Open access study material can help reduce the costs of education, improve skills and improve lives for millions of people.A big barrier to lifelong learning can be the cost of resources. There are worldwide initiatives to change this, though, and it’s…
The WitsQ Quantum Computing Summer School takes place from 2 – 10 December at the Science Stadium.Wits University, together with IBM Research, the Johannesburg Centre for Software Engineering, the Wits Institute for Data Science, and the African Resear…
CAPE TOWN, South African police arrested around 100 foreign nationals occupying an office building in Cape Town as part of a sit-in protest against xenophobia, later releasing many of them.Hundreds of asylum-seekers have been camping at UN refugee agen…
JOHANNESBURG, IVORY Coast is, according to a technology company, the first African country to commence a ‘tap and go’ system for mobile Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card registration.South African firm, Axon Wireless, has launched the scheme, whic…
GABORONE, THE incoming government of Botswana must prioritise abolishing the death penalty, a human rights organisation has said.Amnesty International’s call comes after the election of incumbent, Mokgweetsi Masisi, in last week’s election, and his sw…
LUANDA, REVELATIONS that authorities in France are investigating senior officials of the Angolan government following the discovery of evidence of impropriety in the awarding of contracts to a French company are a serious dent to the purported fight a…
Mainstreaming offshore wind could soon become reality.Once considered a costly alternative to onshore wind power, and largely limited to Europe and China, offshore wind is starting to show promise as a clean, cost-competitive choice for electricity gen…
Led by TDM Growth Partners, the funding round brings the total investment in the profitable tech leader to US$82M LONDON, Oct. 30, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Rokt, the global leader in e-commerce marketing technology, today announced an investment of US$48M from global investment firm, TDM Growth Partners, as well as existing investors. The capital
LUANDA,A CHAIN of emails detailing how bribes were paid to Mozambican government officials in the hidden debt scandal that ruined the Southern African country’s economy has resuscitated concerns on similar dealings in Angola by the Lebanese company imp…
LUSAKA,AN estimated 2,3 million people are facing severe acute food insecurity this month as Zambia suffers its worst drought in 38 years.This is up from an estimate of 1,7 million people a month ago.Large parts of southern and western Zambia received …
WHITE RIVER, THE Mpumalanga Provincial Agriculture Master Plan is anticipated to spur the growth of the sector in the region and provide solutions to prevailing challenges faced by local farmers.A gathering at a local Ingwenyama Lodge in White River, a…
GABORONE, EMBARKING on the now all familiar path of prominent leaders quitting ruling parties and throwing their weight behind the opposition, former Botswana president, Seretse Khama Ian Khama, looks likely to be relegated to the Southern African coun…
