Innovation news

New Digital Dome launches in Joburg

12/11/2024

After major refurbishments, the old Johannesburg Planetarium has been transformed into the state-of-the-art Wits Anglo American Digital Dome.

Seeing stars in a whole new light

12/11/2024

After 64 years, the Johannesburg Planetarium has been upgraded featuring new cutting-edge digital projectors that will enhance its role in science education.

Workshop explores sustainable design in the age of AI

12/11/2024

The workshop gave scholars insights that empowered them to create AI-powered solutions for Africa’s most pressing challenges.

How to stay safe in cyberspace: 5 essential reads

11/11/2024

Whether we’re socialising, shopping, banking, studying or working, billions of people around the world spend hours each day online.

Wits teams clinch coveted SATNAC Challenge awards

15/10/2024

Swelihle Sibiya and Andile Mgomezulu won the R&D Challenge and the Huawei Challenge respectively, at the 2024 SATNAC Industry Solutions Challenge.

Innovative app helps adolescents with depression

10/10/2024

The Kuamsha app was developed as part of a study to address depression in adolescents in rural and low resource settings.

Until…until…until…#UntilUnlocked

03/10/2024

Fak’ugesi Festival unleashes the potential that lies within communities when technology, art, and culture intersect in Africa.

Wits and Tshimologong ready for Fak'ugesi #UntilUnlocked

01/10/2024

This year Fak’ugesi #UntilUnlocked celebrates the exciting expansion of African digital creativity.

Fak’ugesi Festival 2024 countdown

25/09/2024

Africa’s biggest creative digital innovation festival is from 3 – 5 October 2024 at Wits’ Tshimologong Digital Innovation Precinct.

Water data hub for Gauteng

18/09/2024

The water dashboard will help residents to keep track of shortages and repair issues and help to understand just how bad things are.

‘Eco’-student entrepreneurs triumph at ‘Innovathon’

11/09/2024

Dynamic student teams wowed judges, presenting innovative solutions to pressing social and environmental issues.

AI in Africa: It’s a matter of MIND

05/09/2024

As the world races ahead with AI advancements, concerns are mounting that Africa could be left behind. Enter the Wits MIND Institute.

LINK and ITU partner to boost digital skills in Africa

26/08/2024

The parties aim to fast-track digital skills development for policymakers and ICT professionals.

A physicist and a musician explore the wonders of the Universe live on stage

23/08/2024

Alumni Luca Pontiggia & Yasheen Modi present HIDDEN GIANTS, a talk about black holes, the unseeable giants in our Universe, accompanied by live original music.

WIC leadership role changes announced

20/08/2024

These reflect the Wits Innovation Centre's agility and responsiveness in continuing to grow the University’s innovation ecosystem.

Affordable new AI device to monitor air pollution hotspots in real-time

16/08/2024

A team of particle physicists have rolled out the first inexpensive South African air quality monitoring system using AI to predict areas of high pollution.

The Wits Innovation Foundation for Democracy opens its doors for business

15/08/2024

The Foundation looks to reshape discussions about democracy in Africa.

Colloquium explores ethical dilemmas arising from the use of AI and Big Data in research

08/08/2024

Philosophical, legal, moral, teaching and other angles unpacked at Wits SARIMA Carnegie 4th annual Global Ethics Day online event on 6 August.

From knowledge to impact: Bridging the academic-entrepreneurship divide

18/07/2024

Aspiring African innovators and entrepreneurs converge at Wits to learn skills to transform ideas into market-ready solutions.

Peco Power empowers rural community with Rent-to-Own Electricity

16/07/2024

The pioneering technology from Wits is transforming energy access with its new impact-driven Champion Franchise Model.

The psychological games cybercriminals play

14/07/2024

Catching online scammers: Our model combines data and behavioural science.

Mobile phone data help track pathogen spread and evolution of superbugs

10/07/2024

Novel way to map spread and evolution of pathogens, and their responses to vaccines and antibiotics, reveals how to help predict and prevent future outbreaks.

‘It’s all about the youth’

03/07/2024

Dr Solomon Assefa, the former Vice President at IBM Research, delivered the inaugural Professor Barry Dwolatzky Memorial Lecture.

Afretec awards almost $1.7 million

02/07/2024

One of the grant recipient projects from Wits University will investigate the role of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Researchers discover a potential vaccine to prevent tuberculosis in people of all ages

19/06/2024

In a critical global public health development, a candidate vaccine for tuberculosis (TB) has been created using a gene-editing approach.

How to avoid being hacked: ‘12345’ doesn’t cut it

18/06/2024

The question has shifted from whether cyberattacks will occur to when and how they will happen.

New cutting-edge digitisation equipment for Wits Digitisation Centre

07/06/2024

This addition marks a significant step forward in the ongoing efforts to preserve the University's vast archives and collections.

Wits and Liberty launch new Fintech Hub

15/05/2024

New Hub will be a place where researchers, entrepreneurs and professionals can get together to leverage technology to solve problems in the field of finance.

Wits celebrates Intellectual Property Day

07/05/2024

By awarding Wits researchers for their contribution to IP rights, the event highlights the integration of innovation and creativity for a shared future.

Study shows pro-western cultural bias in the way AI decisions are explained

19/04/2024

Many existing explainable artificial intelligence systems produce explanations that are tailored to individualist, typically western, populations.

Digital trade protocol for Africa: why it matters, what’s in it and what’s still missing

08/04/2024

Africa’s market share of the digital trade globally is small. But it has expanded rapidly, outpacing the global average.

Sports Innovation takes centre stage at annual Principals' Function

25/03/2024

Representatives from Gauteng feeder schools recently attended Wits University's annual Principals’ Function to recognise outstanding school principals.

Rooftop projects boost clean energy

18/03/2024

There are 14 solar installations across Wits to promote environmental and financial sustainability. This is in addition to the hybrid hot water system.

Solar benches facilitate outdoor learning

16/03/2024

Benches hardly spark conversations but the new benches on campus are hitting the right notes with students.

Launch of Irish Tech Challenge SA 2024 ignites innovation

15/03/2024

The Tech Challenge seeks to foster partnerships between South African and Irish startups.

How academics can counter ‘AI thinks, therefore I am’

20/02/2024

2023 will be remembered as the year that artificial intelligence (AI) – or, more specifically, large language models (LLMs), like ChatGPT – changed the world.

South African technology winners visit Dublin

12/02/2024

Pelebox founder, Neo Hutiri, is one of the five winners of the Irish Tech Challenge - a prestigious competition seeking to unearth high-impact SA start-ups.

Journalism in the age of social media and AI

02/02/2024

Digging for the truth has become easier and far more convenient, but distinguishing fact from fake has become more complicated in the digitised world.

3D scanning: We recreated a sacred South African site

29/01/2024

One criticism of current 3D models of archaeological sites is that they are presented devoid of human traces and history. We captured the spirit with our model.

