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R886m invested in varsity ICT
The Higher Education and Training Department says R886 million has been invested in connecting South African universities and public research organisations to each other at a minimum speed of 10...
View ArticleUCT hopes its study will foster employment
The University of Cape Town (UCT) has launched a three-year, pan-African study on how to foster youth entrepreneurship in order to tackle the scourge of youth unemployment on the continent.Read more......
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EY Africa eager to spend US$40m
Professional services firm EY Africa says it has about US$40m to spend on acquisitions in SA, Angola and Nigeria and is also looking to increase its investments in skills development.Read more... |...
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World Bank provides US$14,7bn to Africa
The World Bank committed a record US$14.7bn in its fiscal year to June to support economic growth and better development prospects in Africa despite uncertain economic conditions in the rest of the...
View ArticleBloomberg's Africa media plan raises questions
It may be imprudent to write this about someone who is spending $10m on African journalism. But then, of all the things I have been accused of in my time, prudence was never among them.Read more... |...
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Could Africa become like China?
Africa's changing demographic over the next three-and-a-half decades could transform the continent into the next China, but only if its youthful population is educated and entrepreneurial.Read more......
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New book on student politics in Africa
In mid-June 2016, 'Student Politics in Africa: Representation and Activism', edited by Thierry M Luescher, Manja Klemencic, and James Otieno Jowi, was launched. The book has brought together the work...
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Specialist training is the first step in fighting cancer in Africa
Source: Merck</span>Did you know that the number of practising oncologists barely hits double digits in most African nations? In fact, there are only 13 oncologists in Kenya (all based in...
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Entries close on 18 April for the SingularityU Southern Africa GIC
Entries close 18 April 2017 for the Singularity University (SU), Global Impact Challenge (GIC). This challenge is an open call to innovators, entrepreneurs, scientists, and technologists to foster...
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Africa Code Week to train half a million young Africans
Africa Code Week 2017 was officially launched in Mauritius this week. Now in its third year, the event (which will take place from 18-25 October) aims to spread coding literacy among African youth,...
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E-library launches in Africa to connect students
As part of efforts to make learning and research materials more accessible to students and lifelong learners in developing countries, e86 Limited conceived the idea of an e-library in October 2016,...
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Africa's youth bulge is an opportunity to transform the continent
© Sura Nualpradid via [[www.123RF.com 123RF]]</span>RABAT, Morocco - The persistence of conflicts and wars on the continent continues to fuel uncertainty for the resolve of African leaders to...
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Free mentorship and training for Africa's entrepreneurs
The VC4Africa Startup Academy is designed to empower founders and entrepreneurs in Africa to take their business to the next level, as a free digital learning resource.Read more... | Send to a friend
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Next Einstein Forum survey to measure gender gap in African STEM education
The Next Einstein Forum (NEF), an initiative of the Africa Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) in partnership with Robert Bosch Stiftung, has launched a survey that hopes to measure the existing...
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New award to celebrate African evidence leadership
The University of Johannesburg's (UJ) Africa Evidence Network (AEN) is launching the first annual Africa Evidence Leadership Award, to recognise and honour people who have raised the awareness of...
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What happens when you put African philosophies at the centre of learning
What happens when African philosophies and practices are placed at the centre of learning? How can teachers and students on the continent use the concepts of ubuntu (human interdependence) and ukama...
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#AfricaMonth: The digital life expectancy of Africa's youth
© peshkov via [[www.123RF.com 123RF]]</span>There is no doubt that Africa's digital-born, digital-first Generation Z - emerging as the largest youth population concentrated in Africa - will play...
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How Africa can embrace an AI-enabled future
© monsit jangariyawong via [[www.123RF.com 123RF]]</span>It's no longer news that artificial intelligence (AI) will be a driving force behind the Fourth Industrial Revolution, with the global...
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QR codes are providing innovative learning solutions for learners in SA
The QR code - known as Bubbles - an initiative developed by Media Works and Excom, has combined technology with the needs of both educators and learners in mind, providing an innovative learning...
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SA's Snapplify partners Econet for zero-rated e-books
Snapplify.</span>South African edtech startup Snapplify has partnered Econet to make 240,000 e-books and educational resources available to readers around Africa at no data cost.Read more... |...
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