• By the numbers

    By the numbers

    South Africa is piloting the country’s first digital census, which will be conducted in localised areas via online and telephonic data collection platforms. According to Statistics South Africa (Stats SA),… Read more

    Open doors

    Open doors

    A multi-stakeholder collaboration is taking steps to help South Africa’s tourism and hospitality sector recover as it prepares to welcome back visitors. In partnership with Bidfood, the Tourism Business Council… Read more

    United front

    United front

    Public-private partnerships are working to provide South Africans with improved access to healthcare and education through ICT services, amid the coronavirus pandemic. The national Department of Communications and Digital Technologies… Read more

    Bright thinking

    Bright thinking

    Egypt’s national utility provider is making progress towards converting the country’s power distribution system into a ‘future-ready’ smart grid. In an EGP4.6 billion agreement between state-owned Egyptian Electricity Holding Company… Read more

    Under development

    Under development

    South Africa is set to manufacture its own COVID-19 sample purification kits within six months. In a move to help create a steady local supply that will speed up testing… Read more