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...

Skin patches: the ultimate wearable

Electronic skin patches could well be described as the ultimate wearable electronic devices. They deploy electronic components, including sensors and actuators with appropriate processing, energy storage and communication, directly onto the body, typically attached...

Cosplayer Philip Odango for Comic Con

Philip Odango, award-winning international cosplayer, designer, producer and author from the US, will be participating in Comic Con Africa 2018 and will be one of the international judges for this year’s Cosplay Championships. Odango makes his own costumes and...