Feb 7, 2019
The Diageo Empowerment Trust South Africa (DETSA) has kicked off a new round of funding in 2019 with a challenge focusing on the use of technology to solve major social challenges in the country. Sinethemba Mafanya, manager of DETSA, explains: “We will be...
Feb 6, 2019
A large proportion of the cost, disruption, pollution and exposure to natural disasters in a city would be eliminated if there were no infrastructure. Imagine no sewage or gas pipes, electricity poles or even sidewalks from which people leap into the face of...
Feb 6, 2019
Revenues for the European Internet of Things (IoT) market are forecast to increase by 19,8% year on year to reach $171-billion in 2019, according to the latest update to the Worldwide Semiannual Internet of Things Spending Guide from International Data Corporation...
Feb 6, 2019
University of Cape Town (UCT) scientists, Dr Marcel du Plessis and Isabelle Giddy, are part of an international study that is attempting to occupy and collect vital measurements from the least studied place on the planet – the frigid ice-covered waters of...
Feb 6, 2019
A new report on clean energy innovation headed by two of the world’s leading energy experts assesses the state of the clean energy innovation ecosystem in the US and identifies clean energy technologies with the highest breakthrough potential. The report, led by...
Feb 6, 2019
After a strong 12 months, experts are predicting continued channel growth for 2019, with digital transformation and the Fourth Industrial Revolution driving new opportunities – although macroeconomic headwinds including Brexit will inevitably have an impact....