South Africa Archives

Blog 3: Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL) from a Transformative...

Blog

26 May 2021

“It was like a roller-coaster in a thunderstorm! Once… familiarity grew, it was easier to talk about concepts. I found the practitioner-academic dynamic so fascinating. I’m so grateful for this experience.” Evaluation comes at the end, right? Along with...

BLOG 2: The Transformative Outcomes: Does the Theory Stick? Practitioners’...

Blog

16 December 2020

By Geraldine Bloomfield Interview with Tanya Layne and Nontutuzelo Pearl Gola from the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) This is blog No. 2 in the South Africa Water Experiment Blog Series. For reference the first in the series is here “There...

Academics and policy makers mobilise to transform innovation in South...

News

28 October 2020

Science, technology and innovation has a key role to play in enhancing development and improving the quality of life of people in Africa. This was the view of over 140 experts taking part in a three-day TIPC forum to...

BLOG 1: How did that go? Reflections from the South...

Blog

19 October 2020

By Geraldine Bloomfield, with Mahlodi Tau and Dan’sile Cindi. “It draws out exactly what we want to say. It shows the Transformative Innovation Policy (TIP) team get it! It’s a good feeling. It’s amazing…I am still learning – I...

Transformative Innovation Policy Africa Hub Exploratory

Publications

10 September 2020 | Chux Daniels

The Transformative Innovation Policy (TIP) Africa Exploratory Hub (TIP Africa Hub, henceforth, for short) was conducted over a 12-month period, from November 2018 to November 2019. The research, led by Dr Chux Daniels and coordinated by the Science...

Conference & Workshop Reports

TIP Policy Experiment in South Africa Launches

News

7 July 2020

TIPC is expanding its programme of policy experimentation to include a project from founding member country, South Africa. This project focuses on meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) associated with provision of water and sanitation. The collaborative project – the...

TIPC Policy Brief: Transforming Science, Technology and Innovation Policies in...

Publications

4 December 2019 | Chux Daniels and Blanche Ting

Africa’s transformation ambitions towards a knowledge economy that is underpinned by innovation is articulated in continental frameworks such as Agenda 2063 and Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy for Africa 2024 (STISA-2024), and the Continental Education Strategy for Africa...

Policy Briefs

Transformative Decision Support Tools for Sustainable Human Settlements

Poster

25 October 2019

The broad objective of the study is to facilitate the identification existing decision support tools, develop criteria for selecting a high impact and transformational support tool, pilot the tool and make recommendations to the Department of Science and Technology on...

Transformative Innovation, the 4th Industrial Revolution and Sustainable Development Trilateral...

Poster

25 October 2019

This programme is a partnership between the University of Johannesburg (South Africa), the University of Sussex ( and the African Centre for Technology Studies ( in Kenya It started in mid 2019 and will unfold over an initial period of...