Encouraging women in STEM

In a digital age of progress, it seems that old-fashioned stereotypes, gender bias, and the climate of science and engineering departments in universities continue to be a worldwide challenge. Only 23% of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) talent...

Telecoms, infrastructure key for growth

Infrastructure is crucial to the development of South Africa, and will continue to be a focus for government policy and spending going forward. “Over the past five years, we made significant progress with the provision of infrastructure,” says President...

Agritech solution for rural development

A new agritech solution could be used to not only improve food production but also drive accelerated job creation and support new small businesses. IFS has collaborated with Matsei Technologies and Consulting on the creation of a digital aquaponics farming solution....

Excitement as oil found in SA waters

The African Energy Chamber (AEC) has welcomed the recent gas condensate discovery by Total in Block 11B/12B, 175km off the southern coast of South Africa in the Outeniqua Basin. The discovery, which will help open a new hydrocarbons province in South Africa, could...

Consumers to pay more as Eskom unbundles

South Africans should brace for further electricity tariff hikes to fund Eskom’s proposed turnaround and the unbundling of the organisation into three separate entities. That’s the word from President Cyril Ramaphosa, giving last night’s State of the...

Realities of the ‘post-digital’ world

The enterprise is entering a new “post-digital” era, where success will be based on an organisation’s ability to master a set of new technologies that can deliver personalised realities and experiences for customers, employees and business partners....