published by dwesaadmin on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 15:49
Look out for the recently released LED Progress South Africa 2011 publication which features the Siyakhula Living Lab as its 4-page front cover story! This 100+ page bi-annual LED SA bumper edition looks into the impact of ICT on poverty alleviation in rural areas, in the form of new ICT applications appropriate for rural areas.
published by dwesaadmin on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 12:09
The 4th Euro-Africa Cooperation Forum on ICT Research was held at the Cape Town International Conference Centre from the 14th to the 15th of November 2011. This event was hosted by the Government of South Africa, through the Department of Science and Technology and organised by the EuroAfrica-ICT initiative and CSIR.
published by dwesaadmin on Sun, 10/30/2011 - 10:16
It is our pleasure to announce the nomination and subsequent honor bestowed upon Dr Mamello Thinyane, Head of the Fort Hare Telkom Centre of Excellence in ICT4D under the category Outstanding Black Researcher at the 2011 DTI Technology Awards. A certificate and trophy was presented by the Honourable Minister Dr Rob Davies at this event witnessed by over 500 guests at the Bolivia Lodge in Polokwane on Thursday, the 21st of October.
published by dwesaadmin on Sun, 10/30/2011 - 06:53
CSIR’s International Conference Centre, in Pretoria, recently hosted the SAFIPA Annual 2011 Conference and Exhibition Showcase from the 19th to the 20th of October 2011. This event marked the closing of the successful three year bilateral programme funded by the Department of Science and Technology South Africa and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Finland towards the development and deployment of ICT service applications in South Africa.
published by dwesaadmin on Thu, 09/22/2011 - 15:34
The White Paper, Supporting the Evolution of Sustainable Living Labs and Living Labs Networks in Africa, presents a proposed approach to achieving the sustainable adoption of Living Labs Networks (and Methodologies) across Africa. It is targeted at a range of Key Stakeholders including Researchers, Entrepreneurs, Government Officials, and potential funding agencies. It takes account of lessons learnt from establishing LLiSA in Southern Africa, regional perspectives to ensure cultural and other differences are taken into account, as well as international best practices.
published by dwesaadmin on Tue, 09/20/2011 - 18:22
The 14th annual Southern African Telecommunications Networks and Applications Conference (SATNAC) was held at the East London International Conference Centre from the 4th to the 7th of September 2011. This year’s conference entitled “Social Communications – Challenging the Limits of Technology Innovation” was attended by 398 delegates from industry, academia and operators in the Information Communications and Technology (ICT) sector.
published by dwesaadmin on Tue, 09/20/2011 - 16:26
Deployment of Mobile WiMAX technology in a rural setting!
2011 will be a memorable year for the Siyakhula Living Lab. Through the support of Saab South Africa and its subsidiary Saab Grintek Technologies, the Siyakhula Living Lab is embarking on a major and exciting expansion of its telecommunications network infrastructure within the rural Mbashe Municipality of the Eastern Cape.This expansion includes the addition of a mobile WiMAX basestation and a redundant backhaul VSAT connection to the already existing fixed WiMAX/WiFi/VSAT network.
published by dwesaadmin on Wed, 06/29/2011 - 17:15
(article by Sarah-Jane Bradfield and extracted from Rhodes website)
The third annual Living Labs in Southern Africa (LLiSA) was hosted by the Siyakhula Living Lab at Rhodes last week. The workshop, which was sponsored by SAFIPA as part of its work to promote a knowledge society in Southern Africa, attracted delegates from around the country including North-West University, University of Zululand, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, University of Fort Hare, Meraka LimDev (Limpopo Living Lab), RLabs (Reconstructed Labs, Cape Town), East London Industrial Development Zone and SAP Research.
published by dwesaadmin on Wed, 06/29/2011 - 17:08
The IST Africa 2011 Conference and Exhibition was held from the 11th to the 13th of May 2011 at the Gaborone International Conference Centre in Botswana. This year’s conference, which was the sixth of its Annual Conference series, focused on bridging the Digital Divide by providing a platform to share knowledge, experience, lessons learnt and good practice and discuss policy related issues.
It featured over 160 presentations, 40 thematically focused paper sessions and 17 exhibition stands. A Best Paper Award and Best Demonstration Stand were presented at the end of the conference. Siyakhula Living Lab researchers are the recipients of the Best Paper Award at IST Africa 2010.
published by dwesaadmin on Tue, 05/10/2011 - 16:12
Just more than a year and a half ago, a 24 minute documentary entitled ‘Pinky and the Computers’ was recorded for a tv series called ‘For the Edge’. This documentary captured our work in the Siyakhula Living Lab at the time and in particular, the impact the project had made to one young lady by the name Priscilla Neziswa ‘Pinky’ Mcinga. Of course at this point the details are a bit out of date, so the documentary is rather a reflection of a period in time ;-)
The series ‘For the Edge’ started showing on SABC 2 from the 24th of April 2011 at 9pm. Our documentary will be screened on the 3rd Week. Our assumption is that the ‘3rd week’ will be on the 8th of May 2011.
