Established in February 1993 by the Government of Zimbabwe through the Research Act [Chapter 10:22] to carry out strategic Research & Development for the benefit of the manufacturing, service, agricultural as well as to commercialise the Research & Development outputs.

SIRDC Executive Director (Technical) Prof. Tawanda Mushiri presented an insightful Master Class paper on “Artificial Intelligence for Research and Industry” at the POTRAZ-NUST ICT Research Symposium held at the Holiday Inn, Bulawayo, 26-28 October 2026.”

