Coding tournament for school kids to kick off on Mandela Day

The MTN Business App of the Year Awards, now in its ninth year, has opened entries for aspiring entrepreneurs and digital innovators across the country.

The HMS App Innovation Contest will see entrants compete to create innovative apps that improve and help navigate everyday life.

Dutch tech firm Tunga unveils a new e-learning platform for African software developers as part of its commitment to invest in the growth of the continent’s talent pool.

The company fixes a flaw that allowed third-party app developers to collect users’ personal information after authorised access to the data had expired.

GirlCode’s first virtual hackathon will challenge female coders to develop local solutions to the global coronavirus crisis.

The company says it continues to bridge the digital divide and support young people by developing their coding and technical skills.

The ride-sharing app readies to introduce Afri Wallet, a transaction platform for the unbanked.

South Africa’s student team makes it to the podium once again, scooping second prize at this year’s International Student Cluster Competition.

Less than a year after launch, Afri Ride’s creators are taking the ride-sharing app to neighbouring country Zimbabwe.

The Inspired Testing Academy includes a series of new mentorship programmes for companies wanting to upskill their staff in test automation and performance testing.

Technical debt is a metaphor for the ‘cost’ incurred by a business on future development when software is either produced sub-optimally and rapidly or is no longer effective, says Tony van der Linden, head of the Research and Development team at BBD.

As agile organisations, our foundation must be the principles and values as detailed in the agile manifesto, says Paul Gray, head: Development Technology Solutions at DVT.