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Are elearning startups Nigeria’s best hope for a new wave of innovation?

This week, Lagos will host its third annual Social Media Week. Last year, it featured a Battlefield startup competition that was won by educational…

‘Evolve’ review: a monstrous bite of entertainment

Music and video games have a lot in common. Take drum and bass for example: a Benga-produced track might be different from a DJ…

Micromax Yu Yureka review: Cyanogen OS mid-ranger with terrific value

The Yu Yureka, the first smartphone offering from Micromax’s new online-only brand attempts to take down the likes of Xiaomi, OnePlus, Lenovo, and Huawei….

OpenTenders fixes SMEs up with big corporate, government tenders

Co-founder of OpenTenders Madoda Khuzwayo estimates that there are as much as R1.3-trillion worth of tenders per being procured by government entities every year….

Joey Logano wins Daytona 500: 5 moments you missed in motorsport this weekend

There are just too many great motorsport events and series to fit into a comparatively short weekend. Sadly because of this, many exciting moments…

Sony SmartWatch 3 review: substance over style

The smartwatch is still an infant technology that hasn’t yet decided what it wants to be when it grows up. Although there are a…

Cape Town will never be Silicon Valley, and that’s a good thing

As an American tech journalist who transplanted herself to Cape Town a year and a half ago, I get asked one question all the…

InFamous Second Son review: one giant leap

If you’ve played the previous inFamous games you’ll remember electric hero conduit Cole MacGrath. You’ll know that while the first game was amazing and…

10 great VW Golf ads from the past 40 years

A little over 40 years ago, something very special happened: the first ever Golf rolled off the Volkswagen assembly line. Just as the iPad…

‘South Park: The Stick of Truth’ review: fourth-grade fun

There have been numerous games based on the South Park series. South Park: Tenorman’s Revenge, South Park Let’s go Tower Defense, South Park: Chef’s…

Built in Africa: Seun Osewa on building Nigeria’s most popular site

Built in Africa focuses on entrepreneurs, startups and technologies that are born on the continent and empower the continent’s citizens. Online communities and discussion…

Governance and startups: the unique skills required for directorship

Being a director of a small to medium enterprise (SME) is both a science and an art. While it requires the same fundamental skills…

Goat Simulator review: crazy, cool, stupid farmyard fun

This is a good game, Tony Hawk with a goat, in essence. Goat Simulator’s cool and stupid, which is a marvel for a game….

Dark Souls II review: fan service

I read a lot of Dark Souls II reviews just after the game was released, but many of them seemed off the mark. This…

Bootstrapping Journey: self-funding your startup in South Africa

“You’re only as good as your last game,” is a common saying in the world of sport. The same goes for business and sales,…

From Kickstarter to exit: how Oculus made billions without building a single product

Well this is interesting. Facebook has been on a Yahoo-cum-Google spending spree of late. As everyone who cares and some who don’t now knows,…

5 very good reasons why there should be more Italian coachbuilders

The automotive industry is a fairly boring place of late, at least when it comes to styling. For the most part it’s gone back…

11 of the worst video game movies you’ll ever see

There have been a plethora of bad video games, but perhaps even worse, there have been a number of good video games that have…

POPI isn’t all doom and gloom: 5 tips to ensure your startup reaps the benefits faster

The Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Act was signed into law last year. It places a strict onus on businesses when it comes to…

6 examples of cool wearable technology for use in the car

A little bizarrely, your car is right now (don’t look!) quietly morphing into something resembling an oversized wearable gadget. Yes, the latest in in-car…

Nokia X review: plenty noise, zero x-factor

Nokia has released some great smartphones in the past couple of years — at least hardware wise. Devices like Lumia 1020 and Lumia 1520…

Built in Africa: Patrick Ngowi and his solar crusade to light up the continent

Built in Africa focuses on entrepreneurs, startups and technologies that are affecting the continent and empowering the African people. When you look at the…

5 ways people are trying to build the roads of the future

With all the technological advancements being made to cars both on the driver-facing and internal ends, it’s easy forget that the stuff we drive…

High End Devices Unlock Superior Mobile Experiences in South Africa

South Africa Sees 77% Surge in Demand for AI Skills

Samsung Launches the Galaxy A07 Built for Every Challenge

Innovate47 Launches Global Food & Agri Accelerator to Back Climate-Smart Startups

Simbi Wabote’s 10-Year Roadmap: How Nigeria Achieved 54% Local Content Growth

Records Tumble In Best Year Yet For South Africa’s Hedge Fund Industry

Acer Unleashes Beastly New Predator BiFrost and Nitro GPUs with AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series

Philips Evnia Drops Jaw-Dropping QD OLED Monitors: 240Hz, Ambiglow, and All the Good Stuff

Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel