CBN puts spotlight on African infrastructure

Top global and African CEOs have launched a Continental Business Network (CBN) to fast-track high-level private sector investment into Africa’s regional infrastructure. The launch of the CBN on the side-lines of the World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape Town, is the...

Wits joins edX as first African partner

The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (Wits) has announced a partnership with edX, the non-profit online learning destination founded by MIT and Harvard, to offer massive open online courses (MOOCs) to a global learning audience. The collaboration is the...

Use ICT to manage African energy resources

Africa is being touted as the next frontier that will supply natural and renewable resources to the global energy market, but many countries within sub-Saharan Africa are either struggling to provide access to energy and electricity for their citizens or can’t keep up...

African innovator finalists announced

Finalists for the Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) have been chosen, with 10 African innovators shortlisted from more than 900 applications in 45 countries. The winners of the IPA 2013 will be announced on 7 May in Cape Town, at a gala dinner hosted by the University...