Sep 26, 2018
Three University of Cape Town (UCT) lecturers are part of the only team representing sub-Saharan Africa in an international competition to design and build a fully functional, modular, net-zero-energy house in Stellenbosch. The competition, Solar Decathlon, takes...
Sep 26, 2018
According to the National Department of Basic Education there were more than 12-million learners in South African schools, both public and independent, in 2017. By Zoaib Hoosen, MD of Microsoft SA Most of these learners, 33 %, were in the Foundation Phase, meaning...
Sep 26, 2018
The South Atlantic Cable System (SACS) is on-stream and open for commercial traffic. The first and fastest link between Africa and the Americas offers lower latency and will provide a more direct routing for internet traffic in the southern hemisphere. The Angola...
Sep 26, 2018
The average cost of a 500ml bottle of beer purchased at a bar in Munich is EUR6.37, compared with EUR6.09 last year. However, this is still considerably cheaper than the price of a beer in London where the average is EUR7.87, almost 25% more expensive. The most...
Sep 25, 2018
Most South Africans (87%) now accept that data breaches and hacks are the new normal and will likely happen to everyone. And, according to a recent survey in South Africa conducted by Mastercard, 70% of people believe there is not much they can do to protect their...
Sep 25, 2018
The CEOs of Adobe, Microsoft and SAP have introduced the Open Data Initiative, aimed at empowering companies to derive more value from their data and deliver better customer experiences in realtime. The three CEOs, Adobe’s Shantanu Narayen, Microsoft’s...