Mission impossible? Not for these postdocs

22/01/2024

8 Postdoc Fellows join Wits to boost research on the intersecting themes of climate change, just transition, sustainability, and inequality.

Researchers demonstrate that quantum entanglement and topology are inextricably linked

08/01/2024

This experimental milestone allows for the preservation of quantum information even when entanglement is fragile.

Water and sanitation problem-solvers win

03/01/2024

Wits students among top teams at the Sustainathon 2023, bringing home great prizes.

Turning green grass into gold

01/01/2024

Academia can help show how the cannabis industry can be a thriving sector in the country.

Printing 3D patches to heal wounds

01/01/2024

New biotechnical treatments can fast-track recovery from traumatic injuries. 

New Optica Emerging Leader in Optics Chair

21/12/2023

SA visionary and quantum expert, Dr Isaac Nape, has been appointed as the inaugural Chair that seeks to advance quantum research.

'Teleporting' images across a network securely using only light

14/12/2023

Researchers show for the first time, how we can transport images across a network without physically sending the image.

Upgraded Micro-CT Scanner to advance research

08/12/2023

Advanced 3D imaging technology allows for fossil-bearing rocks to be examined non-invasively and saves time and resources.

Wits researchers pioneer a new way of searching for Dark Matter

27/11/2023

Researchers explore whether Dark Matter particles actually are produced inside a jet of standard model particles.

WMI summit explores the changing mining landscape

04/10/2023

The Summit is another step forward in developing mining tech and skills to drive a low-carbon future and just energy transition.

What to see and what to do at the 2023 Fak'ugesi Festival

27/09/2023

A virtual feast of Africa’s best creative showcases, digital workshops, talks, music, and digital art exhibitions

Wits launches new PGDip in Science in the field of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

15/09/2023

Graduates and third year students encouraged to apply now for the new PG Diploma to drive business ownership and job creation.

How do we use Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education for Good?

11/09/2023

Wits workshop on Learning and Teaching debates responsibility, equity, and access of generative AI in Higher Education.

Wits scientists opens up the world of pharmaceutical research at National Science Week

16/08/2023

Wits Advanced Drug Delivery Platform use the national science fair to interact with future generation of scientists, healthcare professionals, and innovators.

Immersive experiences with Wits NeuRL

15/08/2023

NeuRL’s Immersive Virtual Reality Lab uses innovative body owner illusions to understand cross-cultural bias.

Wits-UoE research partnership ‘heads to Space’

19/07/2023

Researchers from Wits and the University of Edinburgh held a symposium to explore collaborative opportunities for Space Research projects.

Supporting youth to become job creators

10/07/2023

The next generation is essential to Africa's future and to global shared interests in creating a safer, healthier, and more prosperous world.

Smarter human oversight is crucial in facial recognition AI

20/06/2023

Enhanced human verification techniques and practices will always be required to ensure accuracy and ward off inherent biases.

Researchers demonstrate noise-free communication with structured light

09/06/2023

A new approach to optical communication that can be deployed with conventional technology.

Wits mourns the passing of Prof. Barry - SA's 'Grand Geek'

16/05/2023

South Africa has lost an innovator, a strategist, a humanitarian, and a much-loved Professor who dedicated over 50 years of his life to Wits.

Wits Innovation Centre signals a new era in #InnovationForGood

18/04/2023

The WIC will harness the creativity and ingenuity of the University’s rich, diverse community of innovators to solve complex, real-world problems.

Fine advice on failing, luck and limiting expertise

17/04/2023

Wits University awarded Dr David Fine an honorary degree at the Faculty of Science graduation ceremony on 17 April 2023.

Be(IE) innovators of the future

17/04/2023

The first Biomedical Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Course sparks a new era for #WitsInnovation.

Sun-powered microgrid study launched in Pretoria

12/04/2023

The Pecogrid pilot study will examine the viability of the large-scale rollout of microgrid inverter systems in informal communities.

Two leading Wits scientists appointed to National Advisory Council on Innovation

22/03/2023

Professor Lynn Morris and Professor Bavesh Kana will advise government on how to harness and grow innovation.

Wits and Telkom launch new industry solutions lab

16/03/2023

Telkom and Wits sign a partnership agreement to establish the new Telkom Industry Solutions Lab.

Dr Mitch Cox named 2023 Optica Ambassador

27/02/2023

He is one of 10 exceptional early-career members selected from around the world to serve as a 2023 Optical Foundation Ambassador.

Wits Innovation Centre announces team

09/02/2023

Dr Adam Pantanowitz has been appointed as Chair in Innovation and Director of the WIC, and Letlotlo Phohole as Senior Programme Manager.

Wits physicist is joint winner of The World Academy of Sciences award

02/12/2022

Professor Andrew Forbes shares the award for physics with Professor Jueinai Kwo of Taiwan.

New high-tech Digital Dome catapults Johannesburg Planetarium into the future

21/11/2022

Wits University and Anglo American to transform the Johannesburg Planetarium into a world-class digital research, training, and science engagement facility.

Worker organisations can survive the digital age. Here’s how

16/11/2022

In the face of a decline in traditional union membership, it’s critical to focus on where resistance is taking place, rather than where it is not.

Global recognition for research and innovation in pharmaceutical sciences

08/11/2022

Wits Professor of Pharmacy, Yahya Choonara, is the 2022 FIP Distinguished Pharmaceutical Science Award winner.

‘Dad’s subwoofer’, an electric walking cane, and, is that lighting!?

05/11/2022

4th year engineering students show off their bold and visionary solutions with amazing final-year projects.

Looking ahead from a life of new beginnings

04/11/2022

Emeritus Professor Barry Dwolatzky launches inspirational memoir, smartly capturing his less-than-ordinary coded history.

Africa’s first endovascular robotic unit will advance research and enable ‘outreach intelligence’

03/11/2022

The new unit at the Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre (WDGMC) is both a robotics research opportunity and a global responsibility.

Immersive, magical, hopeful - Africa leads #FromNowOn

24/10/2022

Africa’s first Digital Creativity Awards brings a sense of wonder and applauds the meteoric rise of African creativity in the digital space.

Wits to kick-start a national quantum technologies initiative with R54 million funding

20/10/2022

The South African Quantum Technologies Initiative (SA QuTI) aims develop a well-established critical mass in the national quantum community.

Major partnership to drive digital transformation in Africa

11/10/2022

The Afretec network has made 20 million US dollars available to members, including Wits, to collaborate in engineering and technology.

SA ICT employers, practitioners look to global skills markets

06/10/2022

The number of SA employers reporting they are recruiting ICT skills overseas has increased dramatically in the past year – up from 38% to over 50%.

100 years of innovation and inventions

03/10/2022

Various innovations after the past century have improved the world for many - but there’s still much more for universities to do.

