by Dianne Bayley | Feb 19, 2017 | Sustainability
Africa’s broader energy production value chain holds enormous potential to deliver better solutions for the end user and for a reduced carbon footprint. While this development is still largely in a nascent phase, a number of innovations will drive activity in the...
by Dianne Bayley | Feb 2, 2017 | Features
By Karl Götte, Head of Standard Bank Commercial Banking China is currently going through a tough phase in its development, but it is applying some clever tactics that should fire up its economic engine once again. As a critical trading partner, Africa should take heed...
by Dianne Bayley | Dec 13, 2016 | Features
A devastating drought, local political uncertainty and ongoing global macro-economic instability have placed many businesses on the back foot as they go into the New Year. However, Karl Götte, Head of Commercial Banking at Standard Bank, says commercial enterprises...
by Dianne Bayley | Dec 7, 2016 | Report-back
Huawei has picked up two awards at AfricaCom, for “Most Significant LTE Development,” and “Delivering Excellence in Customer Experience”. The Most Significant LTE development recognition was awarded jointly to Huawei and MTC, the leading telecom operator in Namibia,...
by Dianne Bayley | Oct 26, 2016 | Features
If we were to speculate what motivated Siya Xuza, wunderkind, inventor of a new rocket fuel, Harvard alum and one of South Africa’s innovation leaders, what would the conclusions be? Did he yearn after a career in science? Was he aiming to lift his family out of...
