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CSIR, Sansa renew MoU to advance space research, tech development

By: Marleny Arnoldi 16th October 2018 The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and the South African National Space Agency (Sansa) have renewed their memorandum of understanding (MoU). The first MoU between the organisations was signed in November 2013. →

Digital-enabled creativity, tech solutions and interaction at Italian innovation fair

By: Creamer Media Reporter 15th October 2018 The circular economy, robotics, artificial intelligence (AI) and space exploration were among the main topics that were showcased at this year’s Maker Faire Rome, which took place at the Rome Exhibition Centre in Rome, Italy, from October 12 to 15, 2018. The largest European innovation event –... →

Telcos embracing once-feared OTTs

By: Natasha Odendaal 15th October 2018 South Africa’s mobile operators are seemingly starting to embrace over-the-top (OTT) services, with offerings of OTT-related bundles with lower effective rates per megabyte of data, the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa’s (Icasa’s) latest tariff analysis report shows. The... →

No digital migration funds have been wasted – Mokonyane

By: Natasha Odendaal 15th October 2018 The Department of Communications (DoC) will continue to have the remaining set-top boxes (STBs) it has already procured distributed ahead of the implementation of the new broadcasting digital migration model in March next year. None of the R10-billion in expenditure or procurements undertaken to... →

AfriCanopy to deploy low-cost Internet to rural KwaZulu-Natal in TV white space trial

By: Natasha Odendaal 15th October 2018 The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) has approved plans for telecoms start-up AfriCanopy to embark on an eight-month commercial trial of television white space (TVWS) devices. AfriCanopy will now deploy high-speed, low-cost broadband using its new telecoms technology... →

Mobile tech laboratory using robotics to inspire love of science in children

By: Schalk Burger 12th October 2018 The latest mobile laboratory of the Inspired towards Science, Engineering and Technology (I-SET) science community engagement project has robotics kits that learners use to build and program robots, thereby inspiring them to pursue careers in science, mathematics, engineering and technology.... →

i-Set project leader & Unisa lecturer Patricia Gouws discusses the i-Set Programme

Telecom connectivity for the South African market

12th October 2018 The Prysmian Connectivity Business Unit, a unit of Italian multinational corporation Prysmian Group, which manufactures electric power transmission and telecommunications cables and systems, visited South Africa in August to present product solutions to new and existing customers in the country... →

Customer analysis expected to sharpen business performance

By: Schalk Burger 12th October 2018 More detailed insight into daily business transactions, generated by deeper analysis of their characteristics, will help businesses to lower the costs of doing business, serve key segments better and seize transient opportunities, says customer behaviour prediction firm Xineoh founder and CEO... →

VIAN CHINNER The industrialisation of smart systems will lead to companies being more responsive, data-driven and customer-centric

Cabinet approves revised digital migration model

By: Natasha Odendaal 11th October 2018 Cabinet on Wednesday approved a revised digital migration delivery model that will see government step back from its involvement in the procurement of set-top boxes (STBs), warehousing, transportation and the installation of the devices. The new model for the implementation of the broadcast... →

Cape vulture provides inspiration for homegrown vertical-axis wind turbine

11th October 2018 A South African inventor has developed a new flexible wing, which he believes could have application in everything from wind energy and sailing to aviation and motoring. →

Cape vulture provides inspiration for homegrown vertical-axis wind turbine

AAD 2018 aerospace and defence exhibition reports attendance figures

By: Rebecca Campbell 10th October 2018 Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) reported on Wednesday that its 2018 edition (held from September 19 to September 23) received 32 538 trade visitors. The show was divided into three trade days and two public days, the latter being over the weekend of September 22 and September 23. The two... →

Photo of AAD 2018, taken from an altitude of 500 km by an Airbus Pleiades satellite, on the first of the trade days (Airbus Defence and Space)

Blockchain tech coming to commodities, Masters tells LME

By: Bloomberg 10th October 2018 The blockchain is coming to commodity markets, Blythe Masters told guests at the London Metal Exchange annual dinner during LME Week. The virtual ledger technology underlying cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin promises greater confidentiality, fewer paper exchanges, better provenance and a boost in... →

Helios to enter South Africa within the next year, says CEO

By: Bloomberg 9th October 2018 Helios Towers wants to enter South Africa within the next year, helping the mobile phone tower operator build scale as it prepares for a stock market listing as early as 2019. Helios is in talks with potential partners to comply with South Africa’s black economic empowerment requirements and... →