Curios.ty 14 (#Wits100): A century of doing good

02/10/2022

Wits' research magazine celebrates 100 years of changing the world for good.

100 Years of changing the world. For Good

02/10/2022

Guest Editorial: Wits remains a beacon of hope in society. We continue to strive for excellence in all that we do and use our knowledge for the good of society.

Stay curious – there’s a whole new world coming in 2122

02/10/2022

Editorial: The stories in Curios.ty 14: #Wits100 showcase the University’s sustained participation, influence and impact in the lab, the classroom, and society.

The Wits Digital Dome to light up the sky

02/10/2022

It’s the end of an era as Wits Planetarium is reimagined as a ‘out of this world’ digital dome.

Identifying faces to recognise humanity

02/10/2022

The development of the Wits Face Database: An African database of high-resolution facial photographs.

CTIF & Jamfest 2022: Unplugged - but still connected

01/10/2022

Joint hybrid conferences for African civic tech innovators and media makers, journalism innovators, and other creatives.

Machines will not replace humans, yet!

28/09/2022

Expert calls for development of a new kind of AI that is provably beneficial to humans

Countdown to Fak'ugesi Festival 2022

21/09/2022

Happening from 13 - 21 October, this year's digital innovation festival returns to its home at Wits' Tshimologong Digital Innovation Precinct in Braamfontein.

Auto manufacturing is changing: how to protect workers

22/08/2022

South Africa should ensure that changes to energy-efficient vehicles are done in a way that creates jobs and protects workers.

What’s wrong with the Fourth Industrial Revolution

22/08/2022

Pasha Podcast: Innovation in the digital space is not necessarily working for people in the global south.

Mind-blown by interactive brain experiences 

08/08/2022

A showcase of local neuroscience talent was on display by Wits NeuRL and collaborators at the recent #Wits100 event.

Wits innovation changing the world for good

02/08/2022

Wits University is home to a wellspring of talent from multiple disciplines where life-changing innovation is incubated.

Digital labour platforms subject global South workers to ‘algorithmic insecurity’

16/06/2022

Digital platform work is often seen to suit workers’ skills, interests and schedules. But it comes at a cost to their economic security and control.

Digital migration: court delay upholds information rights of poor South Africans

16/06/2022

The decision further delays migration to digital broadcasting and places strain on the urgently needed bandwidth for mobile data.

The 2022 ICT Skills Survey goes live

06/06/2022

The impact of hybrid work models on IT skills in South Africa will be among the issues coming under the spotlight this year.

African sci-tech could drive future black hole discoveries

30/05/2022

Astronomers have revealed the first image of the black hole at the centre of our galaxy, the Milky Way.

Turkish ambassador launches digital fabrication laboratory at Wits

25/05/2022

Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) and Wits University launch FabLab.

Towards a secure digital legacy – Wits Library now a member of the Digital Preservation Coalition

09/05/2022

Wits has joined the Digital Preservation Coalition, a charitable foundation that supports digital preservation with a view to a secure digital legacy.

Future Ecosystems for Africa programme launched at Wits

19/04/2022

Programme aims to identify African ecosystem vulnerabilities while leveraging African-informed transformative change opportunities.

Race and class fears amplified on Twitter when ɳ°ÍÌåÓý¹ÙÍø_2024Å·ÖÞ±­²©²Êapp@ hit

18/04/2022

Study of tweets in Kenya and South Africa shows online rage towards white communities and privileged classes can be read as fatigue with the postcolonial state.

R50 million donation to advance innovation in South Africa

04/04/2022

Alumnus Dr David Fine's generous donation will be used to establish the Angela and David Fine Chair in Innovation.

‘Digital activism is the future’ – Commonwealth scholar

28/03/2022

Albert Sharra, recipient of the Commonwealth Split-site scholarship, focuses on digital political activism and people power.

Mobilising big data and AI to fight GBVF

17/03/2022

Gender-based violence and femicide is a pandemic more insidious and endemic than a virus – how technology can help combat and prevent it.

Monstrous males/femme fatales

17/03/2022

Gender portrayals in animated films have come a long way, which is important, as animation can be a tool for positive social change.

Creating job opportunities for SA’s youth

16/03/2022

The Wits Entrepreneurship Clinic gets going with programme to drive innovation and entrepreneurship.

Wits physicist awarded 2022 Sang Soo Lee Award

09/03/2022

Professor Andrew Forbes recognised for his outstanding leadership in founding and growing an optics and photonics community in Africa.

Tracking symptoms of respiratory diseases online can give a picture of community health

28/02/2022

This is not an alternative to traditional disease surveillance, but a complementary tool.

Tackling how data from your Health App is used

23/02/2022

New research project will explore ways to protect the personal health data of African app users.

Hat-trick of research accomplishments for Wits digital technologist

03/02/2022

A researcher and lecturer in the Wits School of Education has begun 2022 with three high-profile achievements.

ɳ°ÍÌåÓý¹ÙÍø_2024Å·ÖÞ±­²©²Êapp@: New tracker for shopping malls

03/02/2022

Wits team develops social distancing and shopper behaviour tracker for malls.

Wits in multi-country high-tech mineral exploration partnership

02/02/2022

Team of experts help search for metals and minerals needed to meet the tech demands of an evolving world.

The Zuck stops here

24/01/2022

It’s time to take on the tech giants to sustain media and journalism - you can use competition laws against the likes of Facebook.

2021: Best science or technology-related books

14/12/2021

With the year drawing to a close, many people will be wondering what books they may have missed out on in 2021.

Quantum entanglement: Why physicists want to harness it

09/12/2021

“Quantum entanglement” is one of several plot devices that crops up in modern sci-fi movies.

South Africa needs more spectrum now

07/12/2021

Wits, UJ, government and the telecoms sector join forces to close the digital divide.

Should we trust machines?

24/11/2021

Inclusivity and diversity need to be at the level of identifying values and defining frameworks of what counts as ethical AI in the first place.

Lighting up the digital divide with ‘Fibre, Before the Fibre’

16/11/2021

Wits leads efforts to develop low-cost, long-range free-space optics that can connect informal settlement communities to high-speed internet.

Wits, British Council to boost innovation in Africa

11/11/2021

The new Wits Entrepreneurship Clinic will form part of the Innovation for African Universities Project that will drive economic development.

Can gaming transform the way we learn?

26/10/2021

Professor Barry Dwolatzky explains what gamification in learning is and how it is on a path to change the future of higher education.

SA ICT sector navigates pandemic unscathed but skills gaps remain

28/09/2021

The 2021 ICT Skills Survey results were released on 28 September 2021.

Skills survey finds SA ICT not moving to gig economy - yet

27/09/2021

Survey shows a shift to the gig economy has not occurred in SA, but it's plausible that this might change in future.

