Africa

South African company eMoyo launches tech into space with NASA

South African company eMoyo partnered with NASA to launch an innovative technology product space, for use on the International Space Station. The product was…

PayGas: Pay-as-you-go gas solution launches in Soweto

PayGas, a technology solution that enables pay-as-you-go gas payments, has opened its first station in Soweto. The launch of the station took place on…

PharmaGo: New South African app offers same-day medicine delivery

A newly launched South African app, PharmaGo, offers local users same-day and next-day delivery for prescription and over-the counter medication. Delivery times depend on…

Women Techsters: Microsoft, Tech4Dev partner to train women and girls in Africa

Microsoft and Tech4Dev have launched the Women Techsters Initiative, which will train women and girls in Africa in coding and tech skills. The initiative…

Free ebooks library launches for South African teachers

A new digital library has launched for South African teachers and educators that makes thousands of ebooks available for free. The South African Council…

Wakkerstroom is the first smartphone-only town in South Africa

Wakkerstroom in Mpumalanga is now the first smartphone-only town in South Africa thanks to a partnership between Vodacom Mpumalanga and BPG Langfontein, a farming…

Vodacom launches 2020 #CodeLikeAGirl programme for learners

Vodacom, the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education, and Durban University of Technology (DUT) have partnered to launch the 2020 #CodeLikeAGirl programme — which plans to…

Google provides emergency grants to 25 South African publications

After announcing the global Google News Initiative Journalism Emergency Relief Fund (JERF) earlier this year, Google South Africa has detailed the 25 local publications…

Opera: Women in South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya use more data than men

How do women in Africa use the internet? This is what a study conducted by Opera and Worldreader aimed to answer. The study took…

Move aside .com: Africa will soon have its own top-level domain

Africa will soon have its very own top-level domain on the internet. ICANN, a non-profit better known as the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names…

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg visits Nigeria in African knowledge quest

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is currently on a business trip to Africa, according to his Facebook page. Zuckerberg stopped over in Nigeria, Facebook‘s largest…

Africa has a real chance at leading the next digital revolution

A theme that took centre stage at a panel discussion during the recent World Economic Forum on Africa in Rwanda is development beyond simple…

Big-name activist throws weight behind WEF internet initiative

Education activist and co-founder of the academic support non-profit Olico, Andrew Barrett has thrown his weight behind an initiative from the World Economic Forum’s…

Marketing in Africa: a fresh set of insights from Ogilvy & Mather

Marketing in sub-Saharan Africa is a complex and difficult skill to master. Digital is seen as the next great opportunity to tap into this…

Free WiFi is connecting minds, hearts and souls in South Africa: the Project Isizwe example

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the internet can be defined as: “A global computer network providing a variety of information and communication facilities,…

The state of connectivity in Southern Africa

Every year Facebook releases a report called The State of Connectivity. The report takes a granular look at connectivity world wide based on data…

On Nigeria’s digital integration: Q&A with Anakle COO

Nigeria’s digital industry is getting very interesting. More social media campaigns are popping up and during the last elections digital ideas took centre stage….

Think Africa’s economic boom is over? The tech space is about to prove you wrong

A recent piece by Rick Rowden suggests that Africa’s economic boom is over . He couldn’t be more wrong. In his article, Rowden argues…

What should we make of Uber’s bid to go cashless in Nigeria?

Even though 2016 is just two weeks old, the world’s sexiest startup Uber seems to be sweating already in Nigeria. A few days after…

Programme fosters pool of tech talent to address SA unemployment

Nomusa Sithole has a diploma, but struggled to secure a job in the field she studied for. She ended up working at a restaurant…

MTN acquires Nigerian network operator Visafone Communications for undisclosed amount

With a US$3.9 billion fine — imposed on it by the Nigerian Communications Commission — looming in the background, MTN Nigeria has reportedly acquired…

6 moments that defined Nigerian tech in 2015

The past year’s been an eventful one in Nigeria’s tech space as the various sub-sectors recorded landmark developments that got the attention of various…

Out of Africa: retracing human evolution and migration with DNA

The fossil record is compelling evidence that points to the dawn of man in eastern Africa. Now that we have advanced DNA sequencing capabilities,…

South Africans show a high preference for fully remote work – study

SA documentary My Octopus Teacher scoops up BAFTA for Best Documentary

SA government extends Covid-19 loan guarantee scheme for SMEs

Innovative South African fintech secures funding

Local cyber-security tech startup secures funding

iTest lets iPhone users experience Samsung’s Android UI

Genesis Noir review: Cry me a celestial river

Lil Nas X launches hellfire twerking game (NSFW)

Toyota finally gives the 86 more power

Road test: The Isuzu D-Max 3.0 X-Rider

RS6 and S8 power-up Audi presence in South Africa