Building South Africa's innovation capacity

The Southern Education and Research Alliance (SERA) embodies an inclusive, strategic alliance that seeks to create the education, research and technology transfer infrastructure and competence needed to significantly contribute to South Africa's global competitiveness.

Founding partners, the CSIR and University of Pretoria - respectively the largest R&D, technology and innovation institution in Africa and one of the largest research universities in the country - share a vision of creating a South African flagship to compete globally in science and technology.

Collaborating locally and abroad, its activities are rapidly and effectively applying knowledge and human resources to the science, engineering and technology value chain to support economic growth and sustainable development, locally and in the region.

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SERA Focus Area Team Co-Leader appointed as CSIR Fellow
Co-Leader of the SERA Process Integration for Clean Coal Technologies (PICCT) Focus Area Team and University of Pretoria (UP) Professor, Thokozani Majozi, has been appointed as a CSIR Fellow.

Cultivating PhDs for global competitiveness
South Africa's global competitiveness depends on cultivating a pool of highly skilled doctoral graduates, according to the Acting CEO and President of the National Research Foundation (NRF).

Evidence-based policy for environmental sustainability: a path forward for South Africa



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