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ARTICLES FROM MeerKAT telescope team honoured with

prestigious Royal Astronomical Society
OUR NEWSLETTERS Award

YOU MAY HAVE The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) has awarded its
2023 Group Achievement Award to the MeerKAT team.

MISSED In its citation, the RAS recognised the MeerKAT team “for
a series of spectacular observations in radio astronomy,
the highlight being the images of the Galactic Centre
Twice a week EngineerIT publishes a region and the spectacular radio bubbles. In addition, the
newsletter. Here are some of the articles that MeerKAT team has supported the development of science
were published during December/January and technology in Africa and stress-tested technology for
the Square Kilometre Array (SKA).” Read more
which you may have missed.

MTN best mobile network with Vodacom a
close second

The research shows that South Africa had an average mobile
download speed of 49.19Mbps and an average upload speed of
14.15 Mbps last year. MTN had the highest average download
speed at 68.84Mbps, followed by Vodacom at 48.58Mbps,
Telkom at 28.54Mbps, Cell C at 23.41 Mbps, and Rain at 15.14
Mbps. MTN also had the best network in Tshwane, Cape Town,
Johannesburg, Bloemfontein, eThekwini, Mangaung, Nelson
Mandela Bay and Ekurhuleni. Read more South Africa and Türkiye agree to advance
cooperation in science and innovation

The Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Dr
Blade Nzimande, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) with the Republic of Türkiye that will see the two
countries enhance their relationship in areas of science and
innovation. The MoU was signed during the visit of Türkiye’s
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, in Pretoria on 10
January.
Bilateral trade between the two countries has seen a
gradual growth over recent years. During the period April to
November 2022, South African exports to Türkiye increased by
approximately 18%. The signed MoU in science and innovation
The cybersecurity skills gap needs time will see a deepening of cooperation relations between the two
and investment to address countries. Read more

Across the information technology (IT) industry as a whole,
there is a significant skills gap that has existed for many
years, but this is becoming even more significant when
it comes to the cyber security subsection. However, as
data becomes increasingly valuable and an increasingly
more attractive target for cyber criminals, and with data
protection regulations becoming more and more stringent,
this is one area that needs to be addressed as a matter of
priority. This will require both time and investment and
there is no easy fix. Read more

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