Tech giant IBM partners Witswatersrand on joint research and incubator hub in Johannesburg.
Witswatersrand University is to receive $60m from tech giant IBM to create a joint a research and startup hub based in South Africa.
The Johannesburg facility will focus on big data, healthcare, and other scientific projects. The physical space itself will be provided by the university, with the majority of IBM’s investment going into support student bursaries and postgraduate research.
Funding for the project, which will also look to work with other universities in South Africa, will be made available…
