Four young scientists, accompanied by Eskom Expo’s Business Manager, Mmamoloko Rancia Riba, won their place to represent the country at the Indonesia competition, renowned…
What kind of disruption does Africa’s tech scene really need?
What is it really to disrupt, or what is a disruptive innovation? And to put it in the African context, what does ‘disruption’ mean…
Fabrication and manufacturing: The future of African hardware innovation
Across Africa there is a vibrant culture of people creating things. Hardware products. It’s rarely glamorous as our inventors and micro-entrepreneurs innovate on products…
Why Mpesa is still a financial disruptor
Farhad Manjoo makes a compelling argument for why the real winners of the payments revolution are the same players we already know, the credit…
Young mobile users responsible for most Twitter growth in Africa [Infographic]
New research suggests that Twitter’s growth in Africa is being driven primarily young people using mobile devices and that South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, and…