In an effort to measure asteroid trajectory by imparting momentum, NASA has crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid in an attempt to shift it’s…
Informal economy drives digital, niche banking spike
Traditional banking models have been disrupted long before the Covid-19 pandemic fundamentally changed the way we live, work and shop. “We are seeing a…
BRICS partnership boosts women-led businesses in Africa
SmartDigital Solutions, a private company specialising in digital transformation services and products, has partnered with BRICS Women’s Business Alliance and various state-owned entities to…
SADA also unveils digital academy in Côte d’Ivoire
Smart Africa’s capacity building arm, the Smart Africa Digital Academy (SADA), continues to expand its footprint in Africa, with Côte d’Ivoire being the latest…
New real-time AI platform announced at AI Africa Expo
With a Cape Town-based founder, Jay van Zyl, a United States start-up known as ecosystem.ai today launches its real-time, behavioural SaaS platform at the…
Load shedding changed ‘how we work, live and play’
While South Africans are fearing a “total blackout” amid one the worst power cuts since December 2019, load shedding has dramatically changed the way…
Got an idea for a side hustle? Fund it with crypto
Wondering how to fund your side hustle with crypto if you don’t have enough spare money lying around to start with? After all, don’t…
Data strategy key to future-proofing cloud adoption
Udhveer Sookraj, a data integration specialist at Insight Consulting, explains that for Africa, the cloud provides the means to embrace automation and develop cloud…
Teach technology skills at all education levels, plead experts
Technology literacy and digital literacy are crucial for Africa’s future. And while we are making progress with the introduction of coding in primary schools…
Invest in metaverse marketing? Rather sit back and wait
If you’re wondering whether your brand should be buying some metaverse advertising real estate, the answer is that you can probably take a sit-back-and-see-what-unfolds…
6 youth-led start-ups win big at Pitch AgriHack
African agritech innovators from all four corners of the continent claimed victory in the eight edition of Pitch AgriHack. The 2022 competition saw a…
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