How to make an Internet of Intelligent Things work for Africa
Mar 30, 2017 04:21 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Late in 2016 Senegals Banque Regionale De Marches announced the launch of the eCFA Franc; a cryptocurrency for the countries of the West African Monetary Union Senegal, Cote dIvoire, Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Togo...
Why collaboration could help the Niger Delta overcome its difficulties
Mar 30, 2017 04:18 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Nigeria is a country that has amassed major oil wealth, but also suffers from extreme poverty. The Niger Delta, the countrys main oil producing region is one of the areas experiencing chronic underdevelopment and...
Zille, tweeting and inanity: more reasons for white South Africans to shut up
Mar 30, 2017 04:16 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Its remarkable how much of a shitstorm Twitter creates when in the hands of politicians with serious costs for the rest of us. Helen Zille, premier of the Western Cape province and former leader of the opposition...
Why politicians and television still need each other
Mar 30, 2017 04:08 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
We are living through a period of particularly combative media-politics relations, driven largely by the Trump presidency and the ongoing fake news debate. But, as an ABC Rear View documentary reminded us recently, tension...
Mar 29, 2017 14:35 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
As widely trailed, today saw Prime Minister Theresa May announce the activation of Article 50 of the Treaty of the European Union, beginning the process of the UKs departure from the EU. The letter, delivered to the office...
Brexit Britain and trade – this is where it gets tricky
Mar 29, 2017 14:20 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
The triggering of Article 50 of the Treaty on the European Union by Theresa May finally signals the end of the phoney war on Brexit. For months, members of the British government have talked up the prospects of the UK...
Mar 29, 2017 12:16 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
U.S. consumer confidence defied economists expectations for a fall and unexpectedly improved in the month of March. Data showed that U.S. Conference Board consumer confidence index jumped to 125.6 in March from a revised...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects