2024 Events

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26/02/2024

National Advisory Council on Innovation (NACI) seminar

The Transformative Innovation Africa Hub (TIAH) organised a seminar on transformative innovation policy and investments to the management and staff of the South African National Advisory Council on Innovation (NACI) and stakeholders. The seminar took place at the office of the National Research Foundation (NRF), South Africa. The seminar responded to idea that the world is in a deep transition, with the need to urgently address several global social and ecological challenges. As private investors consider new types of investment strategies moving beyond ESG and impact investment towards Transformative Investment, this seminar introduced a new investment philosophy that is specifically suited for supporting the deep transition agenda and transformative change.

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26-29/02/2024To celebrate its 5-year anniversary, the Chair hosted a 4-day international conference named “Transforming Africa: Innovating our way towards Sustainability”. The event included high-level moderated discussions, multistakeholder indabas, exhibitions, and a research symposium, each day focusing on a core thematic area of the Chair’s activities: Green and Just Transitions, Digital transformation, and Inclusive innovation. This conference was a problem-solving-oriented event that sought the cross-fertilisation of ideas between academia, industry, government, and the third sector to discuss pathways for Africa’s innovation-driven transformative change.
01/03/2024

Building a collaborative network of innovation agencies in Africa.

This workshop aimed to facilitate the sharing of best practices, resources, and knowledge to spur innovation that drives sustainable and inclusive development across the continent. The workshop is based on an ongoing project conducted by the Chair with support from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in collaboration with the South African National Research Foundation.

01/03/2024

Policy Experimentation workshop

This one-day workshop provided capacity building on experimentation in Transformative Innovation Policy for five countries: Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi and South Africa.

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16/4/2024Prof. Raphie Kaplinsky received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Johannesburg and delivered a public lecture on “Industrial policy for a sustainable future: how much can we rely on historic policy agendas? A road map to a more sustainable future”.

15/05/2024

 

–    “Publication Clinic” to enhance publication skills of our students and emerging scholars, navigating the publication process, fostering collaboration, and promoting ethical publishing.
23/05/2024–    Dr Ellen Chipango presented her work in progress on “Human rights, gender equality and energy access: A relational ethical view”,
3-7/6/2024The Chair hosted partner’s writeshop in Magaliesberg, South Africa
 AfricaLics Visiting Fellows workshop and PhD supervision workshop
OngoingStrengthening the Capacity of Africa’s Science Granting Councils (Evi-Pol 2) project
20/09/2024Dr Naledi Gallant presented work on “The role of digital transformation in shaping entrepreneurship”
2/10/2024Dr Rajesh Gopalakrishnan Nair presented his work on “Why innovation policy narratives matter and what helps them change.
21/10/2024The 3rd Technology and Society in Africa Conference
13/11/2024Dr Neville Mangwiro
20/11/2024Dr Ellen Chipango
27/11/2024Dr Mike Awoleye presented work on “The status of research on 4IR adoption in South African organisations: a systematic literature review”