May 26, 2020
A new era of human spaceflight is set to begin as US astronauts are set to launch again launch SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley...
May 25, 2020
The fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic will see the battle of the banks intensify, as both legacy and challenger financial institutions race to use tech innovation to gain a competitive advantage in 2020/2021. This is according to Victor Mupunga, research analyst at...
May 25, 2020
African countries need to urgently expand food reserves, keep food supply flowing and boost their agriculture budgets to avert a possible hunger pandemic, partly caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. This is the conclusion from a webinar hosted by the African Development...
May 25, 2020
The second Africa Regional Integration Index (ARII 2019), launched by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the African Development Bank and the African Union Commission (AUC), calls on African economies to deepen their integration. The 2019 Index, which builds on...
May 25, 2020
Leading indicators for IT spending appear to be stabilising and bottoming out in many countries, reflecting a period of relative calm before economic lockdown measures are expected to be eased in the next few weeks. However, confidence levels in the US continue to...
May 25, 2020
A United Nations agency has gone live with a new Covid-19 self-diagnostic application and predictive modelling dashboard, a digital tool to both help South Africans self-assess their Covid-19 symptoms, and aid government efforts to pinpoint virus hotspots. The project...
