Derek Keats: Blog

Talking about things that interest me, and hopefully interest you too.

innovation

bananas — When I made my posting about an innovation economy for South Africa, point 8 that I made was to create at least two innovation universities in major urban areas or at worst, on their periphery. One might wonder why I would propose creating two new institutions, focusing on innovation. Why […]

Universities in South Africa: we need two new ones for ...

18th June 2017 in Critical thinking / Education tagged higher education / innovation / universities by Derek Keats

Innovation economy — In my last post, inspired by a ventureburn article by Barry Dwolatzky, I mentioned an innovation economy for South Africa, and some of things that we need to focus on as a nation post the irresponsible Zuma era. The idea of creating an innovation economy is not new, it is […]

What does an innovation economy involve for South Africa?

13th June 2017 in Critical thinking / Strategy tagged government / innovation / South Africa by Derek Keats

Change requried — This morning I arrived at my computer to see a post from my brilliant friend and former colleague, Prof Barry Dwolatzy, made on ventureburn, entitled “Innovation, tech transfer can help South Africa to address triple challenges“. The triple challenge that he refers to is alleviating poverty, reducing inequality and creating […]

Ditching the rhetoric and building an innovation economy for South ...

12th June 2017 in Critical thinking / Strategy tagged government / innovation / South Africa by Derek Keats

wasting our youth — This talk was given to the South Africa–Finland Knowledge Partnership on ICT (SAFIPA) conference held at the CSIR 19-20 October 2011. Although it was 4 years ago, it has a lot of information that relates to some of the opportunities for creating an innovation-focused institution that pays students a salary, which […]

Emerging & Future Trends in ICT: linking it to the ...

27th October 2015 in Education tagged #FreeEducation / innovation by Derek Keats