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Women in business: 6 top tips for making your startup super efficient

There are different types of women in business: The mompreneur who works from home and balances the demands of a growing business with that…

‘Dying Light’ review: errands, Harran and the Zombie Apocalypse

Dying Light, from developers Techland (Dead Island games) is the first major title to be released in 2015 and is a game that will…

What happens if Google, Apple actually start building production cars?

Cars are no longer just cars. No, the humble automobile has essentially evolved into an oversized personal device. Indeed, at the Mobile World Congress…

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….

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…

The Freemium boom and the games defining it

It might sound like a buzz word… scratch that, it really is a buzz word called “Freemium” and over the last year it’s been…

Governance and startups: the ‘but it’s my business’ problem

In my last column, I discussed the key differences between a craft and an enterprise and explained why an SMME can only become truly…

6 online co-op games we can’t stop playing

It’s never as good going at it alone. Console and PC games practically demand to always be connected, and the games have followed suite….

Shopstar is South Africa’s new up-and-coming ecommerce platform

It’s no secret that South Africa’s ecommerce is on the verge of booming. With the industry said to be growing by 30% a year…

8 cool car tech trends that could feature in your next vehicle

This may sound a little dramatic, but the humble automobile is evolving at a far greater speed than ever before. Huge handfuls of gadgets…

‘Dark Souls II’ help: questions, answered

Dark Souls II is a beautiful game. It’s already proven itself to be a slicker, more accessible sequel, but one that’s no less difficult…

Never mind the Naspers shutdowns, ecommerce in South Africa has a bright future

I was recently asked whether I felt that the closure of the four online shopping portals — SA Camera, Style36, 5 Rooms and Kinderelo…

4 reasons why city cars are the future of driving pleasure

There was a time where the only cars to lust after were the big Germans, sharp Italians, suave English, a smattering of hatches that…

Instant messaging shootout part II: Mxit, SnapChat, KiK and more

Continuing our last instalment in which we pitted BBM, Line, Viber, WhatsApp, and WeChat against each other in a duel to the death, let’s…

Bitcoin Surges As Market Relief Rally Meets Trump’s Crypto Backing

Insider Threats Surge In South African Organisations As AI Expands Cyber Risk

Anthropic Refuses To Let AI Spy On Customers

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

OPPO Reno15 Series Lands In South Africa With Big Cameras And Bigger Battery Ambitions

OPPO Reno15 Series Brings Flagship-Level Hardware Logic to the Mid-Tier in South Africa

HONOR’s customer first strategy is reshaping South Africa’s smartphone market

Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel