As #TeamCSIR celebrates 80 years of touching lives through innovation, this year’s national #WomensMonth2025 and Women’s Day mark a profound moment for reflection, recognition and renewed commitment. It is a moment to honour the strength, resilience and contributions of women within our organisation, and across South Africa. From the labs to leadership, your brilliance continues to shape a future that is not only inclusive, but extraordinary. Let us continue in our pursuit of "Accelerating socioeconomic opportunities for women’s empowerment” together. #CSIR80years

All these AI policies - where to start, what to focus on? 🔎 JOIN US for pivotal #conversation on the maturity of #AI in South Africa. The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), in partnership with @giz_gmbh, @UWConline & @saica_za supported by @CommsZA and @dstigovza INVITE you: 🌍online launch of the AI Maturity Assessment Framework (AI MAF) for South Africa 🎯the first initiative of its kind in the country 🎯aiming to guide how we understand, measure, and shape our national AI readiness. The AI MAF is a pioneering national initiative providing data-driven understanding of AI capabilities & gaps across sectors, guiding evidence-based opportunities, decision-making and enabling government to shape demand driven policies, grounded in reality.🤖📖🩺🛣️👩🏽‍🏫👷🏽‍♀️👩🏽‍💼💵 Contributing towards coordinated, #ethical, #responsible & forward-looking artificial intelligence, supporting #collaboration and leaving no one behind in our digital future is priority. 🫱🏽‍🫲🏽 🤔Intrigued? Be among the first to learn about the state of South Africa’s AI readiness: ✔️the design-science methodology to develop the 8 domains of the #framework, ✔️how #ISO standards provide global application to locally contextual framework, ✔️findings from the first national assessment of AI maturity for #SouthAfrica ✔️demo of the digital #dashboard, and ✔️why an evidence-based approach is key to South Africa’s global competitiveness, innovation ecosystem, and #digitaltransformation. 📍 Online | Open to all Registration Link: rb.gy/bwlvew

Day 2 at the Foundational Digital Capabilities Research Student Workshop is in full swing at the Coastlands Umhlanga Hotel and Convention Centre! From AI breakthroughs to #digitaltwins and #cybersecurity, today's session with students presenting their Masters/PhD papers is pushing the boundaries of digital innovation. Students, industry peers and industry stakeholders are learning alongside SA’s brightest young researchers and digital pioneers. Stay tuned for highlights, reflections, and key insights. Let’s build South Africa’s digital future together! #TeamCSIR #FDCR2025 #DigitalCapabilitiesSA #StudentInnovation #AIinAfrica #FDCR2025conference

Today, 16 July 2025, #TeamCSIR Robotics Centre Manager Dr Sunveer Matadin participated in a panel discussion on "Workforce & Skills Development for the Digital Era" at the #ManufacturingIndaba2025 in Sandton. The discussion focused on the crucial area of skills development in the context of #4IR and also explored strategies to equip the workforce with the necessary skills to thrive in an increasingly automated and technologically advanced environment. The CSIR is a leader in this space, with the establishment of the Learning Factory – a collaboration with MerSETA. ℹ️ To learn more about the Learning Factory, please visit csir.co.za/learning-factory