As the world’s tech companies gathered in Barcelona Monday 22 February until the Thursday of Mobile World Congress 2016. Brand Finance released its annual review of the state of their brands, the Brand Finance Tech 100. Key Finds: WeChat a fast growing brand: WeChat increased its brand value by 83% this year, making it one…
The school tragedy in Port Elizabeth is the latest episode in the ongoing Eastern Cape education disaster. Recently, public intellectual Professor Jonathan Jansen, wrote about the school tragedy in Port Elizabeth’s northern areas. Read his original column here: The real education calamity. He asks “why is there no public outcry about the fact that since…
[Johannesburg, South Africa] This week Wikipedia, the world’s largest encyclopedia turns 15 years old. South African editors and contributors will meet in Johannesburg and Cape Town to join a global series of events led by the Wikimedia Foundation. In South Africa, Wikimedia ZA and NETucation, a leading Internet safety training company, have combined their resources…
China’s economy is slowing down. Financial reports raise concerns that for 5 consecutive months, the manufacturing sector shrank in December 2015. On the other hand, the Chinese government has just committed $60 billion to Africa after the FOCAC summit in 2015. State-owned enterprises (SOEs) continue to benefit from high-level government introductions. President Xi Jinping and…
by Silvana Garbe In the summer of 2013, I finally managed to do something I had been yearning to do for a long, LONG time. And, as there are no such things as coincidences, there was a forest right next to the block of flats where I used to live. So, finally, as I regained…