Author: Gugu Lourie
by Prabashni Naidoo Autonomous, or self-driving cars will make driving safer, smarter and more efficient. Equipped with internet connections, often wireless local area networks, enables self-driving cars to speak to each other and the environment around them. One feature allows the cars to keep their distance and synchronise braking to avoid accidents. Autonomous cars will include features such as lane assist, collision avoidance and automatic calls to emergency services to create a safer driving experience. Some automotive brands are taking automation a step further, innovating to enable vehicles to communicate with nearby infrastructure and even pedestrians, adding a new dimension…
MTN Cameroon CEO, Hendrik Kasteel, will be leaving MTN at the end of March, due to personal reasons.
Eskom, the state-owned power utility which supplies the country with 95% of the electricity is in crisis and unable to keep the lights on. Electricity is central to the broader development agenda. Electricity is also essential for basic things like charging one’s mobile phone or powering a household water pump and heater. For more read: What lies behind Africa’s lack of access and unreliable power supplies MTN, the country’s second-biggest mobile phone operator, is continuously seeking opportunities to extract energy efficiencies where possible and to maintain investment in renewable sources of energy. This strategy is to help MTN not to be 100%…
Toyota is exploring a new flight path for mobility through a new collaboration with Joby Aviation (Joby), an aerospace company that is developing and commercializing all-electric air taxis. The California-based aerospace company that has been working on electric aircraft for over a decade. The collaboration reflects Toyota’s recognition of the long-term potential of the urban air mobility. Toyota was part of a previous Joby funding round that closed in 2018, helping the secretive startup raise $100 million. As the lead investor in Joby’s $590 million Series C financing, Toyota is continuing to leverage emerging technologies to provide “Mobility for All”,…
Tech giant Naspers boss CEO Bob van Dijk, who is also a CEO of Prosus, has sold shares in in the company worth close to R1 billion. The company announced on Wednesday on the JSE stock news that the shares were awarded by the company through its share incentive scheme. “Bob van Dijk exercised share appreciation rights in the Naspers Global Ecommerce Share Appreciation Rights plan (vesting on dates as per above) and received 414 932 Naspers N ordinary shares in settlement of the gain. He then sold 414 932 Naspers N ordinary shares,” the company disclosed. The tech firms,…
Estonia based ride-hailing app Bolt plans to expand to 40 South African locations during 2020. The ride hailing company, formerly known as Taxify, said on Thursday it also plans to increase its staff complement in support of the service’s expansion strategy. The company, which currently employs 150 people in South Africa, said this would be made possible by new funding. The tech and transport company has signed a €50 million (R801 million) venture debt facility with the European Investment Bank (EIB). The capital will be used to improve and expand the platform’s ride-hailing technology as well as personalised mobility services like…
To understand the new smart monitors and other pro devices of tech health, we should look to Silicon Valley and the quantified movement of the latest generation. Apple’s Watch records exercise, tracks our moves throughout the day, assesses the amount of time we are stood up and reminds us to get up and move around if we have been sat for too long – let’s not forget Tim Cook’s “sitting is the new factor” line. Routinely evaluating your risk factors for various medical conditions, screening for cancer and other diseases, and assessing your lifestyle habits helps you stay healthy. It’s…
To understand the new smart monitors and other pro devices of tech health, we should look to Silicon Valley and the quantified movement of the latest generation. Apple’s Watch records exercise, tracks our moves throughout the day, assesses the amount of time we are stood up and reminds us to get up and move around if we have been sat for too long – let’s not forget Tim Cook’s “sitting is the new factor” line. Routinely evaluating your risk factors for various medical conditions, screening for cancer and other diseases, and assessing your lifestyle habits helps you stay healthy. It’s…
To understand the new smart monitors and other pro devices of tech health, we should look to Silicon Valley and the quantified movement of the latest generation. Apple’s Watch records exercise, tracks our moves throughout the day, assesses the amount of time we are stood up and reminds us to get up and move around if we have been sat for too long – let’s not forget Tim Cook’s “sitting is the new factor” line. Routinely evaluating your risk factors for various medical conditions, screening for cancer and other diseases, and assessing your lifestyle habits helps you stay healthy. It’s…
To understand the new smart monitors and other pro devices of tech health, we should look to Silicon Valley and the quantified movement of the latest generation. Apple’s Watch records exercise, tracks our moves throughout the day, assesses the amount of time we are stood up and reminds us to get up and move around if we have been sat for too long – let’s not forget Tim Cook’s “sitting is the new factor” line. Routinely evaluating your risk factors for various medical conditions, screening for cancer and other diseases, and assessing your lifestyle habits helps you stay healthy. It’s…