New MD for Jasco Enterprise

Long-time Jasco Enterprise managerial executive Anneke Grond has been named as the company’s new MD. “Anneke will be responsible for the execution of both long and short-term plans, and ensuring that Jasco Enterprise delivers on its promises to both...

Panel fabs set to stay busy in Q3

The overall utilisation rate of display panel fabrication (fab) plants is expected to remain high in the third quarter of 2017, recording similar levels for the fifth consecutive quarter, according to IHS Markit. According to the latest Display Production &...

Mall of Africa bags engineering award

The Mall of Africa, the largest retail development to be built in a single phase in southern Africa, scooped the Engineering Excellence Award for projects with a value greater than R250-million at this year’s Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA) Awards....

$100k competition for entrepreneurs

Strive Masiyiwa, businessman, entrepreneur, philanthropist and chairman of Econet Group, has launched one of Africa’s biggest competitions for entrepreneurs. On Friday 18 August, Masiyiwa kicked off the official Kwesé competition called #GoGettaz, a challenge...
People want their own cars

People want their own cars

Autonomous cars will soon become common on streets around the world — but research shows that most people won’t ride in one, preferring to keep their own cars. Gartner expects to see multiple launches of autonomous vehicles around 2020. However, the full...

You can help run autoimmune research

The general public’s help is being enlisted in what’s thought to be the biggest study of the human microbiome – the bacteria that live in and on the human body, and are believed to affect health. The Microbiome Immunity Project is a new,...