The 4^th Euro-Africa Cooperation Forum on ICT Research was held at the Cape Town International Conference Centre from the 14^th to the 15^th 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.

Sibukele Gumbo, Project Lead of the Siyakhula Living Lab Management Unit, was invited to present in the panel session “Africa-EU Cooperation on Open Living Labs (local innovation and technology transfer): Status and Perspectives”. Her presentation, entitled “The Siyakhula Living Lab and the COFISA and SAFIPA programmes : Learnings and Perspectives”, was well received by the delegates and can be viewed on the following link.

Additional details about the event, proceedings and photographs are available at the Euro-Africa website.