Members of the media are cordially invited to join the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) to a phase one project celebration and device handover on Thursday 13 March, from 14:00 to 15:00 at Ebuhleni Primary School in Soweto, Johannesburg.

This in-person event will bring together stakeholders involved in the project to reflect on and celebrate the successful completion of phase one of the Ngiyaqonda! project, funded by the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture.

The CSIR has developed speech and language technology, integrated into a mobile application (app), to support literacy development in South Africa. The app provides a rich digital learning environment that incorporates speech and text technology, allowing learners to interact with automatically generated speech and text in their home language – a first for isiZulu, Sepedi and Afrikaans, three of South Africa’s 11 written official languages.

Members of the media are invited as follows:

Date: 13 March 2025
Venue: Ebuhleni Primary School ,1 026 B Thembalihle street Emdeni South Johannesburg 1 868
Time: 14:00 – 15:00

RSVP to Phetolo Phatsibi, Media Relations Practitioner at PPhatsibi@csir.co.za/0813968871 by Wednesday 12 March 2025 COB

About the CSIR:

The CSIR, an entity of the Department of Science, Technology, and Innovation, is one of Africa’s leading organisations in scientific and technology research, development and

implementation. Constituted by an Act of Parliament in 1945 as a science council, the CSIR undertakes directed and multidisciplinary research and technological innovation, as well as industrial and scientific development, to improve the quality of life of all South Africans.

This year, the CSIR celebrates 80 years of touching lives through innovation. For more information, visit www.csir.co.za

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