Remote work a win for South Africa's ICT professionals

21/09/2021

JSCE-IITPSA ICT Skills Survey results will be released on 28 September 2021.

Let’s DIY future democracies for good

14/09/2021

#DIYAfrica 2021 creates space for Africans to “Do It Yourself” and realise the potential of new and emerging technologies to bring about change.

Wits to coordinate South Africa’s national quantum initiative

14/09/2021

The South African Quantum Technology Initiative (SA QuTI) aims to drive local quantum technology research and innovation.

Wits leads ambitious partnership to drive AI in Africa

08/09/2021

The AI Africa Consortium partners with Cirrus AI to bring large-scale AI infrastructure capacity and expertise to the African research community and industry.

Johannesburg turned into live laboratory to measure 'killer' lightning

02/09/2021

DEHN AFRICA donates R500 000 to the Johannesburg Lightning Research Laboratory at Wits University to support pioneering research in lightning protections.

Are you quantum or not? Wits PhD student cracks the high-dimensional quantum code

31/08/2021

A new and fast tool for quantum computing and communication.

Curios.ty 12 (#Solutions): Advancing society for good

12/08/2021

Our cutting-edge research offers #Solutions to some of the most challenging problems facing society today.

Wits.For Good. solutions inspire hope

12/08/2021

Editorial: From solutions to the structural, political, and socioeconomic challenges in South Africa, to those ‘moonshot moments’ that advance society for good.

Getting serious about gaming

12/08/2021

Games from the Game Design programme at the Wits School of Digital Arts tell important stories, and allow for solutions to many real-world problems.

Zoom in. Team up. The new era of therapy

12/08/2021

Can online platforms help therapists and tutors transform teaching and care beyond the pandemic?

Photographing ghosts in space

12/08/2021

Photographing a black hole in space, 55 million light years from Earth, seems an impossible task but scientists went to unprecedented lengths to achieve this.

Engineering empathy

12/08/2021

In search of ways to help his father recover from injuries suffered in a motorbike accident, Nabeel Vandayar enrolled at Wits to study medicine.

Social media regulation: Can we trust the tech giants?

12/08/2021

Some scholars consider these ‘liberating technologies’ because they empower citizens to speak back to power and hold leaders accountable.

'Grand Geek' to lead Wits’ Innovation Strategy

21/07/2021

Professor Barry Dwolatzky has been contracted as Director of Innovation Strategy.

Re-inventing the Doppler effect

13/07/2021

Wits and HUST researchers report a new form of the Doppler effect.

Wits graduates awarded start-up capital for pharmacy innovation

13/07/2021

Wits Pharmacy graduates were awarded seed funding for their automated, antimicrobial-surface coated pill-dispensing innovation, Ra-Pill.

Fak’ugesi Festival 2021 #BUILDCOZYOUHAVETO

02/07/2021

This year’s Fak’ugesi Festival will be a hybrid event and takes place from 14 to 24 October 2021.

Dream team heads for world robotics soccer cup

17/06/2021

For the first time, a Wits University team will compete in the international RoboCup tournament.

Photonics unlocks second quantum revolution

14/06/2021

Wits University’s future hub of Quantum Technology is switched on.

The Wits Quantum Initiative launches at Wits

10/06/2021

WitsQ will provide first a forum for quantum scientists in all fields across the continent to connect.

Pandemic impact on ICT skills in the spotlight in 2021 ICT Skills Survey

09/06/2021

The JCSE-IITPSA Skills Survey assesses skills demand and supply from both a corporate and practitioner perspective.

WhatsApp + maths tutors = a solution for poor learners

09/06/2021

An innovative maths WhatsApp hotline threw high school teens an educational lifeline during 2020.

Wits students develop unique cannabis cultivation tech

30/03/2021

Two master’s students are developing new technologies aimed at disrupting the booming cannabis, or so called ‘green gold’, industry.

Wits announces team to advance AI research in Africa

26/03/2021

The team, led by Professor Zeblon Vilakazi, will lead Africa’s effort to advance artificial intelligence research and its application across the continent.

Removing the technology fear factor from digital transformation

18/03/2021

Digital transformation: Technology shouldn’t be a source of fear, but rather an ally and key business tool.

Tshimologong announces the 5th edition of Digital Lab Africa

10/03/2021

Digital content creators called to participate in fully online DLA#5.

Huge gap between SA's 4IR strategy and what commission recommends

15/01/2021

Huge gap between SA's 4IR strategy and what commission recommends

Mining's year ahead will demand deep innovation

06/01/2021

Mining's immediate future is to be impacted not just by economic cycles or established trends, but by structural issues demanding urgent and deep innovation.

Building Africa's AI initiative

06/01/2021

Considerations behind the largest and most complex undertaking of its kind in Africa’s history.

AI helps to identify new ɳ°ÍÌåÓý¹ÙÍø_2024Å·ÖÞ±­²©²Êapp@ hotspots in Gauteng

21/12/2020

Gauteng Government, IBM Research and Wits University are fighting the pandemic with artificial intelligence.

Wits develops AI project with York University to tackle COVID-19 in Africa

02/12/2020

The International Development and Research Centre (IDRC) grants $1.25 Million to the project.

The postgraduate blueprint for a future that works

18/11/2020

Register for postgraduate study at Wits University and be part of the future of exciting possibilities.

Wits-French partnerships strengthened

03/11/2020

Commitments focus on innovation and the creative engagement with new technologies.

Africa’s first 5G Innovation Lab

02/11/2020

Wits, Huawei and rain jointly launch Africa's first 5G laboratory at the Wits Tshimologong Digital Innovation Precinct.

African gaming takes centre stage at Fak’ugesi Festival

27/10/2020

Highly anticipated and specially curated Fak’ugesi Arcade programme unveiled.

Fak’ugesi Festival 2020 unveils exciting Heritage & Technology Programme

20/10/2020

The 2020 Fak’ugesi African Digital Innovation Festival will run for one month from 20 October to 20 November 2020.

Diamonds are a quantum scientist’s best friend

06/10/2020

The discovery of triplet spin superconductivity in diamonds has the potential to revolutionise the high-tech industry.

Fak’ugesi Festival 2020: #POWERTOTHEPIXEL

29/09/2020

A virtual feast of Africa’s best creative digital workshops, talks, pitches and digital art exhibitions.

We can prevent procurement fraud by deploying 4IR technologies

21/09/2020

The ɳ°ÍÌåÓý¹ÙÍø_2024Å·ÖÞ±­²©²Êapp@ pandemic has brought to the fore just how endemic corruption has become.

Work from home reserved for the privileged few in SA

18/09/2020

Digital divides ensure that only 11% of households have access to the internet.

A new app helps COVID-19 frontline workers with mental health

10/09/2020

Pasha 80: Fighting the coronavirus can put severe strain on a person’s mental health.

