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News Author: Wim de Villiers on 25 May 2021 In light of th anniversary of the establishment of the New Partnership for Africas Development ( NEPAD) coming up in July, now is the perfect time to take a fresh look at socio-economic advancement on our continent. The world is in turmoil: politically, socially and economically. The COVID-19 pandemic has widened some of the cracks in society at large, and the African continent has certainly not been spared any of it. Although our continent has many...

Excellence in science, technology and innovation for Africa 25 May 2021 - 09:40 Wim de Villiers Picture: 123RF/EVERYTHING POSSIBLE In light of Africa Day on May 25, and with the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (Nepad) coming up in July, now is the perfect time to take a fresh look at socioeconomic advancement on our continent. The world is in turmoil: politically, socially and economically. The Covid-19 pandemic has wide...

The department of statistics and operations research, better known as STOR, will introduce a data science minor in fall 2021 that is designed to appeal to students majoring in a broad array of disciplines. The minor is an important component of the soon-to-launch data science initiative, a pan-University effort. When people hear “data science,” they might think of tech jobs: programming the algorithms that generate the ads that pop up on social media or the statistical analysis used to pred...

CoderZ Named SIIA Education Technology 2021 CODiE Award Finalist for The Best Coding and Computational Thinking Solution Share Article CoderZ was honored as one of 152 finalists across the 42 education technology categories "We are honored to be named a CODiE Award finalist this year,” said Ido Yerushalmi, CEO of CoderZ. "With the CoderZ suite of products, educators can ignite students’ passion for STEM through robotics, coding, and computer science while fostering future-ready college and ...

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News Author: Stellenbosch University / Universiteit Stellenbosch Published: 16/04/2021 ​ The Council of Stellenbosch University (SU) held its first of four scheduled meetings for the year on Tuesday 13 April 2021. As in December 2020, we again met in hybrid mode, with some members gathering on campus (observing all COVID-19 protocols) and others participating online. SU did extremely well in trying circumstances last year, having completed the 2020 academic year successfully despite a rapid ...

News Author: Innovus Published: 09/04/2021 ​The first cohort of Stellenbosch University graduates, SU faculty and corporate employees successfully completed the first 6-week programme of the newly established SU Techpreneurship Centre in March this year. At the end of the program, 90% of SU graduates were interviewed by local technology companies, and 70% of them were offered full-time internships. The Techpreneurship Centre is creating a valuable link between academia and exciting South Afr...

Share In March, the virtual mobility project began among students from the institutions that make up the network, who are already taking subjects from different universities. Students who are participating positively highlighted the possibility of approaching new approaches, and meeting people from other houses of study, particularly in the current healthcare context. camera During the last weeks, and even in the midst of the total quarantine, students from different UC undergraduate programs h...

The term has been in use for several decades but has gained currency as enterprises have become awash in a sea of data, funneled into databases by a wide variety of new customer-facing applications, particularly mobile apps. Data science, though, can be applied to small data sets as well as the “big data” generated by mass-scale applications. Advertisement One of the newest data science programmes in sub-Saharan Africa is the School for Data Science and Computational Thinking at Stellenbosc...

Teachers and parents can find the solutions to the quizzes HERE! The team develop teaching materials to enhance problem-solving skills through education in computational thinking and will have more materials for Seachtain na Gaeilge and St Patricks Day.  Make sure to check on the website HERE. What is Bebras?  Bebras is an international initiative aiming to promote computational thinking among school students at all ages. Participants are usually supervised by teachers who may integrate the ...