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Dec 6, 20242 min read
Stakeholder Workshop & Validation Process Marks Key Milestones in South Africa’s AI Maturity Journey
Since April 2024, a multidisciplinary team from the University of the Western Cape in close collaboration with the Council for...


Aug 30, 20241 min read
Invitation to CoLab seminar: Wellbeing of Older Adults in a Digital Society - 11 September, 2024
Please join us for an exciting morning seminar focused on the critical issue of digital inclusion of older adults. Title: Thriving in a...


Aug 17, 20231 min read
Publishing of the DSFOne Framework
Many years of research and collaboration on the topic of digital skills and digital transformation, culminated in the report, Digital...

Dec 2, 20191 min read
S-DIRECT: Social Digital Innovation Research to Empower Communities in Transition
The International Joint Research Group (IJRG) for S-DIRECT combines the expertise of iMinds-SMIT (VUB), UWC (CoLab and academic...


Aug 28, 20191 min read
Our first 2 joint Phd students graduate!
PhD Public Defence: CARLYNN POKPAS The public defence of the PhD in Media and Communication Studies by Carlynn Pokpas took place on...


Jul 12, 20194 min read
Our interns reflect on the Women Tech & Digital conference recently held in Cape Town
In this picture: Felencia Lawrence, Atoofah Gierdien, Angezwa Gagayi, Dominique Goch, Ilse Kariem The MOVING to MASTERY: WOMEN IN TECH &...

Jun 8, 20181 min read
CoLab presents workshop to managers at PGWC on implications of Artificial Intelligence
On the 6th of June 2018, Dr Johan Breytenbach (UWC IFS Department); Wouter Grove (CoLab) and Dr Leona Craffert (Director: CoLab)...

May 9, 20181 min read
Reflecting on the S-Direct: Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, March 8, 2018
On the 8th of March 2018 S-Direct presented a technical workshop on Artificial intelligence, Machine Learning and Neural Networks. The...


Apr 24, 20182 min read
Reflecting on the 3rd S-Direct Seminar 2018
The third S- Direct Seminar took place at the University of the Western Cape on Wednesday 7 March 2018. The theme of the 3rd S-DIRECT...

Mar 9, 20181 min read
Great article by our friends at Howest on our S-Direct Machine Learning seminar (in Flemish)
9 MAART 2018 Onderwyser leer kunsmatige intelligensie Dieter Vandroemme en Wouter Gevaert werden zeer hartelijk ontvangen in the...


Apr 24, 20171 min read
S-Direct Seminar March 2017 (Cape Town)
For quite some time the dominant discourse related to internet, broadband and ICTs focused on the provision and facilitation of access...


Sep 8, 20161 min read
Beyond the hype of Big Data: Thought Leadership Series on the Digital Economy: 19 August 2016
The Thought Leadership Series on the Digital Economy continued on the 19th of August 2016. The fourth discussion in the series was...
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