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The International Joint Research Group (IJRG) for S-DIRECT combines the expertise of iMinds-SMIT (VUB), UWC (CoLab and academic...

PhD Public Defence: CARLYNN POKPAS The public defence of the PhD in Media and Communication Studies by Carlynn Pokpas took place on...

Video: DVC Academic R&I Professor Jose Frantz Samsung Innovates Today to Create a Better Tomorrow Innovation Drives Growth JOHANNESBURG,...

As the Fourth Industrial Revolution becomes a reality to rest of the world, as citizens we are becoming more dependent on digital...

The 4th Industrial Revolution has brought forth a great deal of opportunities for individuals and industries alike. However, the...

In this picture: Felencia Lawrence, Atoofah Gierdien, Angezwa Gagayi, Dominique Goch, Ilse Kariem The MOVING to MASTERY: WOMEN IN TECH &...

The University of the Western Cape is one of 11 Universities participating in the programme Common Good First: Digital Storytelling for...

Digital platforms are reshaping the world. The 2018 Platform Strategy Summit, presented by the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy took...

On the 6th of June 2018, Dr Johan Breytenbach (UWC IFS Department); Wouter Grove (CoLab) and Dr Leona Craffert (Director: CoLab)...

Supported by the European Commission (EC) and African Union Commission (AUC), IST-Africa Week 2018 (09 - 11 May, Botswana) is the...

On the 8th of March 2018 S-Direct presented a technical workshop on Artificial intelligence, Machine Learning and Neural Networks. The...

The third S- Direct Seminar took place at the University of the Western Cape on Wednesday 7 March 2018. The theme of the 3rd S-DIRECT...

9 MAART 2018 Onderwyser leer kunsmatige intelligensie Dieter Vandroemme en Wouter Gevaert werden zeer hartelijk ontvangen in the...

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) have been identified as productive drivers of inclusive economic growth and development in South...

CITY OF CAPE TOWN 12 OCTOBER 2017 MEDIA RELEASE City helps Leonsdale youth to bridge the digital divide The City of Cape Town, in...

UWC has a long-standing relationship with several Flemish universities. One of the initiatives from this partnership is the RIP...

​ For quite some time the dominant discourse related to internet, broadband and ICTs focused on the provision and facilitation of access...

An often cited gap in attempts to develop coding skills in South Africa, is the fact that sufficient computational logic skills are not...

The Thought Leadership Series on the Digital Economy continued on the 19th of August 2016. The fourth discussion in the series was...

The Brief received by the CoLab was the following: Create a campaign to engage the Class of 2014 and assist them to use and value social...