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Webinar: Emerging Questionable Publication Practices (7 April 2021)

This scholarly publishing webinar will explore, among other things, predatory journals, citation pollution, and metadata challenges.

Media Law Handbook for Southern Africa (2nd Edition)

LINK Visiting Adjunct Prof. Justine Limpitlaw's guide to media law in Southern Africa is now available in a revised second edition, published in Feb. 2021 by Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung.

Cybersecurity Leadership Master Class

Designed for executives and senior managers in government and industry, this LINK Centre Cybersecurity Leadership Master Class uses an interactive discussion format to cover critical cybersecurity matters.

Innovation Entanglement at Three South African Tech Hubs

An article by LINK Director Dr. Luci Abrahams in The African Journal of Information and Communication (AJIC), drawing on data collected in Cape Town and Johannesburg.

Certificate in Telecoms Policy, Regulation and Management (TPRM)

TPRM, launched in the mid-1990s, is the LINK Centre's longest-running certificate course. Registration is now open for the 2021 offering, which will consist of three online modules. The first module begins 16 July.

Certificate in Broadcasting and Digital Media Policy-Regulatory Trends

Registration is open for the 2021 offering of this course (dates to be announced). The course covers trends at both Southern African and global levels.

Certificate in Frontiers in Digital Government

The 2021 offering of this groundbreaking course has two online modules -- running 6 to 10 Sept. and 18 to 22 Oct. 2021 -- and draws on experiences from across the African continent.

Certificate in Cybersecurity Professional Practice and Leadership (CPPL)

Registration is now open for the 2021 offering of CPPL, which will consist of two weeks of online instruction, in the weeks of 13-17 September and 18-22 October.

PhD in Interdisciplinary Digital Knowledge Economy Studies

The LINK Centre's PhD degree programme for candidates seeking to conduct intensive research into an element of the African ICT ecosystem and digital knowledge economy.

Master of Arts in ICT Policy and Regulation (MA ICTPR)

The LINK Centre's Master's degree in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Policy and Regulation, acquired via four coursework modules and a 50% research report.

Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Digital Knowledge Economy Studies (MA IDKES)

The LINK Centre's Master's degree for candidates seeking a Master's via a full-length dissertation drawing on research into a facet of the African digital knowledge economy.

PhD and Master's Student Research

A listing of LINK students' PhD theses, approved PhD research projects, Master's dissertations, and Master's research reports, as produced in the Centre's currrent PhD, MA ICTPR and MA IDKES programmes and in the earlier MM ICTPR programme.

The Wits LINK Centre is a leading African academic research and training body focused on ICT ecosystem policy and practice. Based at the Wits Tshimologong Digital Innovation Precinct in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, LINK engages in knowledge production and capacity-building for the broad communications and information and communications technology (ICT) sector in Africa. Operating as part of both Tshimologong and the Wits School of Literature, Language and Media (SLLM), our focus spans across policy and practice in telecommunications, Internet, broadcasting, digital media, social media, e-government, digital transformation, innovation systems, cybersecurity and intellectual property -- all with an emphasis on economic and social implications in African and other developing-world contexts.

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