South Africa is the powerhouse of Africa, the most advanced, broad-based economy on the continent, with infrastructure to match any first-world country.

ESASTAP will be providing a comprehensive information service for incoming and outgoing researchers.

Science and technology in South Africa

• Department of Science and Technology
• South African innovations
• South African Science and Technology: Key Facts and Figures 2002
• S&T Landscape
• OECD Biotechnology Statistics - 2006 - Biotechnology in South Africa

Publications and strategies
View our list of related publications and strategies in our Document library.

Career portals

• Biocareers
  Biocareers.co.za is the official South African job board and career centre for the South African science industry.

Additional information

• Presentation: Programmes to support SME participation
• Address by Deputy Minister Hanekom on the occasion of the 2006 Science and Technology Budget Vote in the National Assembly
• Some links and sites on public ICT skills and research in South Africa

Science and Technology databases and resources

• Universities and Universities of Technology
  
  
• List of rated researchers
  The National Research Foundation runs a process of rating researchers. The database can be searched by field and the contacts are available from the university list.
  
  
• WAYS (World Academy of Young Scientists)
  WAYS is currently extending its database to scientists who are older than 35 years.
  
  
• ICSU (International Council for Science)
  
  
• AAU (Association of African Universities)
  Links to African universities.
  
  
• Research and Knowledge Networking Databases in South Africa
  
  
• South African Data Archive (SADA)
  An archive of computerised raw quantitative data of large scale regional, national and international research projects mainly in the humanities and social sciences.
  
  
• Register of Grants
  Database listing current (2000/2001) NRF research grants in the natural and social sciences, engineering and technology and the humanities.
  
  
• South African Network of Skills Abroad (SANSA)
  Take the opportunity to make your skills available to South Africa and search our database to find the right people in your field of expertise. SANSA links skilled people living abroad who wish to make a contribution to South Africa's economic and social development and connects them with local experts and projects.
  
  
• Women-in-Research
  This database of women researchers in the social sciences and humanities is one of the mechanisms whereby the NRF aims to increase women researchers' access to agency funds, and stimulate collaboration between women researchers and ultimately, enhance women's contribution to the production and application of knowledge in social sciences and humanities.
  
  
• International Collaborative Research Projects
  This database provides information on collabortive projects emanating from intergovernmental agreements conducted by the Ministry of Science and Technology.
  
  
• Science, Technology and Innovation Information (STII) Meta-database
  The STII Meta-database contains descriptions of computerised databases that comprise relevant information about the composition, capacity and productivity of all economic sectors of the South African National System of Innovation (NSI).