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DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE,TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION

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Our Vision is to increase the well-being and prosperity of South Africa and Africa through science, technology and innovation.

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A foreign company patenting an indigenous South African plant compound isn't innovation. It's theft. We are scientifically validating SA's traditional plants to build a sovereign health industry instead.

A foreign company patenting an indigenous South African plant compound isn't innovation. It's theft. We are scientifically validating SA's traditional plants to build a sovereign health industry instead.

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SA has the longest coastline in sub-Saharan Africa. The DSTI is funding marine science, deep-sea research, and aquaculture technology to build an entirely parallel ocean economy. Most people have no idea this work is happening. #BlueEconomy #AfricanInnovation

SA has the longest coastline in sub-Saharan Africa. The DSTI is funding marine science, deep-sea research, and aquaculture technology to build an entirely parallel ocean economy. Most people have no idea this work is happening. #BlueEconomy #AfricanInnovation

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