1+ week, 6+ day ago   (496+ words) More than 2,600 students from Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa have graduated from the Pathways to Space programme. Candidates to become the next generation of aerospace leaders across the African continent have emerged from the third annual Pathways to Space…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (477+ words) South Africa’s startup ecosystem grew 31.3% in StartupBlink’s 2026 index, trailing only Saudi Arabia and Türkiye among G20 countries. South Africa has emerged as the third-fastest-growing startup ecosystem among the 19 country members of the G20, according to the Global Startup Ecosystem Index 2026. Its 31.3% increase…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (532+ words) Fintech Moment raises $22m for African payments gadget.co.za Moment, a pan-African fintech, has closed a $22-million (around R364-million) Series A funding round, led by AlphaCode Venture Partners, with continued investment from General Catalyst, MultiChoice, and new investment from Canal…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (504+ words) Africa Prize opens for engineering innovation gadget.co.za...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (328+ words) Agadir becomes Oracle’s second R&D hub in Morocco as the company spreads its African cloud and engineering investment across the continent, writes ARTHUR GOLDSTUCK. Oracle has opened a second research and development centre in Morocco, extending a strategy that…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (321+ words) A local data centre runs Anthropic’s Claude while keeping sensitive AI workloads in the country, writes GARETH REDELINGHUYS, TrendAI SSA country MD. Every few months another cybersecurity “partnership” lands. Two vendors, a joint statement, and some careful messaging about “strategic…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago   (334+ words) Watch on YouTubeButterfly (AKA Papillon) | Algeria This oil painting-style animation is inspired by the true story of Alfred Nakache, a Jewish-Algerian swimmer who competed at the 1936 Olympics – in Nazi Germany.Nominated: Oscars (Animated Short). The Deadly Quest for Gold in…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (184+ words) The future belongs to countries that understand tourism is about creating places where people choose to visit, invest, live and do business, writes destination strategist BRIAN MPONO. South Africa already possesses the natural assets required to compete with many of…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (561+ words) Examples of technology transfer in reverse ran through the first Google Cloud Summit held on African soil last week, writes ARTHUR GOLDSTUCK. A health platform built in Johannesburg is preparing to take on the world’s biggest healthcare markets. A South…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (386+ words) Paratus has deployed LTE and 5G infrastructure backed by new power, cooling, and data-centre systems. Vertiv, a global digital infrastructure provider, is now powering Paratus Namibia’s new LTE and 5G mobile rollout. The project supports the country’s first private mobile network built…...