Helicopter drone set for Mars flight

Helicopter drone set for Mars flight

NASA is sending a helicopter to Mars. The Mars Helicopter, a small, autonomous rotorcraft, will travel with the agency’s Mars 2020 rover mission, currently scheduled to launch in July 2020, to demonstrate the viability and potential of heavier-than-air vehicles...

SMEs stick with what they know

While most small and medium enterprises (SMEs) believe that their accountants are tech-savvy, many are actually using outdated technology solutions – choosing to keep expenses down by not investing in innovative new technological offerings. In fact, according to...

Capacity-building will unlock African free trade

Following the signing of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) in March this year, the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) is calling on African nations to bolster their capacities in readiness for implementation of the ambitious plan....

Telco services, pay-TV in for slow growth

Worldwide spending on telecommunications services and pay TV services reached $1 662-billion in 2017, an increase of 1,4% year over year (in constant dollar terms). According to the International Data Corporation’s (IDC) Worldwide Telecom Services Database, the...

Protect yourself from fraudulent mobile apps

South Africa’s 35-million plus cellphone users can protect themselves from the growing incidence of worldwide mobile fraud by only downloading apps from reputable vendors and being wary of any increase in pop-ups or unusual notifications on their mobile devices....

Africa fails to turn resources into development outcomes

Africa has been slow to convert its natural resources endowments to tangible development outcomes because of weaknesses in governance, according to the fifth edition of the African Governance Report published by the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). The report...