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Effie Academy launches in South Africa

Marketing & Media

Effie Academy launches in South Africa

Issued by Association for Communication and Advertising 8 May 2025

The panel featuring communications leaders from Armenia, Ukraine, Ghana, Switzerland and South Africa at the World Communications Forum’s PR Summit in Davos with Lebo Madia, PR Powerhouse, centre (In blue) (Image supplied)

PR & Communications

Exclusive: Lebo Madiba - Trust Engineers: The rise of strategic communicators in an age of AI, conflict and cultural complexity

Lebo Madiba 16 Apr 2025

Octotel brings high-speed fibre to District Six, honouring history and empowering the future

Internet

Octotel brings high-speed fibre to District Six, honouring history and empowering the future

Issued by Octotel 30 Jan 2025

Ultra-sound; ‘underused, under-trained,’ in SA

Medtech

Ultra-sound; ‘underused, under-trained,’ in SA

Issued by Zebra Medical 23 Jan 2025

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Railway

Is the end of Transnet’s rail monopoly the beginning of positive change?

Gavin Kelly 6 Jan 2025

MTN shuffles management deck

Telecoms & Networks

MTN shuffles management deck

19 Dec 2024

Octotel and Heart FM join forces to bring free fibre to SOS Children’s Villages in Cape Town

Telecoms & Networks

Octotel and Heart FM join forces to bring free fibre to SOS Children’s Villages in Cape Town

Issued by Octotel 3 Dec 2024

Octotel supports Movember: Raising men’s health awareness and connecting beyond fibre

Internet

Octotel supports Movember: Raising men’s health awareness and connecting beyond fibre

Issued by Octotel 26 Nov 2024

Parliament questions State Digital Infrastructure Company

Telecoms & Networks

Parliament questions State Digital Infrastructure Company

Lindsey Schutters 31 Oct 2024

Optimism in an age of AI by Musa Kalenga

Advertising

Optimism in an age of AI by Musa Kalenga

Musa Kalenga, Issued by Brave Group 1 Nov 2024

Source: South African Tourism/Flickr

Telecoms & Networks

Sentech painted as monopoly in Icasa market inquiry

Lindsey Schutters 30 Oct 2024

‘Endgame’ youth cigarette sale ban could prevent 10,000 lung cancer deaths in SA over 70 years – UP researcher

Medical Research

‘Endgame’ youth cigarette sale ban could prevent 10,000 lung cancer deaths in SA over 70 years – UP researcher

Issued by University of Pretoria 24 Oct 2024

Public-private partnerships set to boost South Africa's transport efficiency

Transport

Public-private partnerships set to boost South Africa's transport efficiency

Vivien Chaplin 9 Oct 2024

Applications open for 2025 National Arts Festival Fringe

Events

Applications open for 2025 National Arts Festival Fringe

3 Oct 2024

Octotel's 8 Days of Tech initiative

Telecoms & Networks

Octotel's 8 Days of Tech initiative

Issued by Octotel (Pty) Ltd 1 Oct 2024

Budget cuts threaten addressing the education sector challenges definitively

Higher Education

Budget cuts threaten addressing the education sector challenges definitively

Issued by Bullion PR & Communication 5 Sep 2024

Fortnite is coming back to the iPhone

Mobile & Apps

Fortnite returns to iPhones via Epic Games Store with Rocket League Sideswipe in tow

Lindsey Schutters 16 Aug 2024

Technology

Chris Broodryk takes on role as head of customer operations at MetroFibre

14 Aug 2024

Cape Town-based startup Open Access Energy bags R13.6m in seed funding

Funding

Cape Town-based startup Open Access Energy bags R13.6m in seed funding

14 Aug 2024

Minister of Science and Innovation, Prof Blade Nzimande, gave the opening keynote for the first IAU general assembly on in Africa.

