Centres of Excellence Programme (CoE)
The Telkom Industry Solutions Lab view latest news, a strategic partnership in collaboration with the University of the Witwatersrand, has resulted in a much-lauded R&D centre. Here, multi-disciplinary teams deliver disruptive innovation and state-of-the-art transformative digital products and services for various industries. Ambitious ideation in the lab translates research-driven innovation into commercially viable solutions to societal issues.
Situated in the Wits Innovation Centre in Johannesburg, the ecosystem also allows innovators, entrepreneurs, and investors in other disciplines to contribute to the acceleration of ICT implementation.
The Telkom Innovation challenge: Our relentless pursuit of innovation starts at home with a staff challenge in which employees are given the opportunity to pitch ideas - and receive seed funding - for business models that could contribute to economic prosperity.
Achievements
The CoEs combined with the internal Graduate Development Programme have seen 714 PhDs, 1 457 Masters and 1 470 Honours degree students graduating, and a total of 7 307 research papers in Computer Science and Engineering being published.
The graduate pool has proven to be an excellent recruitment ground for Telkom. Over 300 graduates have been offered employment – thereby ensuring first choice of exceptional candidates to ensure a future-ready Telkom.
The Innovation Office works hand in hand with the Telkom Foundation sustainability to enable through-the-line basic and higher education and give students access to end-to-end learning platforms with an emphasis on the inclusion of ICT in the curriculum.
