• Our country seeks to meet its citizen’s economic needs by building a platform of infrastructure and logistics, efficient regulation and effective government offerings.
• Have all enterprises become adaptive, innovative and internationally competitive.
• The R&D seeks to promote innovation; investment in the country’s share has through using an integrated approach for effective delivery and alignment.

Intelectual Property

• There is no formal policy framework for intellectual property protection for publicly financed research in South Africa
• Establishment of an enforced intellectual property regime to protect local or indigenous know-how
• Key indicator to measure technological standing of a country
• South Africa needs to have a control of global intellectual property licences

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