call supports joint R&D projects between Japan and participating EUREKA countries, including South Africa, Austria, Belgium (Flanders), Canada, Denmark, France, Israel, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norway, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.

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Global Sustainability Challenge

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The Global Sustainability Challenge is a prestigious annual competition open to university students worldwide including those from South Africa inviting bold, tangible solutions to sustainability challenges. Backed by Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, SEforALL, and a network of global partners, the challenge empowers student teams to address pressing issues under two transformative pillars: Sustainable Energy and Adaptation & Resilience.

Participants move through three high-impact phases:

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Food and Beverage West Africa

Overview of Food and Beverage West Africa (FAB West Africa)

Food and Beverage West Africa 2026 will take place from June 9–11, 2026, at the Landmark Centre in Lagos, Nigeria. This trade show is designed to connect global food and beverage exporters with buyers and distributors from across West Africa...

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Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance 2026 Call for Ideas Now Open | Up to USD 250K in Funding

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The Lab (Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance) has officially launched its 2026 Call for Ideas, inviting high-impact, scalable climate finance solutions from innovators around the world. The Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) serves as the Lab Secretariat.

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Skilling for Employment Programme (SEP) Phase 2 Strategic Intervention: Empowering SMMEs for Market Entry in the Just Energy Transition (JET)

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The National Business Initiative (NBI) is driving this campaign, focusing on the IRM Initiative. 

Target Beneficiaries: Local Small, Medium, and Micro Enterprises (SMMEs), township enterprises, TVET students, youth entrepreneurs, and artisans.

The goal is to empower SMMEs by removing technical, financial, and market barriers, enabling them to create more jobs and play a key role in building a sustainable and inclusive Just Energy Transition (JET). 

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Sustainable Industrial Spaces Conference 2025

The conference aims to discuss crucial advancements in industrial efficiency and detail sustainable industry practices necessary for developing sustainable industrial spaces.

Key topics covered include:

• Sustainable Systems for Industrial Spaces, addressing integrated solutions, energy master...

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API Innovation Cluster (APIIC) Expression of Interest

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The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is inviting suitable candidates to express their interest in joining a national initiative known as the Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients Innovation Cluster (APIIC). This cluster is driven by the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI) and the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA), with the CSIR serving as the host.

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Aurora Panel Assembling Enterprise CC

Aurora Panel Assembling Enterprise is a 100% South African Black-owned company specialising in Power System Equipment Manufacturing (Panel Building) and Installation. The company operates in full engineering partnership with Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (Pty) Ltd, providing end-to-end design and engineering solutions across a comprehensive range of products and services for the protection, control, automation, metering, monitoring, and communication of critical infrastructure systems.

Our solutions cover the full energy spectrum — from generation and transmission protection to

Africa Food Show

Overview of the Africa Food Show

The Africa Food Show is scheduled for three days: Wednesday to Friday, 10 – 12 June 2026. The event runs daily from 10AM to 5PM.

The show is hosted in Cape Town, South Africa, at the Cape Town International Convention Centre 1 (CTICC 1).

Historically, the 2026 event...

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PATHOGENIC CONTROL OF APOPTOSIS

The present invention relates to methods and compositions for modulating the control of apoptosis, specifically for modulating the interaction between hnRNP-K and lincRNA-p21 to induce or prevent apoptosis in the cell.

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