SAP Research's Campus-based Engineering Center (CEC) Pretoria, established in 2005, is the first SAP Research Center in a developing region. CEC Pretoria is a leading research center that provides answers and contributes to the development of ICT solutions appropriate to emerging economies, which can support socioeconomic development in up-and-coming regions. The center contributes to the development of the new generation of SAP products and services – technologies for emerging economies.

Researchers at CEC Pretoria are conducting projects in the field using the living labs methodology – working directly with end users in emerging economies to improve their livelihood.

Research Environment – Working with World-Class Researchers

CEC Pretoria followed three years of active research involvement in the South African education and training sector, aiming to develop learning and technology models for e-learning and blended learning. The main purpose of the research was to determine how technology could be utilized to make education and training more accessible to individuals previously deprived of such opportunities.

CEC Pretoria, with its partners, has identified five applied research projects focused on developing new technology solutions for real life situations, taking into consideration the unique needs of an emerging economy. The main endeavor of these projects is the access devices to information, affordable and alternative communication infrastructures, and appropriate, easy to use, and inexpensive software based on relevant business processes. The applied research projects concentrate on education, health, civil society, agricultural, and government sectors.

Learn more about CEC Pretoria's research collaborations:

• Darmstadt University
• Meraka Institute
• Monash University
• Nelson Mandela Foundation
• Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
• North West University
• Stanford University
• University of Cape Town
• University of Pretoria
• University of Witwatersrand