SOUTH Africa has relaxed its tax laws to stimulate research and development (R&D) in oil, gas and mineral exploration at a time when new reserves are being discovered in sub-Saharan Africa almost on a daily basis. Add a comment

Most people think innovation is all about ideas, when in fact it is more about delivery, people, and process. Entrepreneurs looking to innovate need to understand the execution challenge if they expect their startup to carve out a profitable niche in the marketplace, and keep innovating to build and maintain a sustainable competitive advantage. Add a comment

China has overtaken the United States to become the world’s biggest processor of patent applications according to a UN report. Add a comment

Ntlathi, 25, is the founder of the SNSETInstitute, the organisation behind the annual conference; The International Innovation Indaba, which has been in existence for over a decade and celebrating its twelfth anniversary this year Add a comment

THE Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) last Friday gave a nod to a R100m venture capital fund, said executive for industrial sectors Pontsho Maruping. Add a comment

Internet giant Google is threatening to sue a young entrepreneur from Middelburg in Mpumalanga because his website has a similar name Add a comment

ANGLO American Thermal Coal and Eskom this week pledged to get the first unit of the six-unit Kusile power station on stream by 2014 and the rest of the units running by the scheduled 2018 date. Add a comment

IDZs in Coega, East London and Richards Bay are not performing to expectations, says trade department. The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has publicly admitted all three operating Industrial Development Zones (IDZ) – Coega, East London and Richards Bay – have not performed to expectations. Add a comment