We live in an increasingly connected world. The technologies, both emerging and established, that connect us, have the power to influence and reshape the ways in which we live, work and learn...
Simon Goldstone 22 Jan 2019
According to American developmental biologist, Dr. Bruce Harold Lipton, the brain of a child under the age of seven is in a lower vibrational frequency, a state called theta, imagination...
Neo Rantele Kuaho 7 Jan 2019
Higher Education in South Africa has undergone many changes over the past few decades, with local and global trends continuing to influence the sector...
Yusuf Karodia 7 Jan 2019
Kenyan startup Angaza Elimu is attempting to transform education by addressing the problems of inefficient classrooms and inadequate educational material...
Tom Jackson 4 Oct 2018
Maths intimidates a lot of people. Even into adulthood many of us shudder at the mere mention of trigonometric identities...
Sindy Peters 27 Sep 2018
As technological advancements continue to drive the global economy, linking the two aspects of learning - literacy and skills development - has become essential...
Jackie Carroll 14 Sep 2018
In early 2018, Media Works and academic publisher Juta and Company launched Effective Leader, a course that aims to help aspiring employees become great leaders...
Jackie Carroll, Juta and Company 14 Aug 2018
South African ed-tech startup SkillUp Tutors has launched an online lesson space that allows tutors to conduct lessons with students anywhere in the world...
Tom Jackson 4 Jul 2018
People across Africa face considerable challenges - many of them existential. But, without the right devices, connectivity, and skills, those who badly need their problems solved often can't access available solutions...
Greg Morris 8 May 2018
With the Seedstars World Summit taking place on Thursday, 12 April 2018, the organisers have announced the final 65 finalists that will get the chance to pitch their ideas on the global stage. 20 out of the 65 finalists are from Africa...
Ilse van den Berg 11 Apr 2018
We need to grow emerging, small-scale farmers while developing a young and vibrant group of agripreneurs who are looking further into the future, where their more advanced skills and understanding of technology will provide them with a wealth of exciting and dynamic careers in this industry...
Cari Coetzee 26 Feb 2018
Design Indaba speaker Mark Kamau is a Kenyan on a mission to connect everyone in Africa, and then the rest of the world, to the internet...
Louise Marsland 26 Feb 2018
Nigerian e-library startup Panacea has launched its Android app, which allows users to rent books, search for study mates and create book clubs...
Tom Jackson 15 Feb 2018
Education is food for the mind. It nourishes the brain. It develops intellectual and emotional maturity. Collectively it creates innovative people who improve their economy...
Duduzile Mkhwanazi 12 Feb 2018
The volume of information we need to process on a daily basis is hugely overwhelming if you don't know where to start. And no more so than for students and their educators. But fortunately, these days, there's an app for almost everything. Here are a few trending apps for students, as well as parents and schools, to keep on top of things...
Shan Radcliffe 31 Jan 2018
Four key trends require immediate scrutiny: consolidation, transformation, technology and agri-education. Importantly, the upscaling of agricultural education is the crystalising requirement to strengthen and contextualise these trends...
Howard Blight 8 Jan 2018
How important is modernising agricultural education to the transformation of the industry?
Cari Coetzee 30 Nov 2017
Presto Academy was born from two university students' recognition of their peers struggle to make the transition between high school and varsity, and their willingness to help them...
Shan Radcliffe 31 May 2017
A chance meeting with US listed company 2U's CEO Chip Paucek in October last year set Cape Town based SA edtech startup GetSmarter on the road to being acquired by the US firm in a $103-million deal signed on Monday evening.
Stephen Timm 3 May 2017
There can be no secret potion, computer program or magic pill to help you learn English immediately. It takes a lot of dedication, planning and hard work...
Boris Dzhingarov, Monetary Library 23 Mar 2017
As we move into the 21st century, accessibility to e-learning is becoming more of a necessity than a luxury. Yet South Africa's disadvantaged youth face more problems than merely inadequate educational facilities...
Shan Radcliffe 14 Mar 2017
A key buzzword at the moment in the education space is "blended learning", but very few people would have heard this term before the higher education crisis...
Dr Felicity Coughlan 4 Jan 2017
Penelope Tainton will be taking the stage at TEDxCapeTown on 15 October at Ratanga Junction to talk about her passion for bringing positive change to the South African education system...
Beverley Klein 13 Oct 2016
Sea Monster, a company that creates beautiful and unique 2D-animations as well as develop engaging games for work or play is participating in #CoCreate2Accelerate...
Cari Coetzee 18 Aug 2016
Before you invest your time and money into your career, you should learn how to recognise and find online degree programmes that are valuable and useful...
Charles Mburugu 13 Jun 2016
Over the years, online degrees have become increasingly popular. Not only are enrolment numbers growing year-over-year, but costs are dropping and employers are viewing these programs in a more positive light...
Boris Dzhingarov, Monetary Library 26 May 2016
The expansion of Van Schaik Bookstore into neighbouring countries dates back to 2006 when it opened its first store in Windhoek at the University of Namibia...
Jessica Tennant 3 May 2016
Over the next year, Google will train one million young Africans in digital skills across the continent...
Danette Breitenbach 13 Apr 2016
The educational process is aimed at obtaining knowledge, skills, and values. It's an important part of human development as a well-educated person has beliefs and views that are core elements of well-being in society...
Boris Dzhingarov, Monetary Library 7 Mar 2016
