About Us
Our Story
There is a gap in the South African higher education sector. This gap, which manifests itself in a paucity of research skills, mentorship, training and guidance, is not only unique to South Africa. Despite an impressive uptake on educational technologies globally, the production of knowledge from the continent of Afrika still remains disappointingly low. It is estimated that as a continent, we account for less than one percent of the global research output. The Research Platform was established to contribute to the production of knowledge by Afrikans and advancing research across the Global South. It seeks to empower, equip, assist and guide researchers towards their aspirations of becoming the next world class producers of new knowledge.
The Research Platform is a useful space for researchers at all levels, who require research support services from qualified, widely published research professionals with years of experience behind their names.
These support services include the following:
Consultancy and research training services for corporates.
Training teams of researchers on market research.
Research support for the undergraduate student dealing with an assignment, a term paper, an essay, a dissertation or a thesis.
Research support for the postgraduate (Honours and Masters) student involved in research design and working towards their thesis.
Research support for the Doctoral student at proposal stage, or one who is busy working on or preparing their doctoral thesis for submission.
Supporting the research needs of the early career researcher who is desirous of improving their research skills and publishing in peer reviewed, accredited, high impact internationally acclaimed journals.
Our Areas of Expertise
Law, Social Sciences & Humanities
Finance, Economics & Aviation
