CSIR 🇿🇦 ✓

@CSIR · South Africa · joined 16 Apr 2010

Official X account of the CSIR. 80 years of research, development and innovation in RSA. Follow us for news, events, media and more. RTs not endorsements.

39 817Followers

592Following

9 854Posts total

5.8KViews on collected posts

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CSIR 🇿🇦 ✓@CSIR21 Sep

REMINDER: Secure your spot and register to attend the upcoming 8th Research and Development 20 (RD20) for Clean Energy Technologies Conference in Pretoria, South Africa. Coming to Africa for the first time, #RD202026 will bring together leading researchers, policymakers, https:

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CSIR 🇿🇦 ✓@CSIR21 Sep

📻 Tune in: #TeamCSIR Principal AI Specialist and acting research group leader: Natural Language Processing Avi Moodley will be on Voice of the Cape (91.3 FM) today, 21 September 2026, from 16:40 to discuss Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Natural Language Processing (NLP) https:/

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CSIR 🇿🇦 ✓@CSIR18 Sep

#TeamCSIR joined over a thousand delegates at the #AfricaGreenHydrogenSummit2026, held on 15–16 September 2026 at the Century City Conference Centre in Cape Town. Known as Africa's renowned green hydrogen event, the summit set out to shape the future of clean energy on the https

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CSIR 🇿🇦 ✓@CSIR18 Sep

Media Advisory: #TeamCSIR to showcase defence and security R&D capabilities at the 2026 Africa Aerospace and Defence #AAD2026 Expo, taking place from 16 to 20 September 2026 at Air Force Base Waterkloof in Pretoria. Visit our stand to see an array of innovations aimed at https:/

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CSIR 🇿🇦 ✓@CSIR15 Sep

Join #TeamCSIR Principal Geotechnical Engineer Heinrich Greeff alongside fellow panelists at the Flyability Mining Connect Day for a rich and insightful conversation: The experts will discuss the topic: “The Technology Revolutionising Mine Safety World-Wide” exploring the https:/

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CSIR 🇿🇦 ✓@CSIR14 Sep

📻 Tune in: #TeamCSIR technologist Pollen Nkuna will be on Munghana Lonene (88.4 – 103.2 FM) today, Monday 14 September 2026, from 21:30 - 22:00 to discuss how agroprocessing can drive food security and economic growth in South Africa. Don’t miss it! https://t.co/t0bW0NP6HK

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CSIR 🇿🇦 ✓@CSIR14 Sep

REMINDER AND MEDIA INVITE: #TeamCSIR to demonstrate how #AI could transform language learning and literacy in South Africa The CSIR-hosted roundtable webinar "Leveraging natural language processing to address national educational challenges" promises to spark meaningful https:/

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CSIR 🇿🇦 ✓@CSIR10 Sep

@CSIR The most natural language processing in education would be actually processing what students say, not just their essays. 9 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

CSIR 🇿🇦 ✓@CSIR10 Sep

You are invited to the #TeamCSIR hosted roundtable webinar "Leveraging natural language processing to address national educational challenges". This roundtable promises to spark meaningful conversations on the role of emerging technologies in transforming education and creating

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CSIR 🇿🇦 ✓@CSIR18 Aug

@CSIR @BestmedScheme @tebza0808 @Asandooh It is that time again, and I am thrilled about this event. It promises to be captivating. Please register and join us for a fun time. I will see you at the spot🎉🎊🕺.#Race #Runner #RunnersLife #PretoriaEvents #TeamCSIR 19 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

CSIR 🇿🇦 ✓@CSIR31 Jul

Entries for the 33rd CSIR Road Race, powered by @BestmedScheme, are now open!  📆 Saturday, 17 October 2026 ⏰ Start time: 06:00 📍 CSIR Main Campus, Meiring Naude Road, Brummeria, Pretoria 🏃‍♂️‍➡️ Run and Walk: 21.1 km, 10 km and 5 km   Visit https://t.co/v0pLZdqdyK for more http

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Against accounts of the same size

11 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. below its peers on both reach and engagement.

Median views571this account924median for 10K–100K

Reach, %1.43%this account3.62%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.42%this account1.52%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	571	924	0.62×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	1.43%	3.62%	0.40×
Engagement rate	0.42%	1.52%	0.28×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

1.2K31 Jul

1918 Aug

65010 Sep

56614 Sep

571

31415 Sep

59018 Sep

722

62021 Sep

512

Last 11 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.42%31 Jul

10.53%18 Aug

1.08%10 Sep

0.00%

0.53%14 Sep

0.00%

0.00%15 Sep

0.68%18 Sep

0.83%

0.16%21 Sep

0.20%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.52%.

What the audience does

Likes37.1%13 in total

Reposts37.1%13 in total

Replies8.6%3 in total

Bookmarks17.1%6 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

Followers by day

15 Sep

Daily snapshots since 15 Sep 2026; the dashed line is the starting count.