Ten of South Africa’s leading clean-technology innovators, spanning renewable energy to smart farming, have been recognised at the 2026 Cleantech Innovation Programme South Africa (GCIP-SA) National Awards. Image supplied. Held during South African Innovation Week, these awards mark the end of the 2025/26 GCIP-SA accelerator programme run by the Technology Innovation Agency. The top 10…
ITWeb TV Biz speaks to Rachel Fischer, parliamentary engagement and research manager at OUTA, and Shaun Russell, product owner and head of projects at OpenUp, about ParliMeter, a civic tech dashboard built in partnership with the Parliamentary Monitoring Group to make SA’s parliamentary data visible, searchable and actionable. The conversation covers why Parliament’s information has…
The pursuit of climate-resilient and biodiversity-conscious food systems, which are commended by the United Nations, are flickering new hope into the livesof millions of Africans who still go to bed hungry. The agenda “right to food” is also being intensified. Many countries are integrating their national food systems with their agriculture. Yet, the right to…