Telkom Kenya holds talks over two submarine cable landing deals

By: Reuters 9th October 2018 Telkom Kenya is in talks with two unnamed parties over partnerships to allow it to sell high speed internet capacity from two undersea data cables that are about to land in the East African nation, its CEO said on Tuesday. The operator, which is the smallest in Kenya behind Safaricom and Bharti... →

Nigeria's Emefiele is said to meet with MTN, banks Tuesday

By: Bloomberg 9th October 2018 Nigeria’s central bank governor, Godwin Emefiele, will meet with MTN Group and four banks on Tuesday amid a dispute over $8.1-billion that the bank said was transferred illegally out of the country, two people familiar with the situation said. The people declined to be identified because the... →

Vunani, Ayo partner up for R100m fintech JV

By: Marleny Arnoldi 8th October 2018 Technology service providers AYO Technology Solutions and financial services group Vunani Group have formed a R100-million joint venture (JV) to expand the platform and financial services activities of the listed Vunani Limited. Vunani Limited is a diversified financial services group with more... →

MTN shares up 2% on possibility of reduced repatriation demand

By: Reuters 8th October 2018 South Africa's MTN Group shares rose as much as 2.55% after the Nigerian central bank governor said on Sunday the bank may reduce the amount it has ordered the telecoms firm to repatriate as part of an ongoing disagreement. MTN and the central bank are in a dispute over the transfer of $8.1... →

Logicalis Australia acquires CNI

By: Creamer Media Reporter 8th October 2018 JSE-listed Datatec on Monday announced that its Australian subsidiary Thomas Duryea Logicalis has acquired Melbourne-based Microsoft-certified gold partner Computer Network Integration (CNI). CNI, which has yearly revenues of about $2-million, has been a focused Microsoft Azure partner since 2012... →

Science fair affords students learnerships, prizes to promote science skills development

By: Marleny Arnoldi 5th October 2018 During the Eskom Expo International Science Fair, which was held from October 3 to 5, the Eskom Senior Grand Prize was awarded to a Curro Klerksdorp Grade 12 learner Aqil Variava, who developed the “pollution index” – a tool to investigate water quality. He won a R75 000 cash prize. →

Curro Klerksdorp Grade 12 learner Aqil Variava wins Eskom Senior Grand Prize

Icasa publishes discussion document to define its role and responsibilities in cybersecurity matters

By: Natasha Odendaal 5th October 2018 The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) this week published a discussion document to determine its role in the regulation of cybersecurity. Interested parties have until November 30 to make their written submissions on the matter, after which the authority will likely... →

Saudi Arabia ‘ready to invest in the South African defence industry’

By: Rebecca Campbell 5th October 2018 State-owned Saudi Arabian Military Industries (SAMI) is seeking very close relationships with South African defence companies. "We are ready to invest in the South African defence industry and fund local research and development (R&D)," SAMI CEO Dr Andreas Schwer told "Engineering News" at the... →

Govt looking at ‘modernising’ defence funding – Ramaphosa

By: Rebecca Campbell 5th October 2018 President Cyril Ramaphosa has stated that the Government was looking at reducing the dependency of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) on direct funding by the State. He was delivering the opening address for the Africa Aerospace and Defence 2018 exhibition at Air Force Base... →

UK reaffirms wish to strengthen ties with SA defence industry

By: Rebecca Campbell 5th October 2018 Britain was committed to further developing and strengthening partnerships with South Africa in the defence and security sectors, and not least with the South African defence industry. "The Prime Minister's [Theresa May's] recent visit here highlighted the importance the UK places on its defence... →

Air traffic control being transformed by digital technologies

By: Rebecca Campbell 5th October 2018 The dramatic advances in information and communications technology, electro-optical technologies and digitalisation have enabled a revolution to take place in terms of airport air (and ground) traffic control. This was highlighted in a briefing at the recent Africa Aerospace and Defence 2018... →

Automotive aftermarket distributor looking to expand

By: Jessica Oosthuizen 5th October 2018 Automotive aftermarket distributor AfriPart is focusing on expanding its footprint into the sub-Saharan Africa market and on adding value for clients by improving its operating, product and technology platforms, says MD Andrew Sommerville and sales and marketing head Richard Berner. AfriPart is... →

