@inbook{8dba3ac9c87244c28f7a6e5007c96128,
title = "Challenges and Opportunities: Discussion and Predictions from Research Findings",
abstract = "The research on bridging the gap between academia and industry in Southern Africa in collaboration with UK institutions was executed during the decade spanning from 2010 to 2020, a period in which many challenges such as the aftermath of the global financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic were witnessed. This was coupled with rapid changes in technology in line with the fourth Industrial Revolution. This research focused on addressing shortages and mismatches of engineering skills in the region. The engineering profession was probably the most affected by these world pandemics as well as the need to develop appropriate technologies and generate solutions for industry in tandem with the rest of the world. This chapter focusses on how these challenges were resolved and at best turned into opportunities based on the research findings, dictations and predictions for the future stability and sustainability of the links between industry and academia, as well as the limitations of the proposed solutions.",
keywords = "Challenges, Community service, Constraints, Control and experimentation enterprise model, Limitations, Opportunities, Pracademics, Predictions, Spin-off activities",
author = "Nyemba, {Wilson R.} and Charles Mbohwa and Carter, {Keith F.}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.",
year = "2021",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-030-70493-3_13",
language = "English",
series = "EAI/Springer Innovations in Communication and Computing",
publisher = "Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH",
pages = "273--289",
booktitle = "EAI/Springer Innovations in Communication and Computing",
address = "Germany",
}
