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...
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...
South Africa needs to get on the technology trajectory
The opportunities of the digital age could be the engine of growth for South Africa, delegates heard at the Vision 2030 Summit. It needed...
Youth urged to use science, technology and innovation for change
More than 300 young people engaged with the government and other institutions at an indaba focused on creating opportunities relating to science, technology and...
Youth urged to use science, technology and innovation for change
More than 300 young people engaged with the government and other institutions at an indaba focused on creating opportunities relating to science, technology and...
Dr Ncumisa Jilata: Africa’s youngest neurosurgeon
At the age of 29, Mthatha-born Dr Ncumisa Jilata has become Africa's youngest neurosurgeon following her Fellowship graduation in Durban on 18 May 2017....
Ethiopian minister is first African to head the World Health Organization
Former Ethiopian health minister Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has been chosen as the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO).CD AndersonDr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus...
Press release: South Africa’s FDI profile positions the country as a highly attractive...
Johannesburg, Monday 22 May 2017 – The South African Nation Brand continues to be the largest recipient of FDI on the African continent, and...
