South Africa

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Ending Poverty: There's an Open Source App for That!

Rural Africa presents changemakers with intractable challenges across sectors, but one American investor, Grameen Foundation, believes it all comes down to access to information. Grameen Foundation has invested millions to develop mobile-phone applications that leapfrog over a lack of electricity, education, and income. Building on their legacy of leading-edge ideas, Grameen Foundation has evolved from funding microfinance to designing disruptive solutions to the kind of poverty that's most challenging to reach, in remote rural areas, and to the poorest of the poor. Since more people have access to cell phones than toilets in Africa, Grameen Foundation brings increased agricultural productivity, access to prenatal and infant healthcare, and a portfolio of financial services, to the poor--right into the palm of their hands.

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Experience Open Access Africa

Rebecca Fairbairn | BioMed Central | January 28, 2013

Our third Open Access Africa conference was a huge success. It took place at the University of Cape Town , South Africa and thrived with the wealth of expertise based at the University, alongside prominent speakers from around the world. Read More »

Google Planning Wireless Networks To Connect The Next 1B People - WSJ

Dan Rowinski | ReadWrite | May 24, 2013

According to reports, Google plans on building cellular networks in Africa and Asia to connect the next billion Internet users. Read More »

Google’s ‘White Space’ Experiment In South Africa A Boon For Local Schools

Rebecca Chao | TechPresident | July 22, 2013

Back in March, Google began testing a new broadband Internet service in Cape Town, South Africa, and now hopes it can power products in the United States. Read More »

Grant Awarded To Project Lungisa – Cape Town SA

Louise Vickers | Indigo Trust | August 30, 2012

We are delighted to announce that we have awarded a grant of £12,000 to Cell Life towards project Lungisa.   Lungisa – which means “fix it” in isiXhosa – will provide a platform to enable Cape Town citizens to send text based, audio and video reports outlining challenges in service delivery. Read More »

GSB Pushes For Online Education

David Furlonger | Financial Mail | July 18, 2013

Even by the usual standard of acronyms, Mooc is particularly clumsy. But is this new buzzword the future of education? Read More »

Hurricane Irma Just Made a Digital Walkie-Talkie the No. 1 App Online

Peter Holley | Houston Chronicle | September 6, 2017

As Hurricane Harvey dropped anchor over Southeast Texas last week, Zello became the go-to app for rescuers working to save thousands of people trapped by floodwaters. Within days of Harvey's arrival, the app saw a 20-fold increase in usage in Houston, according to Bill Moore, the Austin based startup's the chief executive. As Hurricane Irma hurtles across the Caribbean toward the coast of Florida, Zello continues to boom in popularity. The free Internet "walkie-talkie" app - which relies on cellphone data plans or WiFi and is designed to operate in places where signals are weak - became the top app on iTunes and Google Play Wednesday...

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IBM & Ponemon Institute Study: Data Breach Costs Rising, Now $4 million per Incident

Press Release | IBM Security, Ponemon Institute | June 15, 2016

IBM Security today announced the results of a global study analyzing the financial impact of data breaches to a company's bottom line. Sponsored by IBM and conducted by the Ponemon Institute, the study found that the average cost of a data breach for companies surveyed has grown to $4 million, representing a 29 percent increase since 2013...

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Improved Open Access Research Platform Launched

Ishmael Tongai | University World News (UWN) | July 20, 2013

A vastly improved scheme that provides free access to African research will be launched by South Africa’s Minister of Science and Technology Derek Hanekom on 22 July. The scholarly platform became a full family member of the SciELO Network Global Portal three months ago. Read More »

Inside Google’s Innovative African Broadband Trial

David Meyer | GigaOM | July 3, 2013

Google is involved in a groundbreaking trial of “white space” technology, taking place in Cape Town, South Africa. Just a few months in, it’s already making a real difference for local schools. Read More »

Is The Pharmaceutical Industry Doing Enough To Increase Access To Essential Medicines?

Charles Moore | Bio News Texas | April 8, 2014

A report in The Lancet Global Health journal, citing the World Health Organization’s World Medicines Situation, notes that despite progress in many countries, about a third of the world’s population still has no regular access to essential medicines, and says responsibility to resolve this problem lies with many, including the pharmaceutical industry.

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Mobile Phones Effective In Collecting Data From HIV-Positive Pregnant Women

Greg Slabodkin | FierceMobileHealthcare | June 10, 2013

Mobile phones were found both to be acceptable and feasible in the collection of maternal and child health data from women living with HIV in South Africa, according to an article in the Journal of Medical Internet Research. Read More »

Mobile Technology Supports Frontline Health Workers in South Africa

Could the Mobenzi telemedicine platform solve challenges facing South Africa’s overstretched healthcare services? Munyaradzi Makoni reports. Read More »

Need For Access To Academic Knowledge Is An Open And Shut Case

Sarah Wild | BDlive | November 14, 2012

ACCESS barriers to published research "result in critical, relevant knowledge and research outputs in Africa being published in overseas journals — journals that are not affordable to African academic libraries", Science and Technology Minister Derek Hanekom said at the Berlin 10 Open Access Conference last week. Read More »

New Grant Awarded to Parliamentary Monitoring Group – South Africa!

Richard Crellin | Indigo Trust | June 20, 2013

Indigo has awarded a grant of SA Rand 194,700 (around £12,300) to Parliamentary Monitoring Group South Africa for a new Mzalendo/Odekro-style website for all levels of South African Democracy – from national down to local councils. Read More »