SA first fully home-made plane

South Africa’s Paramount defence and aerospace company has unveiled South Africa’s fist home-built aircraft, capable of performing tasks currently performed by wing aircraft and helicopters. Designed by Paramount Group Chairman Ivor Ichikowitz , the Advanced High Performance Light Aircraft  is a...

SA could lead in fuel cells

During her speech at the COP17 event, Anglo American Chief Executive, CYNTHIA CARROLL highlighted that South Africa has the potential to be a leader in the fuel cell industry through a technology partnership between government and the private sector.   South Africa has the potential to be a leader in...

Before you fix the world you need to understand it – Stephen Dubner

Dubner is best known as the co-author of the international bestseller Freakonomics which spent more than two years on the New York Times bestseller list and has sold more than 4-million copies around the world, in more than 35 languages. Freakonomics is remarkable for its off kilter view of modern day...

Make government budgets and spending visible to all

In mid-September Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan revealed that South Africa’s municipalities could have saved R27 billion last year, or a whopping 15% of their budgets, by cutting down on unnecessary expenses.To put that R27bn in perspective: It’s more than the R25bn that was allocated to the entire...

Africa should keeps tabs on Desktop as a Service

27 October 2011, Johannesburg; A technology advancement that is positively impacting businesses on a global scale today is Desktop as a Service (DaaS), and looking at the benefits that such a solution is offering these enterprises, MTN Business believe that DaaS certainly has a place in the African...

Broadband goes downtown in Jhb

Du Pont Telecom is joining forces with property developers in Johannesburg and Pretoria to deliver telephone and broadband Internet connectivity to its residents. This follows its acquisition of Dabba Telecoms, a company specialising in providing voice and data services to under-serviced...