Wits, GCRO, IBM and Gauteng Province opens ɳ°ÍÌåÓý¹ÙÍø_2024Å·ÖÞ±­²©²Êapp@ dashboard to public

09/09/2020

The Gauteng Province has been using data and cloud technologies to monitor and respond to ɳ°ÍÌåÓý¹ÙÍø_2024Å·ÖÞ±­²©²Êapp@, and now they are sharing access with the public.

Engineering student’s book wins award

12/08/2020

Wits student, Musawenkosi Nyati has published an award-winning book, Mobile App Development.

Wits students dominate global supercomputing competition

11/08/2020

Despite ɳ°ÍÌåÓý¹ÙÍø_2024Å·ÖÞ±­²©²Êapp@, Wits students won second place with their applications to aide analysis of ɳ°ÍÌåÓý¹ÙÍø_2024Å·ÖÞ±­²©²Êapp@ data in the competition held online for the first time.

Fast tracking the critical task of building South Africa’s digital economy

04/08/2020

South Africa lags behind the rest of the world when it comes to embracing the digital economy.

Sharing a secret … the quantum way

31/07/2020

Wits Researchers demonstrate a new quantum approach for sharing a secret amongst many parties, setting a new record for the highest dimensions and parties.

Kenya’s internet balloons could help to bridge the digital divide

20/07/2020

Kenya's new internet balloons could help to get more Kenyans online and drive new industry.

Technology brings change but labour can shape its direction

08/07/2020

Increased capital investment and productivity need not result in job losses. Industrial policy can link investment incentives to job preservation and creation.

Top nuclear physicist to lead Wits

25/06/2020

Professor Zeblon Vilakazi appointed as the Wits Vice-Chancellor and Principal from 1 January 2021

The world is flat: ɳ°ÍÌåÓý¹ÙÍø_2024Å·ÖÞ±­²©²Êapp@ becomes the driving force for 4IR

01/06/2020

The most profound change is the accelerated of way in which digital transformation and the Fourth Industrial Revolution have moved at warp speed.

Wits students’ research on cover of leading world optics journal

27/05/2020

Wits Master’s students create best practice guide for efficient and accurate use of DMDs in structured light laboratories.

JCSE Listening Circle Series

19/05/2020

Join South Africa’s Grand Geek’ and leading digital experts as they explore Africa’s Digital Future.

Wits COVID-19 dashboard gets grant award from the IEEE

21/04/2020

New features added as inter disciplinary and inter-institutional collaboration data on the pandemic grows.

COVID-19 Update 24: Data access: All four major mobile service providers on board

19/04/2020

Students will get 30GB of data if registered on MTN, Vodacom, Cell C or Telkom.

COVID-19 Update 24: How to access your data

18/04/2020

COVID-19 Update 23: Wits opens online on Monday, 20 April 2020

17/04/2020

Wits will commence with emergency remote online teaching and learning from Monday, 20 April 2020.

Process to apply for mobile computing devices

15/04/2020

This communique outlines the process through which students who require assistance with a loan device can apply.

Wits switches to remote online teaching and learning from 20 April 2020

14/04/2020

Wits institutes an emergency remote teaching and learning programme as one measure to help minimise the time lost in the academic project.

Wits COVID-19 dashboard goes continental

07/04/2020

New features added as inter disciplinary and inter-institutional collaboration data on the pandemic grows.

Wits researchers launch most comprehensive COVID-19 dashboard in South Africa

23/03/2020

The dashboard is aimed at informing government, scientists, the media and general public with quick, easy-to-understand information on the current situation.

Wits team and industry closer to final LVPS prototype

19/02/2020

Team visits Jemstech to view progress on first SA-made prototype for Tile Calorimeter of the ATLAS Detector at CERN.

Fibre communications on steroids: Wits student breaks the code

28/01/2020

A team from Wits (South Africa) and HUST (China) show that multi-dimensional quantum communications with twisted light is possible down legacy fibre networks.

The digital economy is becoming ordinary. Best we understand it

27/01/2020

The digital economy will, soon, become the ordinary economy as the uptake - and application - of digital technologies in every sector in the world grows.

Wits leads Quantum Computing National Working Group

02/12/2019

“Investment in quantum technologies in South Africa is crucial if we want to leverage the next level of discovery research,” says Professor Zeblon Vilakazi.

Engineering pivotal moves

27/11/2019

Top marks are due for a bionic hand engineered by Wits University postgraduates, who have made mobility more accessible to the 1 million amputees in SA.

Wits innovation set to light up lives

26/11/2019

PeCo Power, a new spin-off company, is a home-grown electrical off-grid solution that will radically change lives and impact local communities.

Information Security is a leading skills priority

18/11/2019

The 10th ICT Skills Survey shows that the Fourth Industrial Revolution is still waiting in the wings.

Enabling the future by decoding the past

12/11/2019

The eighth issue of Wits University’s research magazine, Curios.ty is themed: #Code, and is available download or read online.

Decoding Wits’ innovations the past 100 years

12/11/2019

EDITORIAL: It is only through understanding yesterday that we can shape today and create tomorrow.

Surfing the data tsunami tomorrow

12/11/2019

Humankind is facing an ever-growing data tsunami that could swamp us as a species – or provide us with unheard of opportunities.

Fair trade: Your soul for data?

12/11/2019

In an increasingly data-driven world, are we just walking data sources for the benefit of giant multinational corporations?

Plugging digital leaks

12/11/2019

Data are gathering in pools and lakes. As we dip our toes into these murky waters, we see a sign that says, ‘Here be dragons…’

Do kids need to code?

12/11/2019

Preparing for a digital revolution is as much about getting the basics right as it is looking to the future.

How knitting won the war?

12/11/2019

Craftivists have been savvy cryptographers for aeons longer than any computing geek.

Editing disease in South Africa

12/11/2019

Gene therapy – there is a long road ahead to mainstream techniques and ensure that the technology is cost-effective.

Diagnosing the dead and predicting mortality

12/11/2019

A new generation of apps could soon help health professions to decode the causes of death, and predict the likelihood of dying.

Recreating Earth through code

12/11/2019

The first Earth System Model developed and based in Africa are creating one of the most reliable and most detailed modulations of climate change.

Reptile laundering

12/11/2019

PhD candidate Shivan Parusnath plans to use social media and machine learning to help stop illegal reptile trade on global scale.

Lingua franca of mathematics

12/11/2019

Speaking to visitors from outer space would one day require a common language and one not found in a dictionary.

Data and dominance

12/11/2019

COLUMN: Data domination by Big Tech, both nationally and internationally, has ominous implications for economies – and privacy.

When computers came to Wits

12/11/2019

The University bought its first computer from IBM 59 years ago. Today, Wits and IBM are partners in quantum computing.

