The world economy is undergoing unpredictable transformations.
Projections, sometimes foreboding, about a “lasting impact” of the ongoing changes continue to be sounded from many quarters. Community relations will not be left unscathed.
It is, however, our reaction to adversity and inevitable challenges that matter more. It is in our response that we could influence what is to come.
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Another social investment project aims to house our decorated, world-renowned Institute for Nanotechnology Innovation. The breath-taking success of this Institute in international research belies the infrastructural challenges it faces. Under Distinguished Professor Tebello Nyokong,an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, the Institute is at the heart of a global network of researchers and product developers. It is a hub for international collaborations involving leading institutes and universities in Africa, America, Europe, and China.
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We also share information about opportunities for partnerships in the transformation space. Our thinking characteristically reaches beyond campus. We believe that an Indigenous Languages Centre could respond to concerns that are relevant not just in the complex African context, but in the Global South broadly.
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Our value proposition for an exclusive yet accessible, educational centre of excellence in the south of the continent lies in the vision represented in this book. See the picture and partner with us.
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