CPUT will play a key role in the development of ICT in South Africa in order to bridge digital divide, thanks to Dr Chris Nhlapo.
The Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Research, Technology Innovation and Partnerships, Nhlapo has been selected by Universities South Africa as its representative to serve on the ICT Research Experts Reference Group.
The group plays a key role in informing and advising developments, strategies and policy’s related to ICT development in South Africa.
Nhlapo, who is actively involved in the national and international discourse on innovation and technology transfer, will bring a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the reference group.
This is also not the first time that Nhlapo has been appointed to a ministerial committee.
In 2013, Nhlapo was appointed by South Africa’s Minister of Mineral Resources to serve as a member of the board of Mintek, an organisation responsible for developing and transferring new technology for the national and international mineral sector.
Nhlapo was also tasked with developing a new framework for innovation in South Africa, as a member of a national task team set up by the National Advisory Council on Innovation (NACI).
NACI was created to advise the South African Minister of Science and Technology on the role and contribution that innovation plays in addressing economic, social, scientific and technology challenges.
