SA QuTI: So That We Can Be Part of the Quantum Revolution
Following on a proposal written by the consortium led by Professor Andrew Forbes from the Wits School of Physics, the DSI committed the first tranche of funding up until March 2025 to set up SA QuTI. It involves establishing quantum nodes at five centres… and eventually increasing the number of active centres across the country by finding and supporting new emerging quantum leaders.
Helium: A Commodity With Increased Potential – From the Quantum Computing Industry?
South African natural gas and helium producer Renergen’s (ASX:RLT) deal with helium trader Argonon could be the catalyst to establishing more pricing transparency in the sector, the company said today. RLT has just completed a helium forward sale agreement for 100,000 units – each representing a thousand standard cubic feet (MCF) – at 99.999% purity over 19 years, to Argonon.
South African Quantum Technology Initiative (SA QuTI) Takes Off at Wits
Wits University announced it has successfully secured R8 million in seed funding from the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) towards implementing Phase 1 on behalf of the South African Quantum Technology Initiative (SA QuTI).
Give It Up! Are You Quantum or Not? South Africa’s Quantum Academia Cracks the Code
Isaac Nape, an emerging South African talent in the study of quantum optics, is part of a crack team of Wits physicists who led an international study that revealed the hidden structures of quantum entangled states. The study was published in the renowned scientific journal, Nature Communications, on Friday, 27 August 2021.
South Africa’s Photonics Research is Fitting Segue to Quantum Technologies
Physics in South Africa Read More… + The country’s strength in laser science [also] stems from laser equipment and expertise left over from its uranium-enrichment program. This legacy “accelerated photonics research in the country and has been responsible for almost all the growth in photonics,” says Andrew Forbes, a photonics specialist at the University of […]
Sharing Secrets the Witwatersrand Way
Sharing Secrets the Witwatersrand Way New Quantum Approach for Sharing Secrets Sets a Record With 11 Dimensions Read More… + Researchers at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, have demonstrated a record setting quantum protocol for sharing a secret amongst many parties. The team created an 11-dimensional quantum state and used it […]
University of the Witwatersrand Researchers Leverage Light Patterns Vice Light Polarization for Potential Quantum Information Carrier
University of the Witwatersrand Researchers Leverage Light Patterns Vice Light Polarization for Potential Quantum Information Carrier Structured light promises path to faster, more secure communications Full release… Quantum mechanics is embracing patterns of light to create an alphabet that can be leveraged to build a light-based quantum network. Structured light is a fancy way to […]
South Africa Angling to Survive in the 4th Industrial Revolution
South Africa Angling to Survive in the 4th Industrial Revolution Building SA’s 4IR readiness capability at high velocity Excerpts and salient points ~ + Make quick strategic moves under disruptive conditions + South African executives have to make quick strategic moves under conditions where technological and competitive change is disruptive. They will need to make […]
South Africa Looking to Amp Up 4th Industrial Revolution Workforce Skills
South Africa Looking to Amp Up 4th Industrial Revolution Workforce Skills Government commits to digital skills revolution Excerpts and salient points ~ + South Africa is committing to the delivery of a ‘skills revolution’ to enable human capital to match the rapid evolution of the digital economy. President Cyril Ramaphosa promised the training of one-million […]
IBM Quantum Computing Collaboration Arrives in Africa
IBM Quantum Computing Collaboration Arrives in Africa Full release. Wits enters the quantum computing universe with IBM Q IBM expands its quantum computing program with Wits as its first partner in Africa on the IBM Q Network. IBM has announced the expansion of its quantum computing efforts to Africa in a new collaboration with the […]