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New project aims to use automated tech to monitor marine pollution

Circular Economy & Waste Management

New project aims to use automated tech to monitor marine pollution

31 Jan 2022

Picture-based insurance cushion Kenyan smallholder farmers from climate change

Agriculture

Picture-based insurance cushion Kenyan smallholder farmers from climate change

13 Dec 2021

Eskom: how does it stack up in the pollution stakes?

Sustainability

Eskom: how does it stack up in the pollution stakes?

Rebecca Garland and Kristy Langerman 10 Nov 2021

Source: © Dmitry Kalinovsky

Sustainability

Technology key to exploration in SA

4 Nov 2021

Cities urged to build upwards but ditch skyscraper obsession

Sustainable Development

Cities urged to build upwards but ditch skyscraper obsession

Umberto Bacchi 3 Jun 2021

Image: FAO/G.Tortoli

Food Security

FAO, partners' high-tech response to help win fight against desert locust swarms

11 May 2021

Ivory Coast lost 47,000ha of forest to cocoa production in 2020 - environmental group

Environment & Natural Resources

Ivory Coast lost 47,000ha of forest to cocoa production in 2020 - environmental group

Ange Aboa 19 Feb 2021

Food Security

How AI is helping African farmers in the fight against locust upsurge

7 Jan 2021

Satellite data provides fresh insights into the amount of water in the Nile basin

Infrastructure & Utilities

Satellite data provides fresh insights into the amount of water in the Nile basin

Emad Hasan and Aondover Tarhule 9 Nov 2020

Agri Tech

Agri tech investment vital for industry output, export growth

11 Mar 2020

Palm oil: Research shows that new plantations produce double the emissions of mature ones

Sustainable Farming

Palm oil: Research shows that new plantations produce double the emissions of mature ones

Sofie Sjogersten 24 Jan 2020

Daylight and not rains 'drives vegetation growth onset'

Research & Development

Daylight and not rains 'drives vegetation growth onset'

Nelson Mandela Ogema 18 Nov 2019

Agricultural innovation needed to improve farmers' resilience to drought, says FAO

Sustainable Farming

Agricultural innovation needed to improve farmers' resilience to drought, says FAO

18 Jun 2019

The future of AI in agriculture

IoT

The future of AI in agriculture

29 May 2019

New partnership provides free data and scouting services to SA farmers

Agri Tech

New partnership provides free data and scouting services to SA farmers

15 May 2019

Mozambique rescue mission after devastating Cyclone Idai, March 2019.

Social Media

Facebook uses big data to aid humanitarian efforts in Africa

10 Apr 2019

#BizTrends2019: Will the introduction of unmanned ships be smooth sailing?

Trends

#BizTrends2019: Will the introduction of unmanned ships be smooth sailing?

Lana Jacobs 7 Jan 2019

SA energy the dirtiest in the G20, report says

Energy

SA energy the dirtiest in the G20, report says

16 Nov 2018

Strict Amazon protections made Brazilian farmers more productive, new research shows

Sustainable Farming

Strict Amazon protections made Brazilian farmers more productive, new research shows

Rachael Garrett 6 Nov 2018

Mpumalanga tops global air pollution list

Mining

Mpumalanga tops global air pollution list

29 Oct 2018

New financing mechanism protects against climate change

Insurance & Actuarial

New financing mechanism protects against climate change

20 Sep 2018

Nedbank to match-make at The Disruption Agenda

Tech Startups

Nedbank to match-make at The Disruption Agenda

10 Sep 2018

Africacom, Cape Town.

Digital

The spread of digital connectivity in Africa

3 Sep 2018

Avanti launches SA based operations

Technology

Avanti launches SA based operations

3 Sep 2018

African agriculture has a lot to gain from increased access to big data

Agri Tech

African agriculture has a lot to gain from increased access to big data

Esther Ndumi Ngumbi 22 Aug 2018

Kyle Whitehill, Avanti CEO and Mathew Welthagen, Gondwana CEO

Technology

Avanti Communications signs distributor contract iWayAfrica

8 Aug 2018

Land reform and hunger in South Africa: Why the two go hand in hand

Agriculture

Land reform and hunger in South Africa: Why the two go hand in hand

Thomas Wolfgang Thurner 1 Jun 2018

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Fishing

When big data meets overfishing

Thin Lei Win 18 May 2018

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Fishing

Data-bait: Using tech to hook globe's multi-billion-dollar fishing cheats

Thin Lei Win 16 May 2018

Eyes in the sky: drone footage is becoming a vital tool for monitoring ecosystems. Deakin Marine Mapping Group

Environment & Natural Resources

From drone swarms to tree batteries, new tech is revolutionising ecology and conservation

Euan Ritchie and Blake Allan 10 May 2018

Newly-discovered coastal current has direct implications for fishing industry of Madagascar, SA

Research & Development

Newly-discovered coastal current has direct implications for fishing industry of Madagascar, SA

10 Apr 2018

Dustin Homer is director of client solutions, Fraym.

Data & Analytics

Africa Rising: How Geospatial data analytics is transforming governance on the continent

Dustin Homer 6 Mar 2018

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Agriculture

Big data drives more finance to African agribusiness

2 Mar 2018

Road research shows OOH now centre stage in media mix landscape

OOH

Road research shows OOH now centre stage in media mix landscape

1 Mar 2018

Agri Tech

Satellites help Cape farmers use water more efficiently

9 Jan 2018

Agri Tech

Datacentrix hosts smart farming Indaba, takes a look at emerging tech set to disrupt farming

12 Dec 2017

Smartphone app to help SA farmers

Agri Tech

Smartphone app to help SA farmers

Petru Saal 29 Nov 2017

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Energy-saving LEDs boost light pollution worldwide

24 Nov 2017

Huge spike in global carbon emissions linked to El Niño

Climate Change

Huge spike in global carbon emissions linked to El Niño

16 Oct 2017

Agri Tech

CGIAR wants to build a big data platform and innovate with startups to help smallholder farmers

11 Oct 2017

#InnovationMonth: Aerobotics, RanMarine teams up on river water management in #cocreate2Accelerate

Agriculture

#InnovationMonth: Aerobotics, RanMarine teams up on river water management in #cocreate2Accelerate

Cari Coetzee 13 Sep 2017

Jacobus Eksteen

Data & Analytics

Data analytics and the changing face of industries

Jacobus Eksteen 12 Jul 2017

MEC: Drought already cost Western Cape grape farmers R500 million

Horticulture

MEC: Drought already cost Western Cape grape farmers R500 million

25 May 2017

Africa Rice Center via - Irrigation infrastructure to the Tutu inland valley for rice prodution

Sustainable Farming

New FAO satellite tool helps African farmers optimise water productivity

24 Apr 2017

Forestry

Eyes in the sky and on the ground are helping forest conservation in Cameroon

Arend de Haas 17 Mar 2017

. Photograph: Yousef Eldin

Agriculture

FAO pushing ahead with digital strategy to equip farmers with ICT

24 Jan 2017

UP uses tech to tackle malaria

Malaria

UP uses tech to tackle malaria

9 Nov 2016

Over 90% of world breathing bad air: WHO

Health & Welfare

Over 90% of world breathing bad air: WHO

28 Sep 2016

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Internet

SES, Facebook deal to provide broadband connectivity in Africa

29 Apr 2016

Avanti partnership to provide high-speed satellite broadband to SMEs

Network

Avanti partnership to provide high-speed satellite broadband to SMEs

15 Jul 2015