innovation

A sour taste

After a protracted legal battle, it’s still not clear whether government’s Technology Innovation Agency will ever see anywhere close to the sum it was expecting for investment in a multimillion-dollar biotech startup.

Africa’s best kept secret

By moving from digital finance for micro SMEs to enabling fintechs, banks and telcos, Ukheshe Technologies is hoping it has figured out a path for world domination.

IITPSA Tech Excellence award

Adrian Hinchcliffe

Linking man and machine

What is the progress in brain-computer integration?

Dr Ramses Alcaide

James Francis

SA startups getting snapped up

South Africa’s startup scene is showing signs of maturity as investments and acquisitions become increasingly common.

Dustin Graham

Stephen Timm

The care-about-society edition

Finding the minds and innovations behind the inventions that are designed to make South Africa a better place to live.

Roadsave

Tamsin Oxford

From concept to company to cash

It takes more than a bright idea to commercialise startups in Africa; it requires an ecosystem.

Mckevin Ayaba

Chris Tredger

A solar safari

While Eskom struggles to keep the lights on, one company is looking to harness the power of the sun so we can silently view game in an environmentally clean way.

Solar safari

Lesley Stones

Getting left behind

Is South Africa’s prominent place in the African startup scene under threat?

Tanya van Lill

Stephen Timm

Giving farmers an eye in the sky

Aerobotics combines analytics and drones to give agriculture a better chance of success.

Benji Meltzer

Lesley Stones

The next Dimension Data

We look for the rising star systems integrators of the South African channel.

Rob Godlonton

Tamsin Oxford

Behind the silver screen

The business of film exhibition has come a long way since film reels were delivered to cinemas.

Hilton Martin

Matthew Burbidge

Startups finally focus on Africa

The international route most travelled by many South African startups was into the US or Europe. Things are changing.

Stephen Timm

Talking to robots

Is there a more natural way of interacting with technology that could benefit businesses? UJ’s Devakshan Naicker thinks so.

Tiana Cline