Earlier this week, a senior portfolio manager at a London asset manager sent out a note detailing a recent trip he had taken to the US. The purpose of the visit was to meet with some of the top fund managers there to discuss managing assets for clients
Solar panels? Check. Lithium-ion batteries? Check. 3D printer for spares? Check. A group of university students and lecturers are on a road trip of a different kind as they travel over 4 000km to test their
Over the past two years, an initiative has been underway to put an area of central Johannesburg on the map as a place where digital innovation and entrepreneurship happens in South Africa. There is a
Phones are all around us. When we look up from our own, we see that everyone else is looking down at theirs. Our phones are with us wherever we go, in our pockets, our bags, in our hands. A recent Pew research report outlines the ways that phones have
The UK’s Investigatory Powers Tribunal has found that South Africa’s Legal Resources Centre’s communications were subjected to unlawful interference by the British government, the
The February 2013 bail hearing of Paralympian Oscar Pistorius was a defining moment for Twitter in South Africa. The event marked the biggest-ever spike in Twitter traffic in the country as users
Anything seemed possible at E3 this past week as the gaming industry gathered to showcase new games and technologies in Los Angeles. Events that seemed inconceivable just two weeks ago
The race is on to get billions of people connected to the Internet via a global network of satellites. Europe’s Airbus announced this week that it is to design and build up to 900 satellites for the privately owned OneWeb, which includes Richard Branson as a
Twitter’s misfortunes have pivoted once again with the announcement of the resignation of CEO Dick Costolo. This move seemed to catch even some close to Costolo by surprise with Twitter co-founder Biz Stone rubbishing the idea that he would
In the fog of confusion caused by the chaos at Eskom, we lose sight of where the ANC government has done really well in the area of power generation, said investment director Rob Spanjaard. He
