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C4IR HOSTS A CURTAIN CLOSE WORKSHOP FOR THE ACCELERATE ADOPTION OF IIOT TECHNOLOGIES

25 January 2023

Curtain close workshop for the accelerate adoption of IIoT technologies by SMMEs Pilot Project in the Eastern Cape The Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution South Africa (C4IR SA) will [...]

Dr Ntsibane Ntlatlapa honoured with academic Wits cap

21 January 2022

Congratulations to the C4IR South Africa: Centre Head Dr Ntsibane Ntlatlapa who has been appointed as an Adjunct Honorary Professor at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits). Dr Ntlatlapa will form [...]

INVITATION TO PROSPECTIVE TIER 1 CORE MEMBERS TO PARTNER WITH THE C4IR SA

4 January 2021

The C4IR-SA invites companies and organisations in the private and public sectors, and other stakeholder groups representative of any of the sectors of the economy to herein express their interest [...]

World Economic Forum Launches Initiative to Enable Equitable and Trusted Use of Data for Global Common Good

8 December 2020

World Economic Forum announces today the first-of-its-kind global initiative on designing a governance framework to responsibly enhance the societal benefit from data Individuals, private enterprise, civil society, research and [...]

Media statement on the release of the Intergovernmental Fintech Working Group’s (IFWG) Position Paper on Crypto Assets

14 April 2020

As the use of crypto assets continues to grow and evolve, a deeper collective understanding of this area is emerging, and regulators across the globe are formulating regulatory approaches that [...]

Where is South Africa’s industrial internet of things innovation?

10 March 2020

A growing number of inventive startups has fed expectations that South Africa can be a hub for innovation in the industrial internet of things (IIoT). And while there has been [...]

The path to digital revolution for businesses in SA

10 March 2020

Digital transformation is more than just integrating the latest piece of tech into one of your processes. It’s about true digital transformation that is integrated into all areas of the [...]

An Application of Data Mining in the Fourth Industrial Revolution – A Case of South Africa

6 March 2020

This research paper explores the in-depth application of Data Mining in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) in South Africa. The Industrial Revolution concept has fundamentally changed our society and economy. [...]

Open governance for improved service delivery innovation in South Africa

6 March 2020

The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) is the current and developing environment in which changing technologies and trends such as the Internet of Things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) are changing [...]

Using ICT indicators to measure readiness of countries to implement Industry 4.0 and the SDGs

6 March 2020

At the epicentre of Industry 4.0 is Information Communication and Technology (ICT) and across the 17 Sustainable Development (SDGs) are indicators focusing on ICT. In addition, SDG 9 focuses on [...]