Skills Development

SA hosts historic International Astronomical Union General Assembly

Lindsey Schutters 7 Aug 2024

Last chance to register for the 2024 Cloud and Security Conference

Cloud

Last chance to register for the 2024 Cloud and Security Conference

Issued by Broad Media 26 Jun 2024

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Agriculture

JBQ Africa, Agricolleges sign MoU to empower agri education across Africa

23 May 2024

Source: © Ollivier Girad/CIFOR-ICRAF Fifty-eight ‘forgotten’ food crops in sub-Saharan Africa have been identified as able to provide healthy diets in a changing climate

Research & Development

Africa’s ‘forgotten’ foods research wins prestigious US Cozzarelli Prize

16 May 2024

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IP Law

Moral rights reserved? Impact of Creative Commons Licenses: part 2

Dale van Reenen and Jeremy Speres 2 May 2024

Image source: Kawê Rodrigues from

IP Law

Moral rights reserved? Impact of Creative Commons Licenses: part 1

Dale van Reenen and Jeremy Speres 25 Apr 2024

NUPRC CEO Gbenga Komolafe in December received awards for public service from the SUN Newspaper and for distinction from foreign investment network. Source: Facebook/NUPRC

Markets & Investment

Nigeria invests $13.5bn to fight oil theft and vandalism

Camillus Eboh 2 Jan 2024

Teraco CT2 render. Source: Supplied

Smart Buildings & Cities

Teraco breaks ground on CT2 expansion

15 Nov 2023

When office walls are gender barriers

Office Property

When office walls are gender barriers

Tandi Jacobs, Issued by Catchwords 8 Aug 2023

South Africa must fix its academic incentives, or other universities may meet the same fate as Unisa

Higher Education

South Africa must fix its academic incentives, or other universities may meet the same fate as Unisa

Neil Thomas Stacey 29 Aug 2023

Competition Commission found that Vodacom would own 60% of the national fibre network. Source: Compare Fibre/Unsplash

Telecoms & Networks

Why Competition Commission blocked Vodacom's fibre bid

Lindsey Schutters 10 Aug 2023

When office walls are gender barriers

Office Property

When office walls are gender barriers

Tandi Jacobs 8 Aug 2023

SADiLaR's Language Resource Repository empowers language research

Research

SADiLaR's Language Resource Repository empowers language research

Birgit Ottermann, Issued by North-West University (NWU) 20 Jun 2023

Economy

Government unveils Sead-SA: unlocking South Africa's economic insights

20 Jun 2023

Source: Twitter/@BlockchainZA

Fintech

#AfricaMonth: Why Web3 needs Africa and what you can do about it?

Katja Hamilton 15 May 2023

Source: Supplied. Tom Kariuki, SFA Foundation executive director at the Deltas Africa ll launch event in Nairobi, Kenya.

Medical Research

Science for Africa Foundation launches $70m research programme

11 May 2023

Frogfoot Networks welcomes industry veteran Shane Chorley as new CEO

Internet

Frogfoot Networks welcomes industry veteran Shane Chorley as new CEO

5 Apr 2023

What the 2Africa cable landing in Amanzimtoti means for South Africa's internet infrastructure

Internet

What the 2Africa cable landing in Amanzimtoti means for South Africa's internet infrastructure

Ryan Sher 27 Mar 2023

World's largest subsea cable 2Africa lands in Amanzimtoti

Internet

World's largest subsea cable 2Africa lands in Amanzimtoti

8 Feb 2023

Freely licensed Access Energy smart meter software piloted in George

Energy

Freely licensed Access Energy smart meter software piloted in George

31 Jan 2023

The pandemic has shown southern Africa can do staycations: Could this momentum hold in the long run?

Travel

The pandemic has shown southern Africa can do staycations: Could this momentum hold in the long run?

Sophia Labadi 6 Jan 2023

4 tech predictions for 2023

Trends

4 tech predictions for 2023

Jeff Clarke 22 Dec 2022

MTN SA lands world's longest undersea cable 2Africa in Western Cape

Internet

MTN SA lands world's longest undersea cable 2Africa in Western Cape

13 Dec 2022

Liquid Intelligent Technologies completes acquisition of Telrad

Technology

Liquid Intelligent Technologies completes acquisition of Telrad

Issued by APO Group 17 Aug 2022

Google's big undersea internet cable arrives in South Africa

Internet

Google's big undersea internet cable arrives in South Africa

10 Aug 2022

Telkom approves legal and structural separation of Openserve

Telecoms & Networks

Telkom approves legal and structural separation of Openserve

3 Aug 2022

Source: © Andriy Popov

TV

#SaveFreeTV campaign supports litigants in ASO case

17 May 2022

New carbon measurement technology set to enhance the building industry's sustainability

Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology

New carbon measurement technology set to enhance the building industry's sustainability

26 Apr 2022