CSIR to focus on intellectual property commercialisation opportunities for youth

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) CEO Dr Thulani Dlamini has revealed that the CSIR was taking an innovative approach at a board level to seek ways to create an environment that allows for the commercialisation of its intellectual property (IP). Speaking at the CSIR’s Emerging Researchers Symposium on July 12, Dlamini said there were plenty of opportunities for new businesses emerging out of the CSIR’s research and development efforts, but that it would require innovative thinking and much support for young entrepreneurs to take novel IP coming out of the CSIR and make a successful business out of it.