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IFA 2017

September 7, 2017 by Innovation for Africa - No Comments

Whilst going through my news feed recently, I came across news and activity on IFA 2017. For those of you who might not know what IFA is about, it is similar to a fair or an exhibition where manufacturers get to share and familiarise consumers to the products and concepts that they are currently wor ...

Wireless Earbuds

September 5, 2017 by Innovation for Africa - No Comments

Personally, I hate messy cables especially when it comes to earphones. For the most part my earphones usually break at the earphone tip just like my USB cables. I don’t know. Maybe it’s just me but I think my solution has to be wireless earbuds. Sadly, I doubt that they’ll ever be wireless USB ...

African millennials

August 31, 2017 by Innovation for Africa - No Comments

I remember my sister got her first phone around the time she went to university. It was an Ericsson if I’m not mistaken. It had an aerial and the works. It’s been 10 years since she used that phone. Heck, I doubt she even knows where it is but it’s interesting to note that how millennials were ...

PyCon Zimbabwe 2017

August 30, 2017 by Innovation for Africa - No Comments

The four-day conference that aims to increase the visibility of developers by bringing together students, professionals, experts, and enthusiasts who wish to share their knowledge and passion about Python and related technologies.. It brings together people of different knowledge and skill levels in ...

Killing the conventional camera

August 25, 2017 by Innovation for Africa - No Comments

I get into the office today. A colleague comes to me as he walks in. “Have you seen the presentation summary of the new Samsung Note 8?”, he says. Firstly, I didn’t even know it was out. Secondly, I’m sceptical about the Note series after the incidents of it exploding in the past.I watched t ...

The Future of AI

August 18, 2017 by Innovation for Africa - No Comments

Most youth and people in general don’t get what AI is all about. AI which stands for Artificial Intelligence “involves the creation of intelligent machines or services that work and react like humans – a feature that is now increasingly found in almost everything from translation services to v ...

HearX

August 17, 2017 by Innovation for Africa - No Comments

Launched as a startup in 2015, the hearX Group was developed at the University of Pretoria by Prof De Wet Swanepoel and Dr Herman Myburgh in 2013. To date, the hearX Group has provided access to hearing healthcare to more than 70 000 people who would not normally have had this service, through our c ...

Bluetooth 5

August 10, 2017 by Innovation for Africa - No Comments

I bet you are part of the millions who rarely use Bluetooth for file sharing after the advent of Shareit and WhatsApp. The Bluetooth era where everyone would commune and send and receive music, pictures and various other files came and went sooner than you could say ‘Device is now discoverable’. ...

The future of NFC in mobile payments and other uses

August 10, 2017 by Innovation for Africa - No Comments

There shall come a time where you can travel and not have to be worried about carrying your bank card or an I.D. card. With the progression and advancements in technology, we might as well brace ourselves for the time where all you will need is a smartphone with NFC capabilities.For those who may no ...

Innovation or Mere Discovery

August 4, 2017 by Innovation for Africa - No Comments

It seems more or less like nuclear power has more harmful effects than benefits to the human race. Nuclear weapons have been tested in all environments since 1945: in the atmosphere, underground and underwater. Tests have been carried out onboard barges, on top of towers, suspended from balloons, on ...

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