IBM announced the expansion of its' quantum computing efforts to Africa in a new collaboration with the University of the Witwatersrand...
13 Jun 2019
Based on its research performance and capacity, Stellenbosch University (SU) has recently been invited to represent Africa in the Global Alliance of Universities on Climate (GAUC) which held its inaugural executive meeting in Beijing, China, late last month...
13 Jun 2019
Cyril Ramaphosa made it very clear that the inclusion of coding into the national curriculum will be an objective he intends to see come to fruition during his presidency. This is commendable - but is it realistic...?
Jenny Retief 10 Jun 2019
Artificial Intelligence can potentially transform the fundamentals of education and how people think in the future...
6 Jun 2019
To mark World Environment Day, Emirates gave its old advertising billboards in South Africa a new lease on life, transforming the PVC Flex material into hundreds of reusable bags...
4 Jun 2019
The University of Alberta will confer an honorary doctorate of science degree on Dr Akinwumi A. Adesina, President of the African Development Bank, at its convocation event on 4 June 2019 in Edmonton, Canada...
3 Jun 2019
This National Child Protection Week (CPW), Google South Africa and Media Monitoring Africa hosted a roundtable putting a spotlight on the importance of online safety for children...
Jessica Tennant 31 May 2019
African innovators and entrepreneurs need to be encouraged, supported and incentivised to reach their optimal potential...
28 May 2019
US-based real estate entrepreneur Rokelle Sun's philanthropic mission is to encourage young girls to pursue careers and success in the underrepresented fields, particularly in Africa, where she spent part of her childhood. She explains this, as well as her love of new experiences like aerophotography, and some of the highs and lows of her earlier career as a multilingual broadcast journalist...
Leigh Andrews 21 May 2019
The Direct Marketing Association of South Africa (DMASA) has launched a new online training portal, DMASA Academy...
17 May 2019
Visual storytelling is fundamental to the human experience, and one of our oldest forms of expression...
Glenn Gillis 17 May 2019
Growing the next generation of entrepreneurs is key to job creation and economic growth in South Africa. But how do you ensure this mindset is bred among learners, and streamlined in schools...?
16 May 2019
First launched in South Africa in 2017, Mastercard's inquiry-based STEM programme Girls4Tech has so far reached more than 400,000 girls (ages 8-12) in 25 countries...
14 May 2019
Empowering young women with information in high school can help ensure that certain cancers are caught early...
10 May 2019
Botswana's Botho University has launched distance learning programmes in Nigeria, following on the success of its four campuses in three SADC region countries...
18 Apr 2019
The World Bank has launched its Africa Human Capital Plan, a new plan to help African countries strengthen their human capital by enabling the continent's young people to grow up with optimal health and equipped with the right skills to compete in the digitising global economy...
12 Apr 2019
Having won the same award in 2017, Nomacala Mpeta, head of learning at Digify Africa, explains why they're proud to be recognised a second time for leading the push for transformation in digital and encourages more agencies and NGOs to recognise the need to do so as a business imperative in corporate SA...
Jessica Tennant 11 Apr 2019
This year marks the third edition of Inspiring Fifty South Africa, a non-profit initiative that benchmarks and awards the 50 most inspiring women in STEM...
11 Apr 2019
Sun Exchange has announced plans to solar power several Western Cape schools via its global funding platform...
11 Apr 2019
The adoption continues for the .africa (dotAfrica) geographic Top Level Domain (gLTD) as Africa's biggest multi-industry website, Bizcommunity, announced the launch of its dotAfrica website...
dotAfrica 9 Apr 2019