AUTOMOTIVE AFTERMARKET AfriPart is the country’s first automotive aftermarket distributor that is 100% owned and operated through an empowered employee trust

Importers tightening control over logistics processes

By: Jessica Oosthuizen 5th October 2018 Amid government’s Automotive Masterplan support programme that targets 60% local component production and manufacturing, automotive businesses are tightening control over their logistics processes – where trade finance is being viewed as a broader import finance solution rather than a... →

TECHNOLOGICAL VISIBILITY Technology is becoming critical in the importing process

Saab suggests capability upgrade for SAAF Gripens

By: Rebecca Campbell 5th October 2018 Swedish aerospace and defence group Saab has proposed to the South African Air Force (SAAF) than it adopt the latest incremental update developed for the JAS39C and JAS39D Gripen fighter. The update is designated MS 20. "The Gripen was developed with the concept of continuous upgrades – small... →

Security as important as people, technology in ensuring organisational success

By: Schalk Burger 5th October 2018 Security is as vital to organisational success as technology and people, and is fundamental for digital transformation, says market intelligence and advisory firm International Data Corporation (IDC) sub-Saharan Africa associate VP Mark Walker. If systems are taught the wrong things at the start,... →

Dlamini-Zuma calls for collaboration as NDP is divided into smaller plans

By: Simone Liedtke 4th October 2018 Minister in the Presidency Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma on Thursday called for greater collaboration between the public and private sectors in South Africa as she announced that the National Development Plan (NDP) would be divided into smaller plans that would be attended to within five-year... →

Minister in the Presidency Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma

Necsa hopeful that radioisotope production will restart soon

By: Rebecca Campbell 4th October 2018 South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) CEO Phumzile Tshelane told “Engineering News Online” on Thursday that it was hoped that production at its subsidiary NTP Radioisotopes would restart in the near future. Operations at NTP were shut down in June following a breach in safety... →

Photo by Duane Daws/Creamer Media
Necsa’s Pelindaba complex, which includes its NTP operation

Mobile laboratories use robots to teach children about sciences

4th October 2018 The Inspired towards Science, Engineering and Technology, or I-Set, project, sponsored by petrochemicals company Sasol and facilitated by the University of South Africa, uses mobile laboratories and robotics kits to teach science to school children. Schalk Burger has the story. →

Mobile laboratories use robots to teach children about sciences

Revenue up, profit down, as EOH cuts cloth for future growth

By: Schalk Burger 3rd October 2018 JSE-listed information technology group EOH has separated into two companies as part of its work to renew the business and position it for growth. The EOH-branded information and communication technology (ICT) business will focus on digital services in a digitising economy and the Nextec company... →

Wits announces passing of SKA project research chair Sergio Colafrancesco

By: Marleny Arnoldi 2nd October 2018 The University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) has announced the passing of Wits School of Physics member and scientist Professor Sergio Colafrancesco on September 30, following a battle with cancer. He was the School of Physics’ radio astronomy research chairperson for the Square Kilometre Array... →

Japan's Kansai to help Zambia paint out malaria

By: Reuters 2nd October 2018 Kansai Plascon, owned by Tokyo-listed Kansai Paint, has launched the world's first mosquito repellant paint in Zambia to help it reach a target to eliminate malaria by 2021, the company and a Japanese government official said. Malaria, spread by mosquitoes, is a treatable disease if caught early,... →

For African bush elephants, wrinkles are cool

By: Reuters 2nd October 2018 A study of the African bush elephants' vast network of deep wrinkles has found they are intricately designed to help the animals keep their cool, fight off parasites and defend against sun damage, scientists said on Tuesday. The fine pattern of millions of channels mean the elephants' skin can... →

Datatec expects to report improvement in H1 earnings

By: Simone Liedtke 2nd October 2018 Following a strong start to the year, JSE-listed Datatec expects a more than 20% increase in all earnings a share metrics for the first six months ended August 31. The international information and communications technology company further said, on Tuesday, that a solid operational performance... →

MTN mulls scrapping Nigeria IPO, seeks options as spat hurts

By: Bloomberg 2nd October 2018 MTN Group, the wireless carrier facing a combined $10-billion in claims from authorities in Nigeria, said it may no longer seek to raise capital through an initial public offering on the country’s stock exchange. Africa’s largest mobile carrier is reconsidering the IPO amid a dispute with... →

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