Bjarke Gotfredsen, founder of the technology development company XinaBox and who purchased Africa's first private satellite, is helping high school students achieve their goals of ... Read more »
A research team from the University of the Western Cape has worked with residents of Mankosi in the Eastern Cape, to develop a solar-powered wireless network, turning the remote ... Read more »
Social media giant Facebook has announced a nationwide initiative aimed at helping to develop and nurture communities, including small businesses. Read more »
Kgotso Chikane, Chief Executive Officer of Megatech AI, envisions a future where South Africa can play a key role in the "algorithmic economy" that will shape the development of ... Read more »
In this piece for The Monitor, Dorothy Nakaweesi outlines how the world's second-largest producer of bananas can repurpose the fruit fibre to create products like hats, tents, bags ... Read more »
"Epidemiologists and public health managers are looking to complement indoor-based nets and spraying with outdoor-based solutions by taking the battle to mosquitoes, and drones are ... Read more »
Nii Quaynor, chairman of Ghana Dot Com and noted technology expert, has said that "digital currency and transaction frameworks for the Internet are the next step" for the ... Read more »
Liberian students Filmore Wiagbe, Sekou Soko Kamara and Aaron G. Weaye said the event opens employment opportunities for African students. Read more »
Li Pengon, Huawei President for the Southern Africa Region, has said that, based on recent studies, seven out of ten of the world's fastest growing companies originate in Africa, ... Read more »
Wireless communication is driving economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa much as the railroad did in the 19th-century U.S., accounting for almost a tenth of global mobile ... Read more »
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