Start-up launches HIV self-testing platform

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...

KZN honoured for outstanding achievement

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...

Closing the gender divide can save lives in emergencies

‘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...

Call for diversity and inclusion ‘upgrade’

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...

WHO ramps up Covid-19 support in African hotspots

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...