ASSAf News

This Innovation for Inclusive Development (IID) learning intervention hosted by the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) and supported by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) sets out to discuss the deployment of open data driven solutions to improve public service delivery, empower citizen, create economic opportunities and solve societal challenges. To better understand and harness the impact of open data, there’s a need to delve deeper to unpack the dynamics of open data...

Royal Society of South Africa and the Academy of Science of South Africa invite you to a free public lecture by Professor Rajend Mesthrie, SARCHI Chair, Linguistics Section, School of African & Gender Studies, Anthropology & Linguistics, UCT on How South African languages have influenced each other over the course of history. Abstract: This talk will be concerned with the ways in which the many languages of Southern Africa have influenced each other over the last four centuries.  Although South...

The Department of Science and Technology (DST), the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), the South African Young Academy of Science (SAYAS) and the Organisation for Women in Science for Developing World - South Africa National Chapter (OWSD-SANC) will be hosting the Annual Young Scientists’ Conference on 13 – 14 September 2018.

The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) and the New Zealand High Commission in South Africa cordially invite you to a public lecture on Science, Policy and Society – Accelerating Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals by Sir Peter Gluckman, Science Envoy for the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) together with the Uganda National Academy of Sciences (UNAS) invites you to a symposium on The Root Causes of Low Coverage and Under-Immunisation in sub-Saharan Africa.