Maritime Domain Awareness

Operation Phakisa

Operation Phakisa is an initiative from the South African Government to fast track the implementation of its National Development Plan. It will initially address two key sectors, the ocean economy and e-health. Monitoring activity within the continental shelf forms a critical part of this operation and requires a dedicated low-cost solution.

F’SATI at CPUT has agreements with both the Department of Science and Technology and the Department of Environmental Affairs for the development of nano-satellite based solutions for Phakisa. ZACUBE-2, the next generation of CubSat currently developed by the F’SATI team will be a pre-cursor mission to a constellation of nano-satellites that will be engineered by CPUT and its consortium over the next 4 years.

More information on F’SATI@CPUT

MSc Electrical and Electronic Systems Engineering

Accreditation 2016-2022

F'SATI is offering in South Africa an MSc delivered by the ESIEE Paris and ESIEE Amiens French academic institutions.

This MSc is totally taught in English in South Africa, on the TUT and CPUT campuses. It trains professionals with the capabilities to develop and implement in the Electrical and Electronic engineering field intelligent complex systems taking into account local market environments and with sustainable developments objectives.

Accredited in France by the prestigious Conférence des Grandes Écoles (CGE) this MSc is periodically reviewed for quality and content.

This review took place at the beginning of 2016, and the MSc in Electrical and Electronic Systems Engineering has seen his accreditation renewed for the next 6 years.

IACW 2016 - African CubeSat Workshop

24 - 26 February 2016, Cape Town, South Africa

February 2016 will see the third installment of the International African CubeSat Workshop series, hosted by the French South African Institute of Technology at Cape Peninsula University of Technology. Following on the success of our previous events in 2011 and 2014, we are proud and excited to be able to build on this tradition and to estabilsh a lasting legacy of events that showcase the latest developments in CubeSat technology in South Africa, Africa and the World.

The 3rd IACW will touch on relevant topics such as Emerging and Disruptive Technologies, Value Proposition and Business Opportunities, Human Capacity Development, Applications for Sustainability and Prosperity, STEM Education and Awareness, and Space Governance and Policies.

Workshop Website

Smart cities – 27th of October 2015

F'SATI at TUT is organizing on the 27th of October a French Day to exchange about South African and French initiatives on smart cities challenges and development.

Programme Draft.

For more information and if you are interested to attend to the presentations, please contact Mrs H. Drew (Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

TUT / NCPPDSA Transport Summit 2015

The Tshwane University of Technology in Partnership with the National Council for Persons with Physical Disabilities in South Africa (NCPPDSA) organised on the 7th and 8th of October 2015 a Summit on "The local and international evolution of transport options to accommodate a diverse society".

F'SATI was part of this summit with Professor Djouani, holder of the SARChI chair in Enabled Environments for assisted living.

Programme of the summit.

How nano-satellites are driving Africa’s space programme

Read this article published on the Word Economic Forum and written by the F'SATI@CPUT Director.

Link to the article

Scifest 2015

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F’SATI contributed to the Scifest Africa (South Africa’s National Science Festival) 2015 event by conducting the following exhibitions:

Displaying of F’SATI’s satellite models
Interactive exhibitions of the Plasma Lamp and Electric Circuit Beeper
Videos demonstrating satellite related concepts i.e. videos on satellite orbits, rocket launching, satellite development, CanSat launching etc.
Daily CubeSat workshops twice a day where were included the above mentioned and gave learners and all visitors practical experience on how an interface/ software is used to make sense of the signals/ data received from satellites and translate it to readable information.

Scifest Africa was the first Festival of its kind on the African continent and was launched in 1997 as a high profile, national event to promote a culture of science in a festive way.

The Scifest Africa event takes place annually in late March or early April at the Grahamstown, Eastern Cape.

The 2015 Scifest Africa event hosted 58,688 visitors which included high school and primary school learners, educators and the general public.