Innovation & Technology

The last few months have ushered in a new epoch for governance. As the coronavirus has swept through the globe, nations have had to respond with agility. The biggest challenge has been that we are facing an unknown. We have not seen a global pandemic of this scale since the Spanish Influenza a century ago. […]

The fourth industrial revolution has become more than just a buzzword, and to say that it is a new reality is an understatement because it is here – permeating every aspect of our lives.  It is revolutionising society in various ways; cars are driving themselves, aeroplanes are flying with autopilots instead of human pilots and […]

Since a South African team associated with the University of the Free State (UFS) became the first to isolate the SARS-CoV-2 virus from wastewater and developed a viable virus risk forensic service, there has been interest in this technology from a range of role players in North America, Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia, […]