City of Joburg offers R5m in startup support for Jozi digital innovators
By Press Release 25 February 2016With prizes valued at R5m worth of support including R1m for the winner and R350 000 for two runners up and a boot camp for the top 100 ideas, you might just want to share your great digital ideas that can transform your... FULL STORY >
Public voting starts on #FeesMustFall Idea Challenge
By Staff Writer 8 February 2016Innocentrix’s #FeesMustFall Ideas Challenge has reached the next stage, with public voting having started on its online platform. FULL STORY >
Gartner seeking unique IT Startups for Aspiring Innovators Programme
By Staff Writer 2 February 2016After a successful launch year, the Aspiring Innovators Programme will once again take place at the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo Africa 2016. It will highlight interesting African startup technology companies who have something... FULL STORY >
South Africa Ranks 30th in Net Impact on Global Innovation, ITIF finds in worldwide analysis
By Staff Writer 28 January 2016South Africa ranks 30th in how its domestic policies support worldwide innovation, according to an analysis released by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), a global technology... FULL STORY >
4 Reasons customers are still reluctant to shop online this festive season
By Press Release 11 December 2015E-commerce is on the rise in South Africa. According to recent research conducted by Ipsos on behalf of FNB and Paypal, 22% of South African Internet users have made purchases online, and 48% expect to do so in the... FULL STORY >
Fanning the embers of innovation & entrepreneurship in South Africa
By Staff Writer 8 December 2015Philips South Africa has announced the hearScreen mHealth solution as the first winner of its South African Innovation Fellows Competition. FULL STORY >
Philips highlights the future of healthcare & lighting technology at the Innovation Experience 2015
By Staff Writer 3 December 2015At the Philips Africa Innovation Experience 2015, JJ van Dongen, CEO of Philips Africa highlighted some of the key innovative technologies created by Royal Philips over the last year. FULL STORY >
The innovative lighting solutions of tomorrow
By Staff Writer 1 December 2015Just like the ICT sector, lighting too is being influenced by technology trends like social, mobility, analytics and cloud computing. Thierry Boulanger, CEO of Philips Lighting Africa, discusses. FULL STORY >
MyWorld of Tomorrow SA Innovation Awards Winners Announced
By Press Release 11 November 2015The winners of the second annual SA Innovation Awards, in partnership with Business Connexion and Business Day, have been announced at the MyWorld of Tomorrow CEO Gala Dinner held at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg last... FULL STORY >
#FeesMustFall Ideas Challenge launched
By Staff Writer 4 November 2015Local innovation firm, Innocentrix has launched an Open Innovation Challenge, to address problems arising from the #FeesMustFall protests. The #FeesMustFall Ideas Challenge aims to apply innovation methodology to the social challenge of unaffordable higher... FULL STORY >
Interactive Intelligence wins Ventana Technology Innovation Contact Centre Award
By Press Release 2 November 2015Interactive Intelligence Group Inc has received the Ventana Research 2015 Technology Innovation Award in the Contact Centre category FULL STORY >
Ericsson Innovation Awards 2016 explore the future of city life
By Press Release 12 October 2015Ericsson has opened registration for the Ericsson Innovation Awards (EIA) 2016, a global competition that gives students the opportunity to develop innovative ideas in collaboration with Ericsson experts FULL STORY >
An African evolution of technology and innovation
By Press Release 12 October 2015CIOs across the globe are prioritising driving innovation through technology FULL STORY >
Philips aims to empower South Africans to unearth next big health innovation
By Staff Writer 8 October 2015Philips Africa today detailed the findings of its recently conducted Innovation Survey, as well as the five finalists of its Innovation Fellows Competition. FULL STORY >
Innovation Series: Innovation Technology - What’s out there?
By Staff Writer 5 October 2015Earlier in the Innovation Series, we discussed the importance of innovation technology. The article highlighted how organisations that employ the use of innovation technologies often financially out-perform their competitors who do... FULL STORY >
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