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Stakeholder Workshop & Validation Process Marks Key Milestones in South Africa’s AI Maturity Journey
Since April 2024, a multidisciplinary team from the University of the Western Cape in close collaboration with the Council for...
Dec 6, 20242 min read


Invitation to CoLab seminar: Wellbeing of Older Adults in a Digital Society - 11 September, 2024
Please join us for an exciting morning seminar focused on the critical issue of digital inclusion of older adults. Title: Thriving in a...
Aug 30, 20241 min read


Publishing of the DSFOne Framework
Many years of research and collaboration on the topic of digital skills and digital transformation, culminated in the report, Digital...
Aug 17, 20231 min read

S-DIRECT: Social Digital Innovation Research to Empower Communities in Transition
The International Joint Research Group (IJRG) for S-DIRECT combines the expertise of iMinds-SMIT (VUB), UWC (CoLab and academic...
Dec 2, 20191 min read


Our first 2 joint Phd students graduate!
PhD Public Defence: CARLYNN POKPAS The public defence of the PhD in Media and Communication Studies by Carlynn Pokpas took place on...
Aug 28, 20191 min read

The UWC Digital Storytelling Lab launched as part of EU-funded Common Good First Project
The University of the Western Cape is one of 11 Universities participating in the programme Common Good First: Digital Storytelling for...
Jul 12, 20191 min read


Reflections on the 2018 Platform Strategy Summit at MIT, Boston, MA
Digital platforms are reshaping the world. The 2018 Platform Strategy Summit, presented by the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy took...
Jul 12, 20191 min read

Reflecting on the IST Africa 2018 Conference, Gaborone, Botswana
Supported by the European Commission (EC) and African Union Commission (AUC), IST-Africa Week 2018 (09 - 11 May, Botswana) is the...
May 11, 20182 min read


Experiences of our PhD students in Belgium
UWC has a long-standing relationship with several Flemish universities. One of the initiatives from this partnership is the RIP...
Oct 16, 20172 min read


Social Media and Open Innovation – a Systemic Approach to Commercialisation of Socio-economic Soluti
Dr Leona Craffert, Prof Kobus Visser and Dr Johan Breytenbach did an analysis of Social Media and Open Innovation against the background...
Aug 1, 20162 min read

Digital Economy Report
Eighty two large South African companies participated in this study on strategies, practices and skills for competitiveness in the...
Jul 11, 20161 min read
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