Consol extends T-Systems partnership
Africa’s largest glass manufacturer, Consol Glass, has extended its contract for five years with T-Systems in South Africa. The extension underscores a six-year partnership which has, among other things, seen Consol migrating its SAP business application...Disappointment as skills grant cut
The halving of the skills training grant is going to have a massive impact on small businesses and, given the mood of retrenchments playing out in the mining sector at the moment, this decision could even affect larger companies as the effects of retrenchments take...Winning app targets sanitation
Team Shinsekai from Senegal has won first prize in Ericsson’s Apps for African City Life Competition, for developing an app that aims to support environmental sanitation and hygiene development in cities. Dadja Matiasso Bassou, project leader for team Shinsekai, says:...Positive half-year for Adapt IT
JSE-listed Adapt IT Group, an IT services and specialised solutions provider, has announced outstanding interim results for the period ended 31 December 2012. Turnover increased 53% from R88,7-million in 2011 to R135,9-million, with the education sector contributing...Curiosity drills into Mars rock
NASA’s Curiosity rover has, for the first time, used a drill carried at the end of its robotic arm to bore into a flat, veiny rock on Mars and collect a sample from its interior. This is the first time any robot has drilled into a rock to collect a sample on...