After attending a few sessions at the Highway Africa conference in Grahamstown last week, I struggled to find an answer to the question: How will…
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Last week I talked about how openness is driving innovation to new levels in the digital world. This week, fresh off the boat from a…
What happens when you mix online entrepreneurs, VCs and a couple of good bottles of wine over dinner, with no agenda but to discuss “the…
ITWeb reports that a letter has been sent to the police, half the government oversight committees and the presidency, in which fraud and kickback accusations related to the hiring of staff in South Africa's Department of Communications are alleged.
My company, Creative Rides, currently has four employees, including my partner and I. Although we’re a “workshop” focused on altering all types of cars in…
I was about to write a scathing piece about rich environmentalists named in an editorial about a proposed gold mine in a poor town in Romania, when a Ghanaian teacher wrote, in essence, a far more eloquent rebuttal.
South African entrepreneurs are obviously loaded. How else can you explain the fact that the next First Tuesday, which was meant to be a “panel…
People through the ages have always had a requirement to prove in a credible and trustworthy manner that they are indeed who they say they…
The Dalai Lama answers: “Nothing.” Great answer. Personally, I dread this question. First, because there is no all-encompassing answer. What I do almost depends on…
If you ever have to do presentations to groups of people, you may find this useful. I’m a big fan of Edward Tufte — he’s…