Wits to host human capacity development workshop in big data and artificial intelligence

12/11/2019

The two-day workshop will be part of the National Conference of the Centre of High Performance Computing.

South Africa is one step closer to processed titanium alloys

06/11/2019

Low-cost titanium alloys in South Africa could be used in non-aerospace sectors, such as car parts, medical devices, implants, jewellery and kitchen appliances.

Structured light promises path to faster, more secure communications

05/11/2019

Quantum mechanics is embracing patterns of light to create an alphabet that can be leveraged to build a light-based quantum network.

WitsQ to hold first Summer School

31/10/2019

The WitsQ Quantum Computing Summer School takes place from 2 - 10 December at the Science Stadium.

Enabling the future by decoding the past

24/10/2019

The eighth issue of Wits University’s research magazine, Curios.ty is themed: #Code, and is available download or read online.

Wits researcher wins international award for infection control innovation

18/10/2019

Wits academic Michael Lucas took top honours at the International Conference on Prevention and Infection Control in Switzerland, 10-13 September 2019.

The future is innovation

27/09/2019

"Wits and Tshimologong are the pioneers driving Gauteng to a modern economy in the new age of the digital revolution," said Premier David Makhuru.

Can robots decide on right and wrong?

17/09/2019

The '4IR: Philosophical, Ethical, Legal Dimensions' conference explored the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR).

School of Chemistry launches new AI research initiative for Africa

04/09/2019

Africans should be the contributors, shapers and owners of the coming advances in artificial intelligence and machine learning, says Professor Zeblon Vilakazi.

Digital makers invited to ‘Own Your Force’ as Fak’ugesi

29/08/2019

Cross-sector digital creative technology at 2019 Fak’ugesi Festival – Africa’s best creative digital workshops, talks, pitches and digital art exhibitions

Fak'ugesi and Smart City Office - a natural fit

26/08/2019

The 2019 Fak’ugesi Festival has partnered with the City of Johannesburg’s Smart Cities Office to bring an exciting African-centric programme line-up.

Technology and creativity by Africans for Africa

19/08/2019

Cultural Economies Conference at 2019 Fak’ugesi African Digital Innovation Festival.

Wits superheroes at Sasol TechnoX 2019

30/07/2019

What do you need to become a superhero? Certainly not superpowers, we can all be superheroes according to a team of Witsies.

New research initiative will be announced at this year's AI Expo Africa

29/07/2019

Major machine learning research initiative will serve as a model for innovation and growth in Africa.

An eye on assistive tech at home

24/07/2019

Eye-gaze devices as assistive tech have the potential to empower people with disabilities by improving their independence at home.

Sibanye-Stillwater donates R50m worth of seismic data to Wits

24/07/2019

Sibanye-Stillwater has donated their 2D/3D reflection seismic data worth R50m to the Wits Seismic Research Centre of the School of Geosciences.

You and Big Brother @Home online

24/07/2019

Technology and surveillance cause a sense of moral panic, but such scrutiny has the potential to enhance society.

Neglected challenge of the 4IR debate

22/07/2019

The roles and practices of companies like Google and Facebook must be investigated.

Huawei awards bursaries to Wits postgraduate students

18/07/2019

Huawei South Africa has donated almost 2 million in scholarships to ICT and Engineering postgraduate students at Wits.

Building real world solutions in Minecraft

15/07/2019

Students in the School of Therapeutic Sciences and the School of Education at Wits competed to build a world in online game, Minecraft.

Legitimation Code Theory Conference a success

09/07/2019

The third international LCT (Legitimation Code Theory) conference hosted at Wits was huge success with 160 delegates in attendance and 98 papers presented.

Technology can make collecting and analysing evidence for policy easier

08/07/2019

There is more and more research being produced around the world every day. In total, about 3 million articles are published every year.

Embrace 4IR to address poverty, inequality and unemployment - Ramaphosa

05/07/2019

President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered the keynote address at South Africa’s first #4IRSA Digital Economy Summit.

South Africa takes a quantum leap and joins the race

26/06/2019

Quantum technologies are exploding and no longer the purview of laboratory experiments only.

SA students win world supercomputing competition once again

25/06/2019

Wits students are part of South African team to take first prize at the International Supercomputing Conference.

Wits enters the quantum computing universe with IBM Q

12/06/2019

IBM expands its quantum computing program with Wits as its first partner in Africa on the IBM Q Network.

Becoming quantum ready in Africa

11/06/2019

With rapid progress over the last couple of decades we are entering a new era of computing and Africa needs to act now.

Equipping Wits’ ICT students for future jobs

06/06/2019

Leading Chinese telecommunications company injects more than R1 million towards student funding at Wits.

First 5G training in SA for ICT postgrads at Wits

24/05/2019

Huawei South Africa has launched free 5G training for ICT postgraduates at Wits University.

Structuring SA’s digital government: the road not traveled?

23/05/2019

The potential capabilities afforded by digital technologies should not be ignored in the current stage of design of the future government administration.

The "big data mess" and how to clean it up

23/05/2019

A rethink of operational processes as a complex system, and the application of machine learning as an adaptive analytical framework.

Software licence donation advances Geosciences

03/05/2019

Petroleum Experts Ltd has donated an academic software licence worth R25m to the School of Geosciences.

DigiMine strikes gold

17/04/2019

Sibanye-Stillwater commits additional R30 million to further mining 4.0 research and development.

4IRSA announces 1st Digital Economic Summit for SA

11/04/2019

"We are the pioneers who can reimagine how digital innovation can transform our world.”

The year ahead: From legal rights for robots to a Cyber 9/11

09/04/2019

Artificial Intelligence will be maturing over the next 18 months with Africa becoming ground zero for 4IR disruption.

Make apprenticeships sexy again

01/04/2019

South Africa 4IR-readiness and the case for tech-savvy artisans.

Africa cannot afford to take the back seat in one of the most important pursuits of modern science

25/03/2019

The continent needs its own experts to harness Artificial Intelligence towards our local challenges and priorities in Africa.

Economic growth impaired by poor ICT data

22/03/2019

Academics and business must partner to help government understand what skills pupils and workers require for 4IR.

Wits students create genetics app

20/03/2019

Wits science students have created an app to teach people the basics about genetics.

The brain as a network device

27/02/2019

Research by Wits biomedical engineers that incorporates the human brain as part of a computer network is believed to be a world-first.

#4IRSA Digital Economy Summit 2019 dates announced

21/02/2019

The Fourth Industrial Revolution Partnership for South Africa (#4IRSA) hosts a Digital Economy Summit in Johannesburg in June 2019.

Wits hosts unique e-Science teaching platform

20/02/2019

Wits is the hub of a unique cross-disciplinary postgraduate e-Science training platform.

Wits’ supercomputing students win big

12/02/2019

Our teams excel in Centre for High Performance Computing Student Cluster Competition.

