Jozi’s disadvantaged kids to prep for Afrikabot competition
The University of Johannesburg (UJ) and the South African Institute of Electrical Engineers (SAIEE) have announced a programme that will see disadvantaged children around Joburg...
Category : Technology & Computer Science
Academics make jump to lightspeed internet
by AdminBraai
Data and computing initiatives are joining forces to forge a high-speed research network for South Africa. In bandwidth-thirsty South Africa, the country’s universities and research...
Jozi’s planning a digital revolution
by AdminBraai
Barry Dwolatzky, University of the Witwatersrand Over the past two years, an initiative has been underway to put an area of central Johannesburg on the...
Free coding program targeting under-priveleged youth to launch in SA
by AdminBraai
A French non-profit program which offers free coding internships and incubation for young people will be making its way to South Africa to help equip...
Bussing the web in Tshwane
by AdminBraai
by LUNGELO SHEZI via htxt.africa It’s been just under six months since the Project Isizwe free WiFi service was first made available on the Tshwane Bus...
Invitations are out for early childhood development hackathon
by AdminBraai
by Matshelane Mamabolo, HTXT.africa Developers, hackers, tech creatives and designers will join “unlike minded” folks at UCT’s Graduate School of Business in three weeks for...
Help TinkerTainer raise funds for SA’s first kids’ robotics maker space
by AdminBraai
Young people such as Cable Maharaj have proven that they can be counted among the top brains in the local MakerSpace, which is why a...
Moovah! – free wifi for Jozi’s taxis
by AdminBraai
Via htxt.africa How often have you sat in the back of a taxi on your way to work or back home, wishing that you could easily...
“Digital divide can do more harm than apartheid” – Minister
by AdminBraai
South Africa’s Minister for the Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services Siyabonga Cwele has stressed that closing the digital divide is just as important as the...
iShack delivers power (and television) to the people
by Sarah Wild
If you are poor and living in an informal settlement in South Africa, housing is a waiting game – if you qualify, that is. According...