Prof. Barry Dwolatzky, Director of the Joburg Centre for Software Engineering (JCSE) at Wits University, has embarked on an international fund-raising trip aimed at securing funds required to develop stage one of the Tshimologong Precinct.
“Braamfontein, the scene of much urban renewal in recent times, is now the site of an exciting new-age software skills and innovation hub, the Tshimologong Precinct. The Precinct is part of an ambitious ICT cluster development programme, Tech-in-Braam, that has swung into action and is making the once dilapidated suburb the new technical heart of South Africa and beyond.”
Prof. Dwolatzky:
“Three things are driving digital technology: software, content and devices. Tablets and smartphones are just the tip of an enormous iceberg in terms of innovative digital devices. Enormous innovation is going to happen in that sector, and it’s not going to come from large corporates or someone working alone on a great idea. It’s coming from these types of spaces around the world under the broad name of technology hubs.”
For more information on this exciting project, which is fully supported by IITPSA, please visit http://openwits.co.za/
