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            <description><![CDATA[Since its launch in June 2022, civil engineering professional body South African Institution of Civil Engineering’s (SAICE’s) newest engineering community platform SAICE Connect has proven to be a successfully targeted networking and recruitment portal for South Africa's civil engineering sector. SAICE Connect was created to solve employment and mentorship issues in a practical way by allowing engineers and employers with vacancies to use a “dedicated space” to find each other. ]]></description>
            <author>Halima Frost</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the University of Pretoria (UP) to create a framework for bilateral cooperation regarding research and development (R&D), technology innovation, education and training, as well as skills development. The intent is to develop South Africa’s next generation of nuclear scientists, engineers and other professionals to support the country’s development.    “Necsa’s collaboration with the [UP] ...]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The University of Cape Town (UCT) has highlighted the tenth anniversary of the country’s Inter-University Institute for Data Intensive Astronomy (IDIA). This is a joint endeavour between UCT, the University of the Western Cape and the University of Pretoria and is hosted by UCT. The IDIA was created to meet the problem of processing, analysing, interpreting and visualising the huge amounts of data that would be produced by the next generation of radio telescope arrays. South Africa’s own world-leading MeerKAT, which became fully operational in 2018, is the most notable of these. And now the South Africa-based mid-radio frequency array of the international Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope will soon also start operations.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Investment in high-capacity digital infrastructure and optical networks will become increasingly important as African countries pursue industrialisation, digital transformation and greater economic competitiveness amid growing AI adoption and rising global economic uncertainty. This was the sentiment shared by Huawei executives during the company’s OptiX Club 2026 event, held in Johannesburg on April 21.]]></description>
            <author>Devina Haripersad</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Digital banking platforms and low-cost payment systems are expected to play an increasingly important role in enabling intra-African trade, supporting small businesses and improving financial inclusion as African economies pursue greater regional integration and economic diversification. Speaking on May 14 during the rebrand launch of GoTyme Bank, formerly TymeBank, GoTyme Bank special projects and operations group executive Nolwazi Nzama said digital banking infrastructure could help to reduce transaction costs and improve economic participation for small businesses and informal traders across the continent.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Research from consultancy Wood Mackenzie (WoodMac) finds that the base metals required to power the global data centre boom extend far beyond the servers, cooling units and enclosures inside these facilities. The consultancy highlights, in a media release, that when grid reinforcement, transmission networks and facility-level power systems are included, total system-level metals consumption reaches an estimated three to four times the volume implied by the asset itself.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Coega Development Corporation (Coega) and the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) have formed a partnership to advance South Africa’s innovation and industrialisation agenda. The strategic partnership is aimed at unlocking the full potential of innovation-led growth. Based in the Coega Special Economic Zone (SEZ), the collaboration aims to strengthen the link between research, innovation, technology development and commercialisation, and thereby contribute to sustainable socioeconomic development.]]></description>
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