Month: August 2019
Let’s get cracking with IT
“South Africa says it is pushing ahead to grasp the many opportunities presented by the fourth industrial revolution” Dear Mr President It was with great excitement and enthusiasm that I l...
‘The singularity’ is near
When was the last time you left home without your mobile phone? These days, we have become so attached to our gadgets that life without them is inconceivable. Yet a mere three decades ago, they...
6 Reasons to Consider a Career in Coding
Are you stressed out about what career path to follow? On its own, choosing a career path is a huge challenge, but in these rapidly changing times, it that much harder. There is all this talk about th...
Many technologies created were originally developed by the military
Technology and the Weapons of War Did you know that many of the technologies we use daily were originally developed by the military? A few weeks ago I wrote about employees at major American tech comp...
Sharing a Vision – Our Partners Yes4Youth
IT varsity, in partnership with The Youth Employment Service has launched a series of courses to train unemployed youth to become entrepreneurs in app development, coding, and web development i...
Take a byte of the Big Apple
Is South Africa ready for Smart Cities? Last week I was invited to speak on the SABC’s Economics Unbound programme. The topic was Smart Cities, and we discussed various aspects, primarily whether Pres...
A battery-operated World
Another huge fuel price hike, another pending electricity price jump. Just another day in sunny South Africa. The trouble with energy prices is that when they go up, the price of everything else goes ...
Pupils oblivious of Fourth Industrial Revolution
A Lot to Learn Recently I was privileged to conduct a series of presentations on the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) at a number of schools in the Gauteng region, and while I was inspired by the ea...
Solar power may heal SA woes
China has solar power plants that cumulatively produce more than four times our total electricity needs. As a South African, looking at statistics like this, it is difficult not to feel that something...
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