Kenyan schoolgirls create female health app for Google
Five Kenyan teenagers, aged 15 to 17, have been selected to take part in the Google Technovation software development competition. Their innovative app design...
UCT students win women-only hackathon
Students from the University of Cape Town won a trip to an international conference in the US at a women-only hackathon.Melissa Javan A group of...
Earth’s oldest ‘fungi’ found in South Africa
A recent scientific discovery in South Africa, ancient fungi-like fossils, have once again put the country on the map in the palaeontology field. It...
Native Nosi: The sweet taste of success
South Africa is home to two indigenous bee species – the African and the Cape bee – and produces enough honey to supply local...
TechnoGirl: Educating girls, creating opportunity
TechnoGirl, which is aimed at encouraging more girls to study Stem subjects (science, technology, engineering and maths), has steadily increased the numbers of young...
Africa’s Great Green Wall can stop African migration
Originally conceived to stop the spread of deserts, the Great Green Wall of Africa is now not only a means of slowing climate change,...
How to prepare yourself for an investor: a guide
A recent survey found that many South African entrepreneurs needed help with things such as business planning. Find out more about how to prepare...
South African inventions
Where would you expect to find the inventor of the CAT scan, the makers of the
"speed gun" used in cricket ovals the world over, or the world's first oil-from-coal
refinery?
UWC takes the lead in physics research
A team of students from the University of Western Cape (UWC), led by Professor Nico Orce, is the first African research team to lead...
Banking and telecoms dominate South Africa’s 2017 top brands list
South Africa's Top 50 most valuable brands in 2017 were announced on 26 July 2017, and telecommunications giant MTN topped the list second year...
