THE University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) has partnered with government‚ business and industry to launch a precinct for innovation in Braamfontein‚ Johannesburg.The Wits Tshimologong Digital Innovation Precinct was officially opened on Thursday.Setswana for "new beginnings"‚ Tshimologong is Johannesburg’s newest high-tech address in the vibrant inner-city district of Braamfontein‚ where the incubation of start-ups‚ the commercialisation of research and the development of high-level digital skills for students‚ working professionals and unemployed youths will take place.Through Wits’ Joburg Centre for Software Engineering (JCSE)‚ Tshimologong has been three years in the making and is seeking to encourage tech innovation and collaboration between the university’s researchers and students and the private‚ public and civil society sectors in Johannesburg."We hope that transforming Braamfontein into Africa’s premier technology hub will inspire new talent‚ create jobs and lead to an econ...
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