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  • Five students received their PhD degree at the Autumn Graduation Ceremony

    Posted on May 23, 2022

    Prof Elma van der Lingen would like to congratulate the following students for obtaining their PhD degree. Bambo, TL Meyer, JAM Peach, R Qin, X Tshuma, B

  • GSTM Top Research Masters Awards 2021

    Posted on April 22, 2022

    The 2021 Top Research Masters Awards Ceremony was held on 21 April 2022. Prof Elma van der Lingen congratulated the following three students for their excellent research done for their mini-dissertation.

  • Project Management – now more relevant than ever

    Posted on April 21, 2022

    McKinsey listed project management as one of three skills that companies prioritised in 2020. The other two skills are leadership & managing others and critical thinking & decision-making – skills related to project management and to management in general. A Harvard Business...

  • INCOSE (SA) 16th Annual Systems Engineering Conference - Call for Submissions

    Posted on April 19, 2022

    Join us for the 16th Annual INCOSE SA Conference, the premier conference of systems engineering and related disciplines in Africa. The conference allows industry, organizations, educators, researchers, and government to showcase cutting edge practice and research. Please submit papers,...

  • How drug companies are sidestepping the WHO’s technology transfer hub in Africa, Prof D Walwyn.

    Posted on March 17, 2022

    Prof David Walwyn - The Conversation - March 2022. Pharmaceutical company Moderna announced on 7 March 2022 that it would develop a site in Kenya to manufacture COVID-19 vaccines. The company holds much of the key intellectual property relating to the messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines. Due to their...

  • Interview with Prof David Walwyn on 702 regarding the latest announcement by Moderna on the African Hub.

    Posted on March 17, 2022

    The John Perlman Show (702) - Interview with Prof David Walwyn The announcement by Moderna that it will continue to make the mRNA vaccines on its own is a big blow to the African Hub. Professor of technology management at the University of Pretoria, David Richard Walwyn, says the partnership...

  • Moderna's announced plans to manufacture COVID-19 vaccines in Kenya. Interview with Prof David Walwyn

    Posted on March 17, 2022

    Moderna's announced plans to manufacture COVID-19 vaccines in Kenya. Interview with Prof David Walwyn Newsroom Africa - March 2022 Moderna's announced plans to manufacture COVID-19 vaccines in Kenya. The pharmaceutical company holds much of the key intellectual property relating to mRNA...

  • GSTM New Offices

    Posted on March 07, 2022

    Dear valued Stakeholders, Advisory Board Members & Students It is with great pleasure that we inform you that our Department, Graduate School of Technology Management, relocated to an upgraded, professional and modern facility within the heart of Hatfield. This location has frontage road...

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