Kenyan farmers reap the benefits of technology
A number of apps and cellphone-based programmes are being developed to help small-scale Kenyan farmers increase their agricultural skills and yields.
Mali gives away free domain in hopes of outside investment
Mali has announced its little known .ML domain will be free from July, a move it hopes will put the country on the map.
[Podcast] M&G Newsroom: April 8 2013
The news that has everyone talking: All about the Central African Republic, the best and worst of the Cape Town International Jazz Festival and more.
Lenovo set on leading in Africa PC market
Lenovo Africa’s general manager, Graham Braum, has recently met with government and private organisations from across Africa to talk business.
Solar-everything will power your life
The breakneck speed of development in photovoltaic technology means that soon every surface will be generating energy.
Google and the future of search: Amit Singhal and the Knowledge Graph
With Knowledge Graph, Google has radical plans to transform the way we search the internet … again.
Is personal technology the rock 'n roll of the 21st century?
Personal technology is now a fully fledged cultural force, and it will only become more powerful, writes Alistair Fairweather.
The most useful gadgets of 2012
Arthur Goldstuck chooses devices that can save your social, business and career life.
Klarus LED flashlight reinvents the handheld torch
Two new LED flashlights from Chinese company Klarus prove that the torch is no longer merely a tube with batteries, writes Joel Dorfan.
[Slideshow] Instagram: Filtering the city
Mobile photography and Instagram has taken off in South Africa, particularly in Johannesburg. See our photos as amateur photographers capture their cities.
Toyota tests cars that communicate with each other
Toyota is testing smart-car technology that will minimise the risk of accidents by alerting drivers to pedestrians and other vehicles.
The virtual cloud hangs over us
Technology was supposed to make things simpler. This was the famous promise of those laughable 1960s predictions about life in the 21st century.
Tech drives dialogue, dialogue drives social change
Technology has helped us transform our world for the better and has also allowed us to connect effortlessly over distances.
Chance to go full-steam ahead
New South African Science and Technology Train Initiative
DBE's ICT plans revealed
The DBE is aiming to utilise technology as a developmental tool for teacher education as well as integrating it into the school curriculum.
Teacher geeks to gather in Cape Town
Hundreds of teachers, education leaders and tech experts will gather in Cape Town next week for the finals of the World Innovative Education Forum.
Convention will highlight technology
This year's Education Week Convention and Learning Expo will put the spotlight on technology as an innovative tool to enhance classroom teaching.
Teaching for the future
To equip children for the workplace in the 21st century, conventional teaching must give way to the use of technology.
Podcasts: Another view
In a developing society in which television viewers outnumbers internet users, broadcasting has several advantages that overcome
