South Africa's Technology and Innovation Agency hopes to double its budget over the next five years—but needs help to hit the target.
“Our minister [of science and technology, Naledi Pandor] is a big ambassador in looking to escalate TIA’s budget to R1 billion (US$76.5 million) over five years,” TIA CEO Marlow Manilal told a parliamentary committee on 14 June.
In the latest budget, TIA was scheduled to receive R444m by 2019/2020. Its 2017/2018 budget was just short of R400m.
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