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City of Cape Town, attracted
14 master’s and doctoral
students, and engaged with
problem-oriented activities
with other stakeholders,
helping translate knowledge
from the academic into the
realm of practice. In an effort
to make the unit sustainable
in the longer term, the ACDI
furthermore developed
a business plan and went on
to win a large multi-country
consortium project.
UCT staff (95%) and the total
monetary value thereof (80%)
between 2009 and 2013. The
USA was the major contributor
through sources such as the
National Institutes of Health
and the Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation. Contributions from
the UK and Europe decreased
in real terms over the period.
The value of contracts with
African entities was still low.
That said, the number of
contracts with African entities
almost quadrupled during
this period (increasing from
24 in 2009 to 94 in 2013), the
number of countries increased
from 13 to 23, and the number
of universities increased from
seven to 12.
Contracts
Positive progress
There was a significant
increase in the number of
research contracts signed with
ontracts
No. of Contracts
No. of ContractsNo. of Contracts
No. of Contracts
17
1 719 1 719
.08
978.44
978.44
2 113 2 113
)million)
Value (RValue
million)
(R million)
Value (RValue
billion)
(R billion)
12
2013 2013
1.18
1.18
2014 2014
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