Why screen time needs to be limited

04/02/2019

High levels of screen time, among babies, children and adolescents, are associated with potential harm.

New research shows lasers can create fractals

04/02/2019

Wits researchers prove the long-held theory by making the first direct observation of fractal light from lasers.

We are facing our biggest leadership challenge yet

01/02/2019

It is not the robots that will take our jobs but a crisis of imagination and leadership, says futurist Valter Adão.

South African-Scottish research team demonstrate fractal light from lasers

30/01/2019

Team confirms a 20-year-old prediction that “nature’s geometry” could be recreated by the use of laser technology.

Shedding a new light on optical trapping and tweezing

27/11/2018

Wits physicists demonstrate a new device for manipulating and moving tiny objects with light.

10 years of SA-CERN

21/11/2018

Collaboration on Fundamental Physics celebrates a decade, of among others, Wits’ involvement in accelerated technology development.

#4IRSA – Creating the future we want

21/11/2018

First round table set the stage for South Africa to formulate a collective response to the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

Siemens launches Digital Mining Incubator

20/11/2018

Digital technologies to boost skills and transform South Africa’s mining processes.

Making SA’s techentrepreneurs future ready

19/11/2018

Why we should stop chasing the Silicon Valley dream and rethink what Africa needs, especially in the incubator space.

Africa is changing, radically, and digitisation is playing a pivotal role

13/11/2018

The outcomes from the 2018 Fak’ugesi Festival and collaboration with the Wits Art Museum will be shown on Digital Imaginaries: Africas in Production in Germany.

WitsX launches new online course: Digital Transformation and the IT team

09/10/2018

Wits University’s has released a new online course aimed specifically at IT and business professionals.

How the humanities can equip students for the 4IR

03/10/2018

An understanding of the interaction of humans with technology and technology with humans are key to grasp the impact of the fourth industrial revolution.

The hidden technology

21/09/2018

Automatic control is a technology that modern society cannot live without.

New MOOCs for agents of change

18/09/2018

Wits University has added two new courses to its free, online WitsX/edX learning platform.

Wits Team eFundanathi and eZone in Learning Idols

14/09/2018

A lecturer in the Wits School of Therapeutic Sciences was in the top three vying in Learning Idols at the Learning Innovation Africa Conference 2018.

Creating collective memory

13/09/2018

Creating a collective memory in a country with a fragmented past and persistent inequality needs money, skills and political will to preserve its history.

Bootcamp for startups

12/09/2018

IBM SA and Wits’ Tshimologong Precinct launch six week acceleration bootcamp for startups.

#SA4IR to explore how the 4th Industrial Revolution could shape SA

05/09/2018

Wits, UJ, Fort Hare and Telkom to develop a national response to the Fourth Industrial Revolution that could shape the futures of South Africa.

Engineering solutions for tomorrow

29/08/2018

Final year engineering showcased their design-and-build projects which provided solutions to everyday life challenges.

Unpack the source code of your African Identity

24/08/2018

Fak’ugesi African Digital Innovation Festival announces its 2018 line-up.

Enabling youth to power the digital economy

10/08/2018

Hundreds descended upon Wits to hear the legendary Jack Ma, Executive Chairman of Alibaba Group, address entrepreneurs, students and policy makers.

It's time to talk about tech

06/08/2018

Technological advances are reshaping our lives, and our policies should be designed to enhance its creative and empowering potential.

Witsies win big in travel innovation competition

01/08/2018

A cash prize of $10,000 has been awarded to Wits students for their winning travel idea.

Bridging the digital divide with photonics

04/06/2018

Wits physicists and engineers team up to tackle Africa’s digital divide with home grown technologies

Young digital entrepreneurs showcase cool innovations

30/05/2018

Entrepreneurs at the Wits Digital Tshimologong Precinct show Johannesburg Executive Mayor, Herman Mashaba how creative they are.

Tech bytes

18/05/2018

From slow sand filters and to towers that measure energy and gases.

Building the world’s most powerful microscope using particle accelerators

16/05/2018

Bruce Mellado, National Contact Physicist of South Africa at the ATLAS experiment at CERN, says there are future plans for a bigger, better LHC.

Tech giant recognises African machine learning research

06/04/2018

Wits robotics researcher awarded Africa’s only grant in the 2017 round of the Google Faculty Research Awards.

We’ve come up with a TB test that’s cheaper, quicker and more accurate

26/03/2018

Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease that kills more people due to a bacterial infection than any other disease in the world.

DigiMine, the future of mining research

16/03/2018

Celebrating the research of the new Sibanye-Stillwater Digital Mining Laboratory (DigiMine) at Wits University.

How we recreated a lost African city with laser technology

16/03/2018

LiDAR, was used to “redraw” the remains of the city, along the lower western slopes of the Suikerbosrand hills near Johannesburg.

First executive programme in Digital Business

15/03/2018

Wits Business School (WBS) is excited to have launched its first executive education programme in Digital Business, the first of its kind in South Africa.

Accelerating high-tech training

12/03/2018

Wits students contribute to the upgrade of the high-tech software and hardware at the CERN ATLAS detector.

Why it would be in everybody’s interests to regulate cryptocurrencies

12/02/2018

Cryptocurrencies originated as an alternative payment mechanism to traditional currencies.

SA will not escape this revolution

04/01/2018

Professor Zeblon Vilakazi’s editorial in the latest issue of Curiosity, Wits’ new research magazine:

Wits’ optics research among best in 2017

12/12/2017

Research into optics and photonics by Wits physicists has been highlighted as some of the most influential in 2017.

Designer proteins, the new generation of HIV vaccines being put to the test

30/11/2017

South Africa has made tremendous advances in providing lifesaving antiretroviral therapy for HIV infected people.

Energetic engineering at EIE Open Day 2017

26/10/2017

The ‘Brainternet’, robotic arm, mosquito repeller, adaptive digital hearing aid, leaf recognition software – our future engineers show their stuff.

Wits appoints new CEO for Tshimologong

03/10/2017

Lesley Williams will head up the tech precinct and help it to achieve its full potential.

Wits offers new post graduate courses in e-Science

02/10/2017

Programme will create opportunities for students in a variety of fields to gain an interdisciplinary perspective on the emerging fields of Data Science.


The mud beneath the digital magic

29/09/2017

The bones of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, like every industrial revolution in the past, come from the dirt under our feet.

Tech as eyes and ears

28/09/2017

Wits alumnus, Elash Mistry was elated when he became the first blind person in Africa to be admitted as a fellow of the Actuarial Society of SA in 2017.

Human rights in a digital world

28/09/2017

Digital access itself does not untangle past inequalities. In many cases, it may even increase inequality.

Death of the chalkboard and the demise of the sage on the stage

27/09/2017

The launch of a high-tech eZone, eFundanathi – “Learn with Us”, is set to revolutionise teaching and learning at Wits.

