Technology
5 years ago | March 29, 2019
Robots are coming: How to stay relevant
We are now well into 2019. It is scary how time flies, it only seemed like yesterday many of us were still on holiday, ...
Cost of internet access still high in Africa
The already high price of internet access got even more expensive for Africans over the past year.
World investors stamped for electric vehicles
Over the next decade, carmakers will be investing heavily in electric vehicle technologies. Reuters analysed investment ...
Are tech talents Africa’s ‘new export’?
With a population of about 1,2 billion people, over 900 million of whom are in Sub-Saharan Africa alone, Africa’s human ...
5 years ago | March 22, 2019
Boeing upgrades software on crisis-hit 737 MAX
Boeing is upgrading the stall prevention software on its 737 MAX, industry sources said as French investigators scoured ...
Air safety, market pressures and cockpit technology
In just five short months, two Boeing 737 Max 8 airliners crashed, killing a total of 346 passengers and crew members. ...
5 years ago | March 15, 2019
Potraz engages stakeholders on tariff adjustment
The Postal and Telecommunication Regulatory Authority has started consulting stakeholders on tariff increases after the ...
BMW’s China electric car export plans on hold
BMW’s ambitions to establish China as a hub for exporting electric cars are in limbo because of uncertainty over ...
Men with prostate cancer could avoid invasive surgery
Thousands of men with prostate cancer could avoid invasive treatment and side-effects after scientists developed a ...
Airlines ground latest 737 MAX 8 planes
Two models of Boeing’s latest twin 737 MAX 8 jet have crashed in the last six months: An Ethiopian Airlines flight ...
5 years ago | March 8, 2019
Deere eyes green revolution in Africa
Johannesburg — US Deere & Co (DE.N) expects to see demand for its farm equipment in Africa grow 8 to 10 percent ...
Fashion’s huge waste problem
The biggest trends in fashion today are ones no one wants to be seen in. They include vastly increased clothing ...
DFA opens office in Zim
Dfa has opened a new office in Harare, Zimbabwe marking its first expansion into African markets outside of South Africa.
5 years ago | March 1, 2019
Using tech to fight food shortage
Agriculture is an integral part of any economy and countries who fully realise this fact are put in a strong position ...
Could taxation of mobile banking in Africa stall financial inclusion?
Mobile phone-based financial services have produced celebrated economic outcomes for Kenya and other African countries, ...
Re-imagining Rural: Starting at home
I have a vision. I call them Rural Entrepreneurship Centres. Each one would be located at a business centre in rural ...
5 years ago | February 8, 2019
Packaging firms profit from plastic distaste
From pink plastic dinosaurs to clothing, carpets, toothbrushes, computers and components for planes and automobiles, ...
Do money apps make us better or worse?
Finance apps are proving increasingly popular, but are they making us better at managing our money or encouraging us to ...
Why Big Brother doesn’t bother most Chinese
Who says government can’t innovate? In one Chinese city, the local court system recently launched a smartphone-based map ...
5 years ago | February 1, 2019
Facebook’s plans face blockage in EU
Facebook’s plans to integrate the messaging functions of Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger could be blocked in the EU by ...
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