Aug 30, 2018
Four Western Cape learners will represent South Africa at the annual International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) which starts on Monday 3 September in Japan. The four learners are Emile Tredoux (Parklands College), Ralph McDougall (Curro Durbanville), Tian Cilliers...
Aug 30, 2018
Avanti Communications Group, a leading satellite operator providing Ka-Band satellite data communications services across the UK, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, has opened operations in South Africa. The announcement is underpinned by Avanti’s continued...
Aug 30, 2018
A study conducted by the University of Cape Town’s Economics of Tobacco Control Project (ETCP), titled Trends in cigarette demand and supply in Africa, has found that Africa has become a prime target for tobacco companies that now see it as a major destination...
Aug 30, 2018
A UCT Graduate School of Business (UCT GSB) teaching case study on how an entrepreneurial township business is uplifting communities around South Africa has been shortlisted in the 2018 CEEMAN Case Writing Competition. When Luvuyo Rani and his brother Lonwabo started...
Aug 30, 2018
Moscow authorities have announced a pilot project to grant farmers a free trading spot at weekend fairs through Ethereum-based blockchain. The entire dataset is publicly viewable, transparent and available for download meaning the submission time can be confirmed,...
Aug 29, 2018
A group of scientists from the University of Johannesburg have collaborated on a new breakthrough by the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN). Powerful computer systems made possible the new CERN observation of the Higgs boson decay to bottom quarks,...
