Catch of the day
A mobile app is being piloted to aid data generation in small-scale fishing in parts of South Africa. Abalobi... Read more
24 May, 2016
Clean and healthy
Africans can now wash away the risk of contracting malaria using a bar of soap that’s cheaper than a... Read more
24 May, 2016
Open skies
If just 12 African countries lifted their flight restrictions and opened their airspace to each other, not only would... Read more
24 May, 2016
One man’s garbage…
US$4 000. That’s the amount a group of ICT specialists in Togo have raised in a crowdfunding campaign to... Read more
17 May, 2016
Baby steps
In Nigeria, around 2 300 young children and 145 women die either during childbirth or shortly thereafter – every... Read more
17 May, 2016
Growth potential
What plant is known to grow up to one metre a day, able to tolerate extreme conditions (including radiation from... Read more
17 May, 2016
Go with the grain
There are no two ways about it – the bottom line from agricultural experts is that Africa needs more... Read more
10 May, 2016
New-age investing
South Africans looking to start an investment portfolio can now do so with the help of online investment platform... Read more
10 May, 2016
A change in focus
Instead of monitoring rhinos via microchips and sensors, a new initiative to mitigate poaching is tracking the movements of... Read more
10 May, 2016
One step beyond
Industry 4.0 (as in the ‘fourth industrial revolution’) has become much more than a mere catchphrase. It’s a promise of how... Read more
3 May, 2016
