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The University of Pretoria (UP) officially opened its state-of-the-art Engineering 4.0 facility, which focuses on research on smart transport, cities and infrastructure. Situated on the Innovation Africa at UP campus in Hillcrest, Engineering 4.0 is a first for Africa. It is a collaboration with the South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL), the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) – an entity of the Department of Science and Innovation and York Timbers. “Through its focus on the development of integrated transportation and infrastructure systems, Engineering 4.0’s research is concentrating on the reduction of energy consumption levels in transportation, maximising productivity in industry…
Huawei Pay, a payments system for Huawei smartphone users, will be launched in South Africa later this week. In partnership with local payments company Zapper, Huawei Pay be launched in South Africa on 3 December. “We are proud to launch Huawei Pay in South Africa in partnership with Zapper,” Likun Zhao, Vice President at Huawei Consumer Business Group for Southern Africa, says. “With Huawei Pay, you add your bank cards to the app and then pay in stores simply by scanning the Zapper QR Payment Code on the bill when you check out. “All local debit and credit…
What’s the one thing that people carry with them all the time? If you said a phone, you’d be correct. Whether it’s checking a shopping list in a supermarket, passing the time while waiting for takeaways or walking from the kitchen to the lounge in our own homes, there are few occasions when your smartphone is not with you. Understanding consumer behaviour like smartphone habits is vital for the survival of any industry. Aviation is no different and has evolved with its customers’ needs with a mobile-first approach – something that is proving to be vital in a world fundamentally…
South African tech startup LetMeIn.to has raised R2.2 million in funding from an impact investor to scale up and expand their visitor and access management platform. The seed fund provides capital and support to value-aligned entrepreneurs that build and scale responsible businesses with a positive impact on society. In March 2020, the team at LetMeIn.to launched CoronaFighter, a chatbot and web-enabled app that assists large organisations to screen and track symptoms of COVID-19 in the workforce through a simple self-monitoring process. Created and developed by Doctors Jarrad Van Zuydam and Rick Diesel, Paul Van Zyl of Sigma Digital and Daniel…
The second annual CHRO Awards celebrated the best and brightest of SA’s HR leaders and the overall winner was Discovery’s Tswelo Kodisang. Kodisang, Discovery chief people officer, has been named South Africa’s CHRO of the Year at the second annual CHRO Awards. This was announced on Thursday 26 November 2020 at the end of a gala event for HR executives, held at Inanda Club in Johannesburg Kodisang scooped three of the eight accolades awarded on the night, also winning the Strategy & Leadership Award, and the HR & Technology Award. Another big winner at the prestigious event, the largest gathering…
National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) students will now only receive their laptops next year owing to the delays in the tendering process. Higher Education, Science and Innovation Minister, Dr Blade Nzimande, profusely apologised to those who have been affected by the hold-up following the re-advertisement of the tender to supply and deliver laptops in September. The portable personal computers are aimed for the NSFAS students registered at universities and the Technical, and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges for the 2020 academic year. Speaking during a media briefing on Thursday, Nzimande, said by the closing date of the tender…
The Vodacom Foundation has announced the launch of a free application designed to aid in the fight against Gender Based Violence (GBV). As South Africans retreated inside their homes due to the lockdown measures introduced by government to curb the COVID-19 pandemic earlier this year, reports showed an alarming increase in the number of GBV cases. President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared this scourge of violence as the ‘second pandemic’. The launch of the Bright Sky app coincides with the United Nations 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, an annual international campaign that kicks off on 25 November, the International…
Pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom is activating 82 km of fibre in a cross-border network into Botswana. This implementation gives more people in Botswana access to Liquid Telecom’s footprint of over 73,000km of Pan African fibre, and increased access to the global digital economy. This expansion connects the Lobatse Border to Gaborone with intent to create efficient mobility and connectivity in Botswana, providing millions of citizens and thousands of businesses access to Liquid Telecom’s world-class One Africa broadband network. “At Liquid Telecom, we have a proven track record of investing in and deploying technology designed to grow, strengthen and build…
Forge Academy, powered by Nokia, has launched a fully inclusive artificial intelligence laboratory in Fourways at The Gantry. The academy will prepare students from all walks of life with theoretical, laboratory and on-the-job training for their participation in the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the global digital economy. “This is more than a dream come true for us, but a lifelong calling to forge people of purpose. We are humbled and immensely proud to launch this academic institution and incubation hub at a time when many youths need to know there is an open door for them to participate in creating…
Jason Quinn, the group finance director at Absa, has been named South Africa’s CFO of the Year at the 2020 CFO Awards. This was announced on Wednesday 25 November at the conclusion of the annual gala event for finance executives, held at the spectacular Polo Room at the Inanda Club in Sandton, Johannesburg. Jason was the big winner during the “Oscars for finance executives”, which celebrated its seventh edition this year. He scooped up three of the ten prizes, also winning the Strategy Execution Award and Moving into Africa Award. Jason has been Absa’s group financial director for the past…