Solar wind puts on light show

Solar wind puts on light show

The last week saw a series of auroras lighting up the sky in the northern hemisphere. On the night of 8 October 2015, a photographer in Harstad, Norway captured this image of the dancing northern lights. Auroras are created when fast-moving, magnetic solar material...
Corruption risk deters investors

Corruption risk deters investors

Fifty five percent of South African companies surveyed by Control Risks for its annual “International attitudes to corruption” survey state that they avoid certain countries if the corruption risk is perceived to be too high. The survey also found that...
NASA closer to Mars colony

NASA closer to Mars colony

NASA has released a detailed outline about its plan to take people to Mars in a new report – “NASA’s Journey to Mars: Pioneering Next Steps in Space Exploration”. “NASA is closer to sending American astronauts to Mars than at any point in...
Poor spectrum stymies Africa

Poor spectrum stymies Africa

By Mark Davison at Mobile 360 Africa, Cape Town – Connecting the 1-billion people of Africa to the Internet – universal access for the continent – is a realistic goal, but one that should be considered more long-term than anything else. Speaking...
Don’t mess with mobile money

Don’t mess with mobile money

bile money has taken off in many African countries and contributed huge benefits to economies such as Kenya and Uganda, but regulatory bodies have to be careful that they don’t put a spanner in the works by interfering too much in its operations.