African innovator targets food production

With global population expected to grow to 9-billion by 2050, and with more than 900-million people living in hunger, the demand for nutritious food is rapidly increasing. Acknowledging this need and the impact of hunger in Africa, the Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA...

UJ team wins SA Imagine Cup

Microsoft TechEd, Durban – A tool that allows businesses to see what people are saying about them on social media platforms has won three University of Johannesburg (UJ) computer science students and their supervisor a place in the final of a global technology...

The SAP Startup Forum winners are…

The African chapter of the SAP Startup Focus programme held yesterday was a chance for the company to demonstrate its support for African entrepreneurs, as well as showcase the diverse capabilities of the SAP HANA platform.  SAP HANA is a next-generation database...

Gauteng Innovation winners announced

eGov Connect has been named as the winner of the Gauteng Innovation Competition. eGov Connect pulls communication between citizens and government, as well as fault reporting and social media into a unified user experience to enable easy interaction with public...