Social media and technology company Meta has announced the Llama Impact Grant for startups and researchers based in sub-Saharan Africa, which will support innovative projects that harness Meta's... 

Stellenbosch University (SU) Physics Department researchers, working in collaboration with Chinese colleagues at the University of Science and Technology of China, have successfully established the... 

With data becoming increasingly important for mining operations, the need for a unified, integrated data architecture that eliminates data silos, as well as enhances efficiency, profitability and... 

South Africa's government has proposed to remove the luxury excise duty on smartphones worth below R2 500 from April 1 to support digital adoption for low-income households, the National Treasury... 

TSX-V-listed Giyani Metals, which is developing the K. Hill battery-grade manganese project in Botswana, has announced the successful production of high-purity manganese oxide (HPMO) at its... 

Newly formed joint venture (JV) Methanox has secured a £1.5-million investment from platinum group metals (PGMs) and chrome concentrates producer Tharisa towards accelerating methane emissions... 

Researchers from the University of the Free State (UFS), the National Health Laboratory Service and the University of Venda have confirmed for the first time that common brown locusts are carriers... 

The Airports Company of South Africa (ACSA) has approached the Gauteng High Court for leave to appeal a judgment handed down in November last year which stopped it from implementing baggage... 

Cybersecurity company Clyrofor and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to advance innovation, foster skills development and... 

Artificial intelligence models and tools are helping companies and their staff to complete work more easily while leveraging lots of data, and the tools also help companies to better serve their... 

State-owned South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) has secured approval, as well as R1.2-billion in funding, from government for the second phase of its multipurpose reactor, which... 

As Africa looks to the future, the transition to sustainable energy represents both a challenge and an opportunity, highlights national industry support programme the National Cleaner Production... 

In noting the proliferation of technologies such as AI, Big Data, the Internet of Things (IoT) and digital twins in business operations across Africa, global management consulting firm Kearney says... 

Of 15 global Earth system models of how climate change will impact oceans, those that project a future decline in primary production in oceans correlate most closely with remote sensing satellite... 

South Africa’s research and development funding, human resource development and infrastructure agency, the National Research Foundation (NRF), and the FirstRand Empowerment Foundation (FREF), have... 

South African multidisciplinary asset manager Novare and ReElement Technologies Corporation, a subsidiary of Nasdaq-listed American Resources Corporation, has announced a R1.8-billion rare earth... 

Deputy President and Human Resource Development Council (HRDC) chairperson Paul Mashatile and Minister in the Presidency responsible for Women, Youth, and Persons with Disabilities Sindisiwe... 

Finance company African Dawn Investments has entered into a strategic collaboration with Singapore company WaterCloud International and Chinese original-equipment manufacturer Beny New Energy to... 

Clean chemistry company Mattiq has entered into a strategic partnership with precious metals company Heraeus Precious Metals to develop and commercialise advanced electrocatalyst materials for... 

Investment holding company Stocks & Strauss Fund Manager said all agreements for its innovation commercialisation University Technology Fund II (UTF II) have been concluded and a substantial... 

The bankable feasibility study (BFS) for blue ammonia producer Suiso’s R31.5-billion coal-to-fertiliser and methanol project in Kriel, Mpumalanga, was completed earlier this month. The study was... 

EIB Global, the extra-European arm of the European Investment Bank (EIB), has signed a loan agreement with Luxembourg-based satellite-enabled connectivity and content solutions provider SES, to... 

Researchers at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) are in the research phase of developing an app that helps foundation-phase children to develop literacy skills in their home... 

The National Research Foundation (NRF) on Monday highlighted the fifteenth anniversary of the South Africa-European Organisation for Nuclear Research (SA-CERN) Programme. This mark had been... 

An expedition composed of 124 women from 24 countries, including South Africa, will depart from Ushuaia, Argentina, next Tuesday (January 28), to gain first-hand experience of the Antarctic. The... 

Global economic organisation the World Economic Forum (WEF) will launch four new Centres for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (C4IR), including C4IR South Africa, which will be hosted at the... 

Presented by the Innovation Hub, the inaugural Gauteng Innovation Showcase is set to take place on March 18 in Lynnwood, Pretoria. Under the theme ‘Igniting innovation for Sustainable Growth in... 

Scientists from the University of Cape Town (UCT), using South Africa’s MeerKAT radio telescope array in the Karoo, have discovered a rare giant radio galaxy (GRG). They have named it “Inkathazo”,... 

Health and safety solutions provider KBC Health and Safety has introduced South Africa's first safety escape room, an innovative approach to health, safety and environment (HSE) training. Recently... 

Engineer Gerhard ‘Moolies’ Moolman arrived back safely in South Africa on January 10 after successfully completing a 4 050 km trip across the Atlantic ocean on a uniquely engineered rowing boat... 

Vodacom Group has partnered with technology providers AWS, Microsoft, Skillsoft and other collaborating organisations to equip one-million young people across eight African countries with digital... 

The 2025 World Economic Forum, set to be held in Davos from January 20 to 24, provides an unparalleled platform for South Africa to assert itself as a global leader in technology and... 

Similar to global attitudes becoming more positive about the use of AI, South Africa too demonstrates a growing embrace of AI, with adoption rates and enthusiasm on the rise, a global survey by... 

Sibanye-Stillwater has invested R43-million into the construction of a new Simulacrum undergrounding mining training facility at the University of Johannesburg’s Doornkloof campus. Darren Parker... 

US space company SpaceX has announced major upgrades to the latest prototype of its spacecraft, the Starship, which is expected to conduct a test flight soon, possibly as early as Friday. This will... 

Consultancy PwC finds in its latest yearly global CEO survey that 81% of CEO’s in Africa took at least one action that greatly impacted on their company’s’ business model in 2023, compared with 76%... 

A third-year student at the University of Pretoria (UP) has been provisionally credited with the detection of an asteroid. Twenty-year-old Rorisang Mahomo, who hails from Lesotho, has had her... 

Containerboard and paper products manufacturer Neopak has renewed its partnership with global technology company ABB to upgrade the existing automation system at its Rosslyn paper mill, in...