UP Cements MoU with Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport
The University of Pretoria’s (UP) Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology (EBIT) recently hosted MEC for Public Transport and Roads Infrastructure Jacob Mamabolo and a delegation from the Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport (GDRT).
The MoU should foster cooperation with other institutions involved in smart mobility and that UP should collaborate on various projects in Gauteng with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, which has partnered with the GDRT on smart mobility research and other areas in the built environment.
Driving Change Through Cultivation of Academia-industry Partnerships
The University of Botswana has come up with a number of initiatives with the aim of moving towards becoming a high-performance organisation. One such initiative is the Industry Masterclass series that aims at fostering change through cultivation of academia-industry partnerships to ensure cross-fertilization ideas.