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27 September 2025

Future-Ready Innovation in Action: The Kenya Case Study

Kenya has always recognised the potential of space data and technology as a catalyst for national development. Building on early activity in the 1960s, the...

27 September 2025

Future-Ready Innovation in Action: The Kenya Case Study

Kenya has always recognised the potential of space data and technology as a catalyst for national development. Building on early activity in the 1960s, the...

22 July 2025

Enabling Smart Wearables Adoption in South African Mining

CLIENT:  Mandela Mining Precinct Real-Time Information Management Systems (RTIMS). PARTNER: RIIS and Sarraounia Public Health Trust  The challenge South Africa’s gold and platinum mining sectors face persistent occupational health and safety (OHS)...

22 July 2025

Bridging the Valley of Death – A Commercialisation Framework for Mining Innovation

CLIENT: Mandela Mining Precinct; Longevity of Current Mines (LoCM) CONSULTING PARTNER: RIIS The challenge South Africa’s mining sector faces mounting pressure to modernise while addressing economic constraints, regulatory...

14 July 2025

Proactive preparedness: How RIIS used Earth observation to simulate tailings dams risk in South Africa 

Tailings dams — the vast engineered structures that store the waste produced during mining operations — are both essential to modern mining and one of...

22 June 2025

Digital Tools for Modern Mining Transformation – The ESG Impacts Lens Dashboard

CLIENT: Mandela Mining Precinct; Successful Application of Technology Centred Around People (SATCAP)CONSULTING PARTNER: RIIS The challenge South African mining companies face increasing expectations to modernise while addressing...

20 September 2023

Freeport Saldanha driving South Africa’s Green Hydrogen economy

Endeva, a German non-profit initiative, recently hosted a webinar to showcase the findings of an exploratory initiative to understand South Africa’s green hydrogen ecosystem. Freeport Saldanha, along with...