Innovation

Empowering SMEs in 2024: The Digital Revolution

In the dynamic landscape of 2024, the triumph of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) lies in embracing digital transformation as an essential strategy. Digitalization…

MediaTek’s Commitment to Empowering Africa’s Technological Leap with 5G

By Rami Osman , Director for Corporate Sales and Marketing, MediaTek Middle East and Africa Over the past two decades, mobile telecommunications has transformed the face…

OpenIX: ‘Forget tenders. Turn to open innovation instead’

South Africa is a country brimming with ingenuity. Yet millions of high-potential innovations which could have a significant impact on employment, service delivery and…

[Opinion] Exactly how smart will tomorrow’s homes be?

Artificial intelligence is becoming increasingly entrenched in our daily lives and, as a result, becoming more intelligent. This dramatically accelerates the rate of smart…

Drones to data: Africa turn to healthtech to lighten pressure

From South Africa to Uganda, innovators are racing to lighten the pressure on under-resourced health systems using technology. Although this isn’t a silver bullet,…

Visa opens Innovation Studio in Africa to advance future payment solutions

The global payments company, Visa (Visa Inc), has opened a new Innovation Studio in Nairobi, its first dedicated innovation site in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)….

NFT Lab takes Africa’s biggest collection to OpenSea

Invictus NFT Lab aims to demonstrate the potential for blockchain technology to bring tangible benefits to the real world and is operated by global…

Startup partners with Telkom to launch translation platform for SA languages

Telkom has partnered with South African startup Enlabeler to launch an AI platform that translates speech into text and provides transcription services for local…

SA medtech startup expands product offering in US

South African-based medtech startup hearX has announced its Lexie Hearing aids will be sold at Walgreens retail stores in the US from 13 May…

Why startups should consider user experience (UX) before user adoption

So, you have decided that an application is a solution to your problem. First, beware, your user may not want it. This applies to…

African universities increasingly working with ‘role players’ out of necessity [Q&A]

Out of necessity, African academic institutions are increasingly more involved in collaboration efforts with other ecosystem role players, says Nelson Mandela University (NMU) Innovation Office acting…

Entries for VilCap Communities Africa programme to close this Friday

Entries for VilCap Communities Africa — a programme that seeks to equip incubators, accelerators, and seed funds with the tools, resources and connections they…

UCT tech transfer unit has developed 21 startups, 125 active technologies [Q&A]

Universities need to be creating new intellectual property (IP), as well as protect and mature it to facilitate industry adoption, says Dr Andrew Bailey senior manager…

‘SA education unable to support extensive development of tech entrepreneurship’

A report commissioned by Google and released earlier this month has identified that “the foundations of the (South African) education system are unable to…

Just five days left to post solutions for MIT Solve’s global challenges

Solutions for MIT Solve’s four open global challenges are due next Sunday (1 July). The challenges offer selected “solvers” more than $650 000 in…

SA social enterprises have a week left to apply for Google Impact Challenge

South African non-profits and social enterprises with innovative ideas regarding economic opportunity creation within their communities have until next week Wednesday (4 July) to…

Third annual MEST Africa Summit now underway in Cape Town

The third annual MEST Africa Summit is now underway in Cape Town. The conference, which kicked off last night, will see investors, corporates and…

Ugandan behind malaria test kit wins Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation

Uganda software engineer Brian Gitta has been crowned the winner of the £25 000 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation for his Matibabu malaria test kit that enables…

KZN company headed by two women clinches FNB Business Innovation Awards

The Saryx Engineering Group, a Richards Bay (KZN) based company headed by two women, was last night selected as the winner of the 2018 FNB…

Here are the four finalists of £25 000 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation

A device that conducts fast malaria tests, a process that affordably recovers precious metals from autocatalytic converters, a tamper-proof electricity meter and a textbook-sized mini science lab….

Tap wisdom of others and have fun says Michael Jordaan in talk on leadership

Good leaders are those that are able to tap and best utilise the wisdom of those around them. So, says venture capitalist and former…

Developing digital payments solutions? Here are the markets you should focus on

A recent report by Visa shows net benefits businesses, consumers and authorities would gain if they transitioned from cash-based economies to full digital payments. The Cashless…

Move to full digital payments could net Joburg over $3bn in benefits a year

Businesses, consumers and authorities in the city of Johannesburg could gain $3.4-billion in net benefits by moving 100% of financial transactions conducted in the city…

South African Businesses Face Growing Legal Risks as AI Adoption Soars

MTN Pumps R300 Million into Gauteng to Strengthen Digital Infrastructure

You Mailed It! Celebrating South Africa’s Slickest Email Campaigns of 2025

New MDIF Programme Backs Media Startups Across Southern Africa with Funding and Growth Support

AI Revolution for SMMEs – Opportunities and Legal Pitfalls for South African Startups

AfriLabs’ 2024 Impact Report Charts Path to $1 Trillion Digital Economy

Acer Unleashes Beastly New Predator BiFrost and Nitro GPUs with AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series

Philips Evnia Drops Jaw-Dropping QD OLED Monitors: 240Hz, Ambiglow, and All the Good Stuff

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel