May 17, 2016
Africa needs to address perceptions of risk on the continent to help investors understand what its markets have to offer, and develop success stories that highlight the capability of Africa’s people and institutions to deliver complex projects, quality local...
May 17, 2016
A combination of device releases, price reductions, and company rationalisations marked the first quarter of 2016 (1Q16) in the worldwide wearables market. According to data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker,...
May 17, 2016
Teenager Han Jie (Austin) Wang, an 18-year-old from Vancouver, Canada, is the recipient of the first place Gordon E Moore Award and $75 000 for developing microbial fuel cells (MFCs) that more efficiently convert organic waste into electricity. The award was given at...
May 17, 2016
Africa has no choice but to move rapidly towards a smart mix of energy systems if it is to grow and prosper in step with the rest of the world. This is the word from Jubril Adewale Tinubu, group chief executive of Nigeria’s Oando, speaking at the World Economic...
May 17, 2016
According to International Data Corporation (IDC), 102,6-million smartphones were shipped to China in the first quarter of 2016 – a mere 2% year-on-year growth in 2016Q1 that saw the China smartphone market becoming increasingly saturated and driven mostly by...
May 16, 2016
The future of aviation is bright … green. That was the environmentally-promising message delivered during the Green Aviation Technical Interchange Meeting (TIM), held recently at NASA Langley Research Centre. More than 100 attendees from government, industry and...
