By addressing investment challenges, improving infrastructure, reforming regulations, and nurturing talent, we can unlock Africa’s digital potential
With remarkable creativity, Kenyans used technology to organise nationwide protests. The state’s digital response has been equally remarkable, but for all the wrong reasons
Innovative solutions are needed to meet the rise and spread of fake news in Africa
If only the zeal that went into fighting Covid-19 could be applied to drug-resistant bacteria which pose a major threat on the continent
The local shops have been replaced by chain stores, the skyline has new features, the digital age stops communication and the green parks are dry and brown
‘Modernity has been an interminable war on life. And it is far from over.’ We need to start anew; reclaim the oxygen that belongs to all on Earth
Hip-hop artist ByLwansta adopts a multidisciplinary approach to story-telling by making use of visual cues to reinforce the ideas that he puts forward sonically
The proliferation of sponsored content is streamlining ethics on social media platforms
The new law aims at plugging a taxation gap that has seen some internet heavyweights paying next to nothing in countries where they make huge profits.
Foreign digital services and products have skirted taxation in SA — but that’s all about to change
The Africa Is a Country website offers a rich mix of news, comment and analysis about the continent
How has our digital communication affected our relationship to the concept of seeing each other’s humanity?
Multimedia internet artist centres black, queer and trans youth in our post-apartheid imagination
Are social media algorithms designed to prey the mental health of women and people of colour?
President Cyril Ramaphosa says he fully supports calls for a single African currency— and that maybe it should be digital
Laptops have introduced the children of Nosy Komba in Madagascar to previously inaccessible tools
Despite governments having collected over $400-million to provide universal connectivity, women remain unconnected from the internet.
Readers write in about racism and digital education
Sangoma Nokulinda Mkhize analyses the ancestors found in Southern African bloodlines.
YouTube was, for the first half of its history, a service for watching online videos on your computer. What’s in store for the next 10 years?
Across Africa in recent years, cycles of xenophobia, ethnic hatred and homophobia have sometimes degenerated into deadly spasms of violence.
Country has to jack up its wi-fi connectivity and tourism businesses need to spruce up their websites if they hope to attract sophisticated tourists.
Teachers have been given the chance to to be behind a desk with the latest gadgets in hand – at a technology conference designed especially for them.
Survey finds that small and medium businesses as well as corporates use digital mapping as one of the tools to drive smarter business decisions.
What happens to your life on the internet when you pass away? Qudsiya Karrim explores the options.
A global study shows nine in 10 executives of media and entertainment companies aren’t prepared to seize opportunities of digital technologies.
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/ 20 September 2009
Charlotte Bauer’s best Digital Age experience last week was seeing the Google Maps car — cruising down her street as she came out of her driveway.