The future of work

27/09/2017

Tech advances are already impacting skilled white-collar and unskilled workers whereas the digital revolution affected mainly semi-skilled, blue-collar workers.

Q&A about Watson, the iHuman supercomputer

27/09/2017

In 2011, a faceless, emotionless voice named Watson famously defeated two of the greatest champions of Jeopardy!, an American TV gameshow.

Researchers demonstrate quantum teleportation of patterns of light

21/09/2017

Technique paves the way for high-bit-rate secure long distance quantum communication.

Virtual reality breathes new life into African fossils, art and artefacts

20/09/2017

More digital avenues are being added to South Africa’s museums – and now the country has its first full VR exhibit.

Light to break bandwidth ceiling

16/09/2017

The rise of big data and advances in information technology has serious implications for our ability to deliver sufficient bandwidth to meet the growing demand.

(Hu)man vs. Machine

15/09/2017

In a world controlled and dominated by robots, is there still space for humans?

Improving the accuracy of TB testing

15/09/2017

Wits scientists have developed technology that ensures the efficacy of equipment that tests for tuberculosis (TB).

Can you read my mind?

14/09/2017

In research thought to be a world first, biomedical engineers at Wits are connecting a human brain to the internet in real time.

Using high tech to tell the story of ancient man

13/09/2017

Origin Centre's new Virtual Reality experience uses state of the art communications technology to tell the story of what makes us human.

Talking tech and African languages

13/09/2017

Is tech killing indigenous African languages? Prof. Leketi Makalela, head of Languages, Literacies and Literatures in the Wits School of Education talks back.

Interpreting brainwaves to give amputees a hand

13/09/2017

Biomedical engineers at Wits are researching how brainwaves can be used to control a robotic prosthetic hand.

Africa app'tly rising

12/09/2017

There are over 300 tech hubs in Africa and maybe 52 or more in South Africa, one of which is the Wits Tshimologong Digital Innovation Precinct in Braamfontein.

Game changer: Hanli Geyser

12/09/2017

Hanli Geyser, head of Game Design in Digital Arts in the School of Arts at Wits, doesn’t like being called a 'gamer'.

Wits to host first Deep Learning Indaba in Africa

23/08/2017

The Indaba will bring leaders in machine learning and artificial intelligence to Wits University to teach and mentor students, researchers and entrepreneurs.

ICT industry leader joins Wits

22/08/2017

Professor Brian Armstrong appointed to head up WBS/Telkom Chair in Digital Business.

Tshimologong's first accelerator programme now open for applications

31/05/2017

The Journalism and Media Accelerator (JAMLAB) will be home to innovators who want to develop new forms of journalism.

In the age of the internet, censorship has acquired a new face

28/04/2017

Abandon the naive thought that, with the internet and free flow of information, governments are retreating from repression of the media.

SA students benefit from major digital electronics update at CERN

19/04/2017

International scientists share knowledge with SA students and industry at a workshop, dedicated to the CERN electronics upgrade.

New ultra-clean isotope geoscience laboratory opens up a new world of research

12/04/2017

New laboratory will work closely with the University of Johannesburg to offer southern African scientists a local solution for isotope analysis.

WiSER professor wins inaugural Humanities Book Award

08/03/2017

The Academy of Science of South Africa has identified Prof. Keith Breckenridge as the winner of its Humanities Book Award for his book on the Biometric State.

Technology confirms theory about Earth’s oldest venomous species

14/02/2017

Baron Franz Nopcsa, a particularly colourful figure in the history of palaeontology, was right.

Calling all aspiring digital entrepreneurs

13/02/2017

Are you up for Wits’ first Digital Innovation Challenge? Do you have the smarts and skills in location technology?

Analysing data to inform public health

20/01/2017

Biostatistics is the analysis and interpretation of data generated in the biological and health sciences to inform clinical or health policy and practice.

Studying the making of smart cities

20/01/2017

Professor Ronald Wall is an economic geographer and urban planner and the Johannesburg City Chair in Economic Development at Wits.

Big award for ‘ace of the IT industry’

28/11/2016

Professor Barry Dwolatzky honoured by his peers for his outstanding contributions to ICT sector.

Fellow of light

18/11/2016

Andrew Forbes elected as Fellow Member of a leading international optics and photonics association.

Location, location, location

17/11/2016

Winners of GeoJozi Challenge will help solve Jozi’s street address problems and improve service delivery.

Wits researchers find techniques to improve carbon superlattices for quantum electronic devices

19/10/2016

In a paradigm shift from conventional electronic devices, exploiting the quantum properties of superlattices holds the promise of developing new technologies.

3D technology brings a lost mammalian ancestor back to life

03/10/2016

At the very beginning of the 1960s, a South African palaeontologist embarked on a series of ambitious works.

Tshimologong - Jozi's new digital playground

01/09/2016

Wits is transforming Braamfontein into a young, vibrant precinct for its notable tech-savvy and innovative community.

Innovation ecosystem opens door

25/08/2016

New #IBMResearchWITS partnership to focus on big data, cloud computing and mobile tech.

Wits and Academic Partnerships agree to educate online

18/08/2016

Wits signs a MOU with Academic Partnerships to increase access to education through online learning.

Wits to lead national e-science consortium

17/08/2016

DST awards University a project to develop teaching and training platform for postgraduates.

2016 GeoJozi Developer Challenge

12/08/2016

Partnering with Wits University, the City of Joburg launches a developer challenge to address issues.

Light packing more data has potential to increase bandwidth by 100 times

10/06/2016

African researchers demonstrate a 100x increase in the amount of information that can be 'packed into light'.

Internet freedom: why access is becoming a human right

01/06/2016

How "free" is the internet in South Africa and the question of cost.

Let maths solve the problem

11/03/2016

The DST/NRF Centre of Excellence in Mathematical and Statistical Sciences is leading the charge.

Gleeble to the rescue

19/02/2016

Now Dr Lesley Chown can test new metals cost-effectively in her lab.

Fibre has its limits too

17/02/2016

Wits researchers in optical communications explore ways to drastically increase the optical fibre bandwidth.

Using gene therapy to combat HBV infection

11/02/2016

Hepatitis B Virus causes between 600 000 and one million deaths per year, predominantly in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia.

Optimisation production through process engineering

09/02/2016

Researchers say there are still large gaps in our understanding of the associated utility systems in batch chemical processes.

Cooling high-speed computers

27/01/2016

The School of Mechanical, Industrial and Aeronautical Engineering is about to make headlines for the development of new technology to cool high-speed computers.

The science of small things

11/01/2016

Nosipho Moloto hopes to use nanotechnology to solve our energy crisis.

The power of light

15/12/2015

Andrew Forbes is a Distinguished Professor in the School of Physics.