Klaus Schwab, Founder and Chief Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum (WEF), has encouraged government, civil society and business to embrace the 4th Industrial Revolution. Schwab said this when delivering the keynote address at the 6th Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Emerging Researchers Symposium in Pretoria, South…
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VAR technology is transforming the beautiful game
You may have noticed something different in the 2018 World Cup. For the first time ever, the Virtual Assistant Referee (VAR) system is being used to help make decisions during games. And already we are seeing it cause controversy. It’s no surprise that VAR has caused debate, considering the…
Afrikans should welcome video assistant referees at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
African fans have always seen match officiating at the World Cup as one reason why their teams fail to do better than they have done so far. Now technology is set to come to the aid of African teams and their fans during the World Cup in Russia. Earlier this…
Nigeria will not use electronic voting
Nigeria's House of Representatives has decided that there will be no electronic voting system used for the country's upcoming 2019 general elections. Smart card readers (PVC readers) have however been approved by Nigeria's policy makers for accreditation purposes before the 2019 elections. This comes after the House of Representatives removes…
Some of the greatest medical technologies you should know about
Have you ever heard about a man named Larry Smarr who has been using a supercomputer to monitor his health and see his internal organs? Recently, this technology helped him survive a serious operation. Larry is an astrophysicist. He is one of the world's leading experts in computer engineering. He…
Seedstars opens Seedspace Cape Town co-working hub
Seedstars has opened their second Seedspace co-working hub in Cape Town, South Africa. Seedspace Cape Town is the second such hub in Afrika by Seedstars after it opened Seedspace Cairo in earlier in 2018. Seedstars is a Swiss-based company that brings together key stakeholders focused on driving technological change in…
The positive shifts in Afrika’s technology usage
The digital space was revolutionized with the introduction of Internet. When it was no longer exclusive to military or government instrumentalities and opened for the larger world we saw a paradigm shift in the conduct of trade and commerce. 30 years on much of the global economy and almost every…