RETAIL INNOVATION Shoprite Group launches innovative Xpress Trolley, transforming the future of in-store shopping 5 min 0 By Kara Le Roux
THE CONVERSATION Stone tools from a cave on South Africa’s coast speak of life at the end of the Ice Age 5 min 1 By Sara Watson
STIFLED POTENTIAL The capital problem Africa won’t talk about that America solved a long time ago 4 min 0 By Dudley Baylis
DM168 The rural Macgyver who built his own vehicle, yet he can’t get anywhere 6 min 6 By Chris Makhaye
PAYING OFF HomeChoice’s fintech pivot drives more than R25m AI annual investment 3 min 0 By Neesa Moodley
FLUSH WITH IDEAS OP-ED Technology accelerator programmes — a panacea for bridging the water and sanitation innovation chasm 5 min 0 By Akin Akinsete and Dr Manjusha Sunil
AGRIBUSINESS South Africa’s small-scale farmers have a hard row to hoe, especially in the absence of policy support 4 min 0 By Onke Ngcuka
EDUCATION Experts concerned over low throughput rate of Grade 10s to matric 2 min 0 By Msindisi Fengu
Business Maverick Sanlam brings two innovative companies into its stable for R1.1bn 3 min 0 By Neesa Moodley
PHILANTHROPY Gates Foundation commits $7bn to fight hunger, disease, gender inequality and poverty in Africa 3 min 1 By Estelle Ellis
CLASS ACT OP-ED No homework and master teachers – welcome to Finland’s education system with much to teach South Africa 5 min 3 By Riaan Terblanche
INSPIRATION With an SRD grant and his hands, Bergville’s self-taught car designer is building an engineering dream 5 min 0 By Michelle Banda
AFTER THE BELL Here’s how and why you should (sometimes) foster failure in your organisation 3 min 0 By Tim Cohen
SUSTAINABLE TRANSITION OP-ED How universities can play a central role in fostering a transformative approach to climate change 4 min 0 By Imraan Valodia, Julia Taylor and Shirona Patel
LEADERSHIP CRISIS OP-ED Ruling elites are depriving African countries of innovation and dynamic leadership, and fuelling hopelessness 5 min 2 By William Gumede
OP-ED To compete globally, sub-Saharan Africa must remove barriers to innovation and regional integration 5 min 0 By Zaid Railoun and Dennis Sapukwanya
THE CONVERSATION In a world first, South Africa grants patent to an artificial intelligence system 4 min 1 By Meshandren Naidoo
BUSINESS MAVERICK OP-ED The pace and direction of innovation is critical to South Africa’s economic recovery 4 min 0 By Moses Sithole, Gerard Ralphs and Yasser Buchana
MAVERICK LIFE Design Indaba 2020: A commitment to changing the world, for good 8 min 0 By Kathy Berman