You and your colleagues and students are cordially invited to the notable 5G/6G event, the First OpenAirInterface (OAI) South African Hands-on Workshop, to be held at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in Pretoria, South Africa, from July 2nd to July 4th, 2024. May I please request that you kindly share/pass the message to the relevant people, as/if appropriate? 
 

IEEE South Africa Section, South African Institute of Electrical Engineers (SAIEE), the National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF), and University of Pretoria (UP) invite undergraduate and graduate students to submit essays on the topic "5G and Beyond for South Africa and Africa".

During this time of COVID-19, the need for a complex Multi-tool that was both simple to create and use was identified, in order to help stop the spread of COVID-19 at taps and door handles in shared public spaces, such as malls, toilets and communal taps in townships. Therefore, a key application of an innovation by the principal investigators, Dr. David Oyedokun and Kai Goodall towards fighting COVID-19 was identified. This led to the IEEE HAC (Humanitarian Activities Committee) and SIGHT (Special Interest Group on Humanitarian Technology) funded project named Tool for COVID-19 Spread Prevention to mass produce 2 500 units of the tool. The tools are 3D printed with PLA Filament which is 100% biodegradable in order to make the project sustainable. These 2500 tools produced through the above funding for donation to communities in South Africa.

Summary of the updates:

• Upcoming events and conferences (incl. ECSA CPD ones)
• IEEE Day 2019 – celebrate, have fun
• IEEEXtreme – a global programming challenge
• US$1 for ComSoc membership for students (and a unique opportunity to set up new Student Branch Chapters)
• New (5th) IEEE Fellow in South Africa
• New Senior Member in the Section
• IEEE South Africa received 2019 MGA Outstanding Medium Section Award – our heroes