February 16
South Africa: Durban Student Creates App to Map SA's Municipal Service Failures - - and the Fixes
Keyuren Maharaj developed the CityMenderSA app to track infrastructure issues. Read more »
February 05
South Africa: The Quiet Innovation That Could Unlock Mother-Tongue Education in SA
The shared-facility model separates physical infrastructure from institutional identity. Multiple fully fledged schools, each with its own language of instruction, leadership,… Read more »
January 15
South Africa: Antarctic Experience Transforms SA Teens' View of Climate and Innovation
A week on Antarctica's frozen frontier has reshaped how a Gqeberha school pupil thinks about engineering, climate change and his future. Seventeen-year-old Luke Boswell was one of… Read more »
January 12
Africa: CES 2026 - - a Human-Centric Shift in Tech Amid AI Overload
For a brief moment, the big PC brands turned away from shoving needless AI into everything and remembered that people use computers to do and build things. Read more »
September 30, 2025
South Africa: The Multi-Trillion-Dollar Question Is Will the Ai Capex Boom Ever Pay Off?
The AI boom has triggered one of the costliest building sprees in history. Over the past three years, leading tech firms have committed more capital expenditure toward AI data… Read more »
September 03, 2025
South Africa: How Roy Campbell's Bobotie Inadvertently Came to the Age of the Air Fryer 🙈
It didn't quite play out as intended, but that is the way of plans and reality. Here's what happened when your Food Editor was challenged to make a favourite recipe of a Karoo… Read more »
August 19, 2025
South Africa: Hermanus Teen's Solar App Powers a Win At Electric Vehicle Showcase
Connor Lewis, a pupil from Curro Hermanus, has built an app that calculates the exact wattage of solar panels needed to charge an electric vehicle. Read more »
August 03, 2025
South Africa: Nelson Mandela University Professor Wins SA's 'Science Oscar' for Digital Innovation in Africa
Nelson Mandela University's Distinguished Professor Darelle van Greunen and her Centre for Community Technologies have been honoured with South Africa's prestigious Science… Read more »
July 27, 2025
South Africa: Striking a Balance Between Innovation and Responsible Risk Governance
AI is redefining the business environment in real-time, demanding a disciplined re-evaluation of governance structures. Read more »
July 14, 2025
South Africa: Entrepreneur's Mission to Bring Clean Water to SA Schools Is Powered By Science, Grounded in Struggle
In South Africa, millions of people face daily life without clean water, especially in schools. For Murendeni Mafumo it's personal, and he is helping to restore safe and… Read more »
April 25, 2025
Africa: G20 Discussions Focus On Trade, Innovation, and Resilience to Unlock Africa's Agricultural Potential
Governments in Africa must establish coordinated policies to respond to disasters and support agricultural development. These responses must encompass everything African countries… Read more »