Nokia, Tencent to accelerate 5G webscale research

Nokia and Tencent have signed an agreement to carry out joint research and development work to explore the potential of 5G for the provision of new applications, including those for a variety of vertical markets. Under a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed at...

What to look out for at Wikimania

The programme for Wikimania – the annual gathering of volunteers from around the world to celebrate Wikipedia and the Wikimedia projects, taking place this year in Cape Town – features more than 80 community-submitted talks, 32 poster discussions, and four...

UCT prof reduces energy poverty

Reducing energy poverty, while at the same time making a just transition to a low-carbon energy economy, is a key challenge of the 21st century. University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Professor Harald Winkler, of the Energy Research Centre in the Faculty of Engineering...

Future is bright for African tourism

Africa’s hotel sector has the potential for further growth over the next five years. An increase in the number of foreign and domestic travellers, as well as an expansion in a number of hotel chains on the continent reinforces the hotel sector’s untapped...

Top security and risk management trends

Business leaders are becoming increasingly conscious of the impact cybersecurity can have on business outcomes. Gartner says that security leaders should harness this increased support and take advantage of six emerging trends, to improve their organisation’s...
Proposed IT law vague and confusing

Proposed IT law vague and confusing

When a law is sufficiently vague and no reasonable person can make head or tail of what it means or what its implications are, that law fails to live up to the legality standard contained in section 1(c) of the Constitution. According to the following analysis written...