Solar industry body Sapvia has said the maturing of South Africa’s renewable energy sector brings with it many opportunities for the local manufacture of solar PV components. But swapping out manufacturing for the current import and assemble model threatens to slow job creation. “Manufacturing in this space is important. The industry is finding those spaces…
Is your AI hallucinating? RAG, vibe coding and the data reality. What’s the true cost of chasing the latest AI hype? More often than not, it’s a solution in search of a problem. In this sharp, pragmatic new episode of Tech Unboxed, BBD software engineers Riselle Rawthee and Hyla Fourie pull back the curtain on…
Entebbe, Uganda — When policymakers, economists and civil society leaders from the East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) converged recently in Uganda’s lakeside town of Entebbe for a regional symposium on domestic resource mobilisation, the mood was one of introspection. The two-day (Nov.25-26) event, convened by the Southern and Eastern…
WeBuyCars CEO Faan van der Walt South African consumers have all but turned their backs on electric vehicles – so far, at least – and the impact on the used-car market is impossible to ignore. Speaking in an interview with TechCentral on Monday following publication of the group’s annual results to 30 September 2025, WeBuyCars…
For many African communities, the climate crisis is not a future scenario – it is a daily emergency. Irreversible losses, destroyed homes, failed harvests, vanishing ecosystems and lack of access to clean water are already happening. I’m a researcher in how to manage the risks of climate change and protect communities against climate disasters. I…
Decades of scientific progress are converging into a new era of malaria prevention — from the introduction of the first malaria vaccines to expanding access to chemoprevention and real-time surveillance. But the lesson from realities on the ground is clear: innovation is only as powerful as our ability to harness it meaningfully. At this year’s…
In Lagos, Africa’s bustling fashion capital, a new kind of creative revolution just launched. The Ananse Centre for Design is not just another training hub, it is a bold experiment in transforming African creativity into a global enterprise, writes Sunday Ehigiator At the intersection of creativity, technology, and opportunity, a quiet, yet extraordinary industry revolution…
In this day and age, receiving a cold call at any time can be disarming, but Norway’s finance minister reportedly took a most surprising ring on the streets of Oslo earlier this month. According to Norwegian newspaper Dagens Naeringsliv, the cold caller was U.S. President Donald Trump, and the request for Norway’s Finance Minister Jens…
Understanding data resilience. ITWeb, in partnership with Veeam, conducted a survey on just how prepared businesses in SA and Africa are to recover from a ransomware or cyber attack, as well as the resources they have at their disposal to help them recover. A total of 208 valid responses were captured, with 64% of respondents…
Cape Town — Long Covid, which is when symptoms persist beyond the acute phase after a person is infected with SARS-CoV-2 that causes Covid-19, is emerging as a major global health challenge. Meta-analyses – a scientific method used to combine the results of many different studies that have looked at the same question – estimate…
