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The Technology Innovation Agency was created by an act of the South African parliament on 24 November 2008. TIA is an initiative of the Department of Science & Technology (DST) that came into existence through the promulgation of the Technology Innovation Agency Act No.26 of 2008. TIA’s mandate is to enable and support technological innovation across all sectors of the economy in order to achieve socio-economic benefits for South Africa and enhance its global competitiveness. This entails supporting the development and commercialisation of research outputs from Higher Education Institutions, Science Councils, Public Entities, and private research institutions and bringing them to market. ==Latest News== TIA's CEO, Simphiwe Duma, and CFO Barbara Kortjass, have been summarily (dismissed ) from their posts in April 2014 after a forensic inquiry. Activities revealed in the forensic audit have also been reported to authorities in terms of the Public Finance Management Act and the Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities (PCCA). Duma failed to adhere to the agency’s recruitment policy when signing an employment contract installing his ex-wife Kgomotso Matjila as TIA’s GM for marketing and branding in 2010 and Nhlanhla Nyide as TIA’s communications specialist in 2011. COO Mkhululi Mazibuko and Werner van der Merwe are acting CEO and CFO respectively. In 2013, Science and technology director general Phil Mjwara wrote to Dr Ramphele, the former chair of the board, informing her of the forensic investigation regarding “the alleged breakdown of corporate governance, policy and procedural issues in respect of procurement of services, recruitment and appointment of staff, and investment processes. Dr Ramphele attempted to (forestall ) the inquiry. * (No answers in R1.5m tech probe ) * (Probe puts Mamphela Ramphele on back foot ) * (New broom sweeps TIA clean ) * (Troubled Technology Innovation Agency left spinning ) An aircraft construction company blamed their failure on TIA's inability to effectively fund development. *() In September 2014 interim CEO Dr Rifka Kfir announced that TIA would be restructured, the budget reduced, and the number of staff reduced from about 200 to between 120 and 130. * (Heads to roll in Tech Agency Rejig ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Technology Innovation Agency」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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