Aug 7, 2020
Aviro Health, a start-up supported by the University of Pretoria’s (UP) technology incubator and accelerator, TuksNovation, has launched a chatbot-based platform that offers people access to HIV self-testing resources, and the information they need to seek...
Aug 7, 2020
The winner of the 2020 Stella Clark Teachers Award is Hebert Muzi Gumbi, who teaches Accounting at Mathunjwa High School in Vryheid, KwaZulu-Natal. Every year the University of Cape Town (UCT) honours a high school teacher who has been nominated by a former learner...
Aug 7, 2020
‘Women, ICT and Emergency Telecommunications: Opportunities and Constraints’, a new report from ITU and the Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC), highlights that equal access to information and communication technology (ICT) can save lives in...
Aug 7, 2020
Only 23% of tech jobs are held by women in South Africa – out of 236 000 ICT (tech) roles, women occupy 56 000 of them, according to industry website WomenInTech.co.za “As a sector, we need to hire women to improve diversity in the workplace (and...
Aug 7, 2020
The first members of a surge team of health experts from the World Health Organisation (WHO) have arrived in Johannesburg to bolster the country’s response to Covid-19. As the continent nears 1-million cases, WHO is expanding support to countries experiencing a...
Aug 7, 2020
Taking advantage of a total lunar eclipse, astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have detected Earth’s own brand of sunscreen – ozone – in our atmosphere. This method simulates how astronomers and astrobiology researchers will search for evidence...