Digital Divide
latest news & developmentsGeopolitical realignment and the Global South AI divide
The international community is finalising frameworks for the UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance, but a stark technological cleavage has emerged. The Global North uses advanced…
Equity is needed in SA’s education system
Congratulations to the matric class of 2024, but systemic changes are needed to create a fair and just education system
e-Services in South Africa exacerbate inequality through digital barriers
Challenges detract from technology’s potential to allow users to engage with structures of political and public life, leaving many without a say
How data analytics can transform Africa’s marketing landscape
The human touch is essential to bring an understanding of what is being analysed
Future-proof your career: Advice for school leavers
Learn how technology impacts your sector, and how you can use it to advance your career
Free internet for over 300 schools
Cool Schools initiative provides fibre connectivity to hundreds of schools across SA
South Africa must bridge digital divide to best benefit from 4IR
Most of SA’s youth will be left behind without investment in technology and infrastructure to support online learning from basic education up
All players need to work together to help girls cross the digital divide
The hard lockdown imposed two years ago showed how difficult it is for girls and young women in poorly resourced areas to learn online
OPINION | Education must invest in technology to future-proof the workforce
EdTech can provide badly needed return on money and resources country has put into education.
South Africa gets R14.4 billion in spectrum sale to MTN, Telkom
Sale of mobile telecommunication spectrum is ‘a significant milestone in our reform agenda’ — Ramaphosa
Court rules matric results will be published in the media
Court grants AfriForum’s application to compel the department of basic education to publish matric results in newspapers and online platforms
‘Of Blood, Sweat and Data’: Everyone goes to the mall
‘Of Blood, Sweat and Data’, on show as part of FNB Art Joburg’s Open City programme, hopes to alter the way art lovers view Johannesburg — and photography
We owe it to our children to bridge the digital divide
Ubiquitous internet access will improve social cohesion and economic inclusion
Technology is a double-edged sword
As the fourth industrial revolution and Covid co-conspire to flip the world of work upside down, technology has the potential to address our inequalities, or deepen them
Africa’s digital transformation risks becoming trapped in geopolitical competition
As China and the West battle it out for control of Africa’s physical and virtual digital infrastructure, the continent needs to assert its own voice