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Why Training Alone Doesn’t Close Skills Gaps
30 June 2026
AUTHOR: Vuyolwethu Mahlalela Emerging space ecosystems are trying to move from strategy and pilots to reliable delivery of space-enabled services and supporting infrastructure. Yet across ecosystems at different maturity levels,…
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From Energy Poverty to Energy Ownership in Mining Communities
AUTHOR: Tswelopele Makgale South Africa’s ongoing energy crisis remains a significant barrier to the country’s socio-economic growth. Persistent load shedding, caused by decades of governance failures, infrastructure...
From Fragmentation to Scale: Fixing South Africa’s Health Innovation Pipeline
South Africa’s health innovation ecosystem is not short of ideas. It is not short of talent. In many cases, it is not even short of...
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Bringing the Universe Closer to Home | The Travelling Telescope
The Travelling Telescope is making astronomy accessible to everyone, from luxury lodges to rural schools, through mobile sky-gazing setups and Kenya’s first bamboo planetarium.
What It Takes to Build a Space Ecosystem in Africa | RISA Documentary
What does it take to build a thriving space ecosystem? Through the RISA Fund, RIIS worked with partners across Africa to strengthen coordination, support entrepreneurs, and turn strategy into action. This documentary shares the lessons and opportunities from that journey.
The Clean Tech Innovation Consortium
The Clean Technology Innovation Consortium (CTIC), initiated by Sasol and Freeport Saldanha with support from RIIS, brings together industry, academia, and the public sector to accelerate hydrogen innovation and strengthen collaboration in clean technology.