Young Africans could disrupt authoritarian states but they don’t – here’s why: Africa has the world’s largest youth population. By 2030, 75% of the African population will be under the age of 35. The number of young Africans aged 15-24 is projected to reach 500 million in 2080. While population dynamics vary across the continent, …
How Red Sea attacks on cargo ships could disrupt deliveries and push up prices – a logistics expert explains: The Suez Canal is a busy shipping lane but companies are diverting ships to other routes following attacks on vessels. Mariusz Bugno/Shutterstock Attacks on international cargo ships in the Red Sea from Houthi-controlled Yemen have seen …
BBC at 100: scrapping the licence fee would disrupt the whole broadcasting market: The BBC has been celebrating its 100th birthday this year, proudly looking back on a century of striving to inform, educate and entertain. The next few years could be tricky though – as questions over its funding threaten to crash the party. …
UK strikes: how industrial action at a major port could disrupt supplies of clothing, cars and canned food: The ability to move products from A to B has been affected by COVID and Brexit-related bottlenecks in recent years, as well as rising concerns about the environmental impact of how companies supply our goods. The unpredictability …
Why Russian gas could disrupt Germany’s plan for a bolder climate agenda: A coal power plant in Niederaussem, Germany. Markue / shutterstock After 16 years under conservative Angela Merkel, Germany gained new leadership late last year. Following a “climate election” that saw the issue surpass COVID-19 as voters’ top concern, Europe’s largest economy is now …
South Africa in the news: This Isn’t Sci-Fi: How AI Is About To Disrupt This Trillion Industry: You get one of the best bets on disrupting the virtual medicine industry to date. You get Big Tech built by doctors for doctors in the Global Library of Medicine (GLM). You get Cara, the new, …: “South …
South Africa in the news: Death threats, flying kick disrupt an-African Parliament vote: A dispute over whether to rotate the presidency of the Pan-African Parliament descended into chaos, with lawmakers exchanging death threats and scenes of fisticuffs broadcast from the proceedings. The …: “South Africa” – BingNews How Sourav Ganguly was convinced to let MS …
Painting wind turbines black could help protect birds – as long as it doesn’t disrupt their migration: Ian Dyball/Shutterstock With climate change threatening many of the world’s species with extinction, a transition from fossil fuels is urgently needed. But some argue that the rush to replace coal power with wind could endanger birds that have …
South Africa in the news: South Africa: CEM Slams Attempts to Disrupt Schooling: The Council of Education Ministers (CEM) has noted with disappointment ongoing sporadic attempts by political and civic organisations to disrupt learning at some schools around the country.: “South Africa” – BingNews South Africa: ‘Illegal Strike’ Says Department As Teachers Down Tools At …
E-scooters could disrupt travel as we know it – expect the car industry to fight back: R.Classen/Shutterstock Does the road out of lockdown look like a motorway or a cycle path? With the UK government announcing a rental e-scooter trial in cities nationwide, it’s possible that the transport system we had before the pandemic will …
SA Teens Set To Disrupt Social Media Industry: Bounz – The app that sets your posts free! Pretoria, Gauteng – 6 July 2018 – Bounz Media (Pty) Ltd is pleased to announce its brand new social media platform. The team consisting of two 19-year-olds believe they have found a way to overcome the two biggest …
Nobel literature row: usually it takes a world war to disrupt the prize: The Swedish Academy has announced it will not select a Nobel laureate in literature for 2018. Instead, two laureates will be appointed 2019, one for 2018 and one for 2019. The decision is not unique. The prize has been withheld on no …
Why a blockchain startup called Govcoin wants to ‘disrupt’ the UK’s welfare state: Is Govcoin really innovating to help the welfare state or simply another cynical example of privatisation? Shutterstock The UK chancellor’s recent Budget reminded us that systemic problems continue to plague the government’s delayed roll-out of universal credit – a single monthly welfare …
A new company emerges to disrupt the software product market: SovTech, a software development company and start-up incubator based in Johannesburg, has recently stepped into the software as a service industry and is looking to shake things up. Having focussed predominantly on custom software development in the past, the company has picked up on several …