Self-driving cars, the blockchain, 3D printers: all these ideas started with a spark – perhaps an a-ha moment or a big plan scribbled on a small post-it note. Greatness often has humble beginnings. Now it’s your chance to share your …
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SA’s youth unemployment rate: what we should be doing about it
According to Stats SA, South Africa’s unemployment rate is particularly high for young people. For those aged between 15 and 34, 38.2%, or one in three, didn’t have jobs in the first quarter. In a recent Daily Maverick article…
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Graduate Outcomes Report: where do our graduates end up?
The number of people enrolling on coding bootcamps is increasing. In 2018, for example, there was a 20% growth in US students graduating from online coding bootcamps. With this rise in demand for tech education, what bootcamp outcomes can …
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SONA reSONAting with HyperionDev
Ramaphosa’s SONA was, according to TechCentral, “the most technology-focused speech ever delivered by a South African head of state”. The state-of-the-nation address proposed various interventions to develop the skills needed for the “fourth Industrial Revolution”. Among others, Ramaphosa …
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How tech is improving public transport
Guess the most congested city in the world? Mexico City. It has a congestion index of 66%, states the TomTom Index, which measures traffic congestion worldwide. Below is a table of the five most congested cities worldwide. Luckily, there …
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A beginner’s guide to blockchain
Everyone has heard of bitcoin, especially since its meteoric rise at the end of 2017, but possibly the most interesting thing about cryptocurrencies is the underlying technology, or blockchain, that makes bitcoin work. The central question is